#1 on Netflix for several weeks was a rom com 10 episode series called "Nobody Wants This". Each episode is 30 minutes so binging it is possible and my wife can usually stay awake for 30 minutes. The worst is setting aside a romantic evening to watch a romantic movie and 20 minutes into it she is asleep, and I end up watching a movie I really didn't want to watch instead of say "Extraction 2".
Episodes 1 and 2 were great. His breakup seemed to be sort of ill defined especially as we see the beauty and depth of his ex in later episodes. It does seem like she is the better catch and Joanne is just the "forbidden fruit".
Which leads me to the problem I have with this series, which actually is somewhat fixed at the end where he decides to leave "the ministry". The rabbi is not a good spiritual leader. Being a Christian, I am understandably bothered by this with all the hypocritical leaders in our ranks. From Catholic priests abusing thousands of young boys, to Camp Kannacuck, to Ravi Zacharias, the Southern Baptist scandal of abuse, to Steven Lawson in the last few months, Bill Gothard, and dozens more, hypocrisy is despised by us. Noah (the rabbi) goes for the forbidden fruit and by episode 3 is having sex which according to the Torah is wrong. He even brings her to a Jewish youth camp where he is going to teach about the Torah to these youth while having premarital sex in his cabin. I googled to see if Jews were bothered by this and it seems the only thing they are bothered by is the stereotypical portrayal of Jewish women as being bossy. Along with this he uses the Lord's name in vain and has a love relationship with a gentile which is forbidden in the Torah multiple times.
This isn't to say Noah is a bad person. He is just a bad rabbi. If love is considering other's needs above our own, he puts everyone first including leaving his job for Joanne. Joanne's mom is hurt by her ex-husband's new relationship and he comforts her. Instead of burning Rebecca's things he takes them to her and doesn't avoid the hard conversations. He refuses to gossip, won't eat unclean food, and forgives Joanne easily for lying to him. Also he understands the female mind and gets to core issues in a way that only Hollywood script writers could fabricate.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not bothered by these people having premarital sex. If I were, I couldn't watch any movies. I have problems with a speaker and leader of people, on God's behalf, having premarital sex and like I said before, now that he has quit his job, they are two people following their own morality having sex.
Will he leave his Jewishness? No, that is his culture. Will he be troubled by his decision? Yes. Will they find out that chemistry, sex, lust, passion, and the thrill of scandalous behavior wears off only to leave two people who have nothing in common who have given up everything to be together trying to pick up the pieces of their life? If it is a true story, yes. What would be great is if he goes back to Rebecca and she won't have him. We will see in upcoming seasons.
We see young boys and girls in the Church Youth Group who get enamored with someone who isn't a follower of Jesus. If they pursue this relationship, the first thing you will hear is, "I don't believe the Bible anymore; it's outdated." (Code for I want to have sex) They will gradually disappear from the fellowship but their cultural Christianity will someday marginally bring them back to raise their kids in Church because they have fond memories of those days. It's so sad because God had great plans for their life and they gave it up for lust. I guess this along with being a hypocritical leader representing God is the crux of the objection to this show in my review.
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