Youth: Season 1 Episode 4 – Are You Laughing With Me Or At Me?
As Alex faces what can feel like one setback, failure, or discouraging reaction after another, the question becomes: Is she in on the joke or is she the joke?
As Alex faces what can feel like one setback, failure, or discouraging reaction after another, the question becomes: Is she in on the joke or is she the joke?
Alex’s personal life and professional life begin diverging, as you can see where the heart of the show is, and where it takes on an almost sitcom-type tone.
Youth continues to explore the hand that its lead plays in her own misery, and pursues both the truth and humor in every interaction.
Youth peels back the glamour, the idea of a triumphant second act, and gets to the heart of being a certain age, with a livable but imperfect life.
As Lyra begins to understand how the alethiometer works, it reveals a truth that no one wants to hear.