Yeah, I see what you mean about Matt--you're very right about him being more of a grownup than he has to be (oh, Matt Saracen! *huggles him*), and actually, theirs was the relationship that freaked me out the least (though I still haven't seen the fallout from it. The Julie thing just freaked me the heck out. I thought Tami was totally in line to tell the guy off for just the *hint* of it, though I do think she probably should have done it where no one else could hear it. But seriously, that's one of the reasons I couldn't bring myself to keep watching. I'll definitely catch up soon, but...

I think what disappointed me so about Season 2 was that it seemed to spit on what was so beautiful about Season 1--it's realism. In Season 1, everyone acted like people in a small Southern town would really act, talked the way they would talk, and nothing *too* over the top happened. Season 2 very nearly turned into a soap opera, from what I've seen, like they thought that if they made it more like The OC or something that they'd get more viewers. Oh, writers. You kill me.