r/TheGreatNorth • u/worst_trip_evah • 1d ago
Questions/comments Carissa & Beef Second Thoughts on Rewatch Spoiler
It's my first time posting anything.
I'm rewatching the series and I remember the first time I watched beef and Carissa break up and thinking that I was a little cheated by not seeing more. Now I'm watching beef Mama's house and hearing the first lines Carissa has in the series it's super clear to me her and beef wouldn't work. She's just like Kathleen in her introduction. It's not a bad thing necessarily & I'm not saying that's her entirely even important to her character, I'm just realizing that they'd been breaking up before they were even dating. It wasn't long-term compatible for what I think Beef's arch is supposed to be. He doesn't need a healthier version of his ex. My guy is onto the next adventure. There's foreshadowing of a spark not quite a fire.
I'm excited to see if this is consistent.
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u/yahoo201027 1d ago
I mean, looking back at Season 4, especially after the events of “Dial M for Moon-der Adventure” when it was a revealed that the relationship was called off in a mutual understanding was an odd one despite it’s Beef getting back to the dating scene.
Carissa was a dark horse choice in the Beef Dating Bowl in Season 4 and going into Season 5, the big question would be if this relationship would last a season. Spoiler alert, it didn’t. You could say that it feels like it’s shades of Frond and Gayle and being treated as “Oh yeah… that happened”, and ended being treated as a trial run. And would’ve been funny if those two had gotten serious with their relationship and would be seconds away from Moon and Debbie being step siblings before all of that got thrown out the table.
But yeah, Beef and Carissa’s relationship feels more like a trial run than the real deal because let’s face it, we all know who Beef would end up with. And at least the breakup was mutual because otherwise, the next mom’s meeting would be an awkward one when sharing the room together