The Summer I Turned Pretty 3x03 | Watch Us Watch

We talked for nine minutes before starting lol. Also, they're overreacting...

EDIT: Please remember this is a show! Not only is it a show, it is a show produced by soulless conglomerate. That is not to say we can't all enjoy something fun in these times, but to remember that the people and companies creating these products are NOT ALWAYS ENGAGING in good faith dynamics. This show THRIVES off of Team Jeremiah vs. Team Conrad discourse. It was literally created to put us as viewers in camps and it does not care if we turn on each other so long as the episodes are watched and Amazon Prime Executives make their money. None of these characters are real people and this is a show that should be enjoyable regardless. While Conrad, Jeremiah or Belly all share reflections of real world people and situations - liking them or finding one character more interesting than the other is NOT a reflection of who a viewer is personally.

Benji is allowed to playfully disregard Conrad as a character because he A: Doesn't find the actor that attractive, B: Finds the way the character was written to be insufferable (despite valid reasons for a real person to possibly act the same), and C: Benji is having fun and this TV is just a show he's watching with his best friend - a best friend who lost his OWN mom and who Benji has personal history with and comprehends the weight that person (me) carries.

I (Rizzo) am allowed to disregard BOTH options as I am a 33-year-old man who doesn't feel like ragging on two teenage-characters/young adult actors - and because the show is ridiculously written and doesn't have these characters making decisions that resemble anything other than a mixed bag of traits meant to maintain the versus discourse. In real life, these men would be traumatized, narcissistic, wealthy a-holes who probably would have long forgotten about Belly. In TV, they are fun characters we get to watch make a collection of weird and entertaining decisions. They are not real people with real lived history so I won't be judging them as such!

Let's try to all have fun and remember: While Amazon doesn't care if we fight or are nasty with each other, Benji and I do. We love seeing your comments - whether Team Jeremiah, Conrad, Belly, etc. - and we hope we can foster an environment to all watch this show in good faith. Thank you. Sweet Dreams, and Keep Watching.

• Josiah J. Rizzo