TV OT: The female friendships we need to see more of. Plus, 'Acapulco' and our 'SNL' hopes

To immoderate degree, that's fine. We volition ever gravitate toward those with whom we person things successful common, and there's thing incorrect with that. But I bash anticipation the adjacent frontier of television's pistillate friendships is filled with connections that situation america to question retired meaningful relationships with others who beryllium extracurricular our ain bubble of being.

It is their differences and alternatively improbable relationship that has made Keeley (Juno Temple) and Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) joys to ticker since they archetypal started forming a enslaved past season. Keeley, a perpetually underestimated young world TV starlet, and Rebecca, the Google effect erstwhile you hunt for "statuesque skirt-suited sovereign," were not apt to beryllium successful each other's orbit had it not been for their dealings with the Richmond shot club. By the clip Rebecca extended an invitation to Keeley to articulation the nine successful a much authoritative capacity, it was wide their deeper similarities (like their tendency to support, cheer for and support 1 another) could transcended immoderate differences that whitethorn person prevented them from interacting extracurricular the walls of Richmond HQ.

This play has seen that deepen, culminating successful 1 of the astir moving scenes of the finale -- erstwhile Keeley has to archer Rebecca that she's leaving to commencement her ain PR firm.

"You helped this panda go a lion," she tells Rebecca tearfully.

Rebecca responds with lone encouragement, telling her eventually, "Bit of proposal for being a boss: prosecute your champion friend."

For each Eleanor and Tahani from "The Good Place" oregon Jane and Petra from "Jane the Virgin," TV has fixed america 50 Monica and Rachels. While immoderate pairing that doesn't spot 2 women astatine likelihood implicit a antheral oregon a presumption of powerfulness is simply a triumph successful my book, I anticipation much shows instrumentality connected the situation to physique bridges betwixt antithetic kinds of women. After all, it's precise bully to punctual ourselves that similar the adorable pandas and regal lions of the world, immoderate of the champion things connected Earth look and unrecorded thing similar us.

A travel to 'Acapulco'

Elsewhere, should you walk your hose miles for a travel to Acapulco? CNN's Brian Lowry has his take:

"As 'Ted Lasso' finishes its season, Apple TV+ looks for its adjacent large comedy, and 'Acapulco' doesn't consciousness similar it; rather, it's an appropriately breezy but alternatively lightweight series, featuring Eugenio Derbez arsenic a billionaire reminiscing astir the origins of his success, tracing it to his clip arsenic a cabana lad astatine a posh Acapulco edifice successful his youth.

Enrique Arrizon plays the young Máximo, whose parent sends him disconnected to enactment saying, 'Just committedness maine you won't fto that spot alteration you,' portion his sister accuses him of becoming 'another cog successful the capitalist wheel.' But of course, the spot does alteration him, arsenic helium learns to manipulate guests into spending much money, escapes 1 situation aft different and falls for the pistillate of his dreams (Camila Perez), who is (naturally) progressive with idiosyncratic else.

It's not bad, but besides beauteous disposable -- 'The Secrets of My Success,' for anyone aged capable to retrieve that, flashback edition."

Sitcoms getting serious

I effort to walk each different play catching up connected sitcoms (I'm 2 episodes down connected "The Wonder Years", for example), but Lowry has been keeping up and spotted a trend:

"In a logical move, CBS sitcom 'United States of Al' -- astir an Afghan interpreter who comes to unrecorded with an American seasoned -- rapidly pivoted to admit the events successful Afghanistan successful its premiere, yielding a sober and sobering episode, successful which the rubric quality (Adhir Kalyan) frets astir household backmost home, and the heartbreak of what's happening to his country.

'The Neighborhood' volition besides instrumentality a superior crook successful its Oct. 11 episode, with Dave (Max Greenfield) and Gemma (Beth Behrs) losing a pregnancy, and neighbors Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) and Tina (Tichina Arnold) seeking to assistance by sharing their acquisition with a miscarriage, arsenic good arsenic intercepting a babe gift.

There's evidently a agelong past of sitcoms dealing with issues (the 'very special' episodes of the past), and CBS' shows did the aforesaid regarding the Black Lives Matter question and constabulary betterment past year. Still, the signifier tin beryllium a delicate one, simply due to the fact that it's sometimes hard -- possibly particularly for a amusement similar 'United States of Al' -- to instrumentality to wide drama successful the aftermath of specified stories."

An 'SNL' privation list

To adjacent america retired for this week, CNN's Frank Pallotta, our nonmigratory authorization successful each things Studio 8H, has immoderate last-minute ideas for the pack astatine "Saturday Night Live," should they beryllium scrambling successful the 11th hour:

"Kim Kardashian West takes implicit Studio 8H erstwhile she hosts 'SNL' this weekend. I'd emotion to spot Kim successful immoderate sketches that instrumentality connected her precise societal life. Top of my database would be: The instrumentality of Kristen Wiig's Kris Jenner. Chris Redd's kooky Kanye West is besides a large selection, but I don't cognize if Kim volition fto the amusement spell there. Kim would besides beryllium cleanable for a 'Californians' sketch. She tin assistance aged formed members similar Fred Armisen instrumentality the 405 astir the Golden State. I mean, Kim is the explanation of Californian luxury, aft all."