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Cosmopolitan
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- Cosmopolitan
Too Much Netflix ending explained: Do Jessica and Felix end up together?
For all the lies, betrayals, family secrets, good friends and horrible people that Jessica and Felix experience in Too Much, the sexy and romantic new series from Lena Dunham on Netflix has a joyful, happy ending. What are the artistic choices and implications of the Too Much series one finale? Let's get into it! Warning: there are major spoilers ahead! Throughout the first season of Too Much, Jessica maintained a private Instagram where she recorded messages to her ex Zev's new girlfriend Wendy. There was lots of venting, crying, and real talk. In one video she accidentally set herself on fire. Towards the end of the series, she accidentally switched the entire account to public. All of a sudden, people including Wendy were watching and reposting her breakdown/healing journey. So embarrassing! However, as Rita Ora playing herself predicted in the penultimate episode, the whole ordeal was actually not a big deal. The internet forgot. Jessica was viral for a day or two, but it didn't affect her job or relationship in the long term. It did not ruin her life. As a matter of fact, Jessica's Instagram faux-pas was the push she needed to get some closure about how her previous relationship ended. But first, tragedy strikes. I am sorry to say that, yes, Jessica's dog Astrid dies in the Too Much series one finale. It's not an easy watch. It leads to another fight between Jessica and Felix. They were already broken up and then experienced something traumatic from different angles. Astrid was Jessica's best friend, but Felix was there when she died. It's so awful. In the final episode, as she's folding up Astrid's clothes, she gets a simple text from an unknown number that changes everything: "Hey. It's Wendy. I'm in London for work. Let's meet?" Even though the conversation hasn't happened yet, it's like a weight lifts off of Jessica. She just knows she's finally going to able to let Zev go. In a fantasy sequence, she floats back to New York and Taylor Swift's "Bigger Than The Whole Sky" plays. She sees Zev, alone in his bed reading, and says goodbye to him. A whole range emotions cross her face, from calm content to grief. She meets Wendy at a cafe and they have a very real and uneasy but ultimately healing talk. Wendy asks if Zev was lying to her when he told her he and Jessica had been separated for six whole months when they first started dating. Jessica confirms her suspicion. They laugh together. The apologise to each other. They compliment each other. At the very end of the episode, Wendy sends back the shirt she inadvertently stole and wishes her well. They sure did! In true romantic comedy fashion, Jessica rushes to meet Felix at an environmental protest. She tells him that she forgives him for cheating on her with the older woman. (To be fair, she hooked up with Andrew Scott's character in a previous episode. They're not perfect people!) She gives him a grand romantic speech. They're both pretty quick to acknowledge that they self-sabotaged their way out of a relationship that they both wanted. Jessica gets arrested, and Felix proposes! That, too, was quick. Is it a good idea that these two get married so impulsively? Thats a problem for series two. Guess not. She tells Felix that she's planning to, but the wedding appears to be in London. All of Jessica and Felix's real friends and family are there. Hannah and Elijah Nora and James are back together. Polly's coping. Kim and her coworker/love interest make up. Jess wears the tee shirt over her wedding dress. (In one final fantasy sequence, Jessica and Felix appear wearing costumes identical to the ones Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman wore in the wedding scene at the end of Sense and Sensibility.) All is well! There is a little artsy bit at the end where Dunham, who not only plays Jessica's sister Nora but directed most of the episodes, steps out of character and yells "cut." The scene then blends into a BTS montage that also serves as wedding footage. It's cute. It's meta. There's no need to overthink it. I think it just means they had fun making this show, and it shows!
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
OnlyFans star, 21, reveals how her parents invested in her X-rated career
A 21-year-old woman has revealed why she gives her parents a jaw-dropping $18,000 a month and how they invested in her X-rated career. Skylar Mae, 21, stopped studying to become a dental nurse and works full-time creating explicit content but what drives her is being able to help her parents. Advertisement Mae told that it feels 'amazing' to be making six-figures a month, not just because she can afford to buy a fancy car. Both her parents suffer from health issues and the money means she can always afford to foot any medical expenses that arise. 'My dad would work so hard for my family, even with all of his health issues, that it's nice seeing him take a few days off of work here and there,' she said. 5 OnlyFans star Skylar Mae revealed how her parents found out about her adult content career. Skylar Mae/Instagram Advertisement 'Truly what gets me out of bed everyday is knowing I'm taking care for them.' Mae doesn't just cover the odd medical bill; she gives her parents a monthly allowance of $18,000. The 21-year-old argued it is the least she can do for her parents. 'My Dad is so proud that he even has my stage name tattooed on his arm. I just redid their bathroom for them and I love taking them on holidays,' she said. Advertisement Mae said her parents have always been supportive of her career choice, even though there's still a stigma attached to it. 5 Mae's lucrative salary doesn't just cover the odd medical bill; she gives her parents a monthly allowance of $18,000. 5 Mae said it feels 'amazing' to be making six figures a month, not just because she can afford to buy a fancy car. Her mom will even drive her to and from shoots and hang around in the local area to make sure she's okay. Advertisement If she's booking a hotel for work, her parents also always check in and make sure she's all right and everything is ticking along smoothly. When her Dad found out about her doing OnlyFans, she said he was immediately supportive and even her Grandma is fine with it. 'He and my mom even agreed to invest in my account by buying my lingerie,' she said. 5 If she's booking a hotel for work, her parents also always check in and make sure she's all right and everything is ticking along smoothly. Skylar Mae/Instagram 5 Mae said her parents have always been supportive of her career choice, even though there's still a stigma attached to it. Skylar Mae/Instagram 'Once my grandma heard about what I was doing, she wanted to be part of the success too and ordered me this cute rhinestone lingerie set from Amazon.' The 21-year-old admitted that her parents are even up on the lingo when it comes to OnlyFans, but that doesn't mean she wants to discuss it. Advertisement 'They'll call me and they'll be like, oh, like, 'what kind of content did you do today? How many customs did you do today? They know it all, the language, everything.' Despite her parents being so accepting of her X-rated work, Mae said that there's 'definitely a line' and she doesn't share everything with them. 'I guess maybe I'm a little bit more reserved than them,' she said.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
NEWS OF THE WEEK: Grimes brands ex Elon Musk's X 'poison'
The musical artist, who shares three children with Musk, shared that she had been intentionally avoiding social media, because of the influence left by her former partner, who purchased the platform back in 2022. 'OK, I've basically been entirely off social media and returning here it is overwhelmingly, abundantly and profoundly clear that this place - and all of these places - are a poison, a prison of utterly short form deep deep-sounding nonsense attached to no one that ur brain will discard imaging its learning."
