s01e08 — When Did We Become These People?

Your Friends & Neighbors — s01e08 — When Did We Become These People?

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Release Date: 23.05.2025 15:00
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Coop tries getting back what he's lost. Mel and Sam clash. Coop, Nick, and Barney have a boys' night.

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s01e08

Discussion: Season 1, Episode 8
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mixer1701
mixer1701
23 May 2025, 15:50 #
What a nasty woman. She did not support her husband in court, did not allow him to communicate with already grown-up children, accused him of treason (after all, she herself was a lover of licking expired chocolates in the marital bed for years), and when she flew at work for her own actions, she thought again. And then I went to look for pity from him.
Finally, at least someone told her the truth at work!
I hope Coop doesn't go to jail for murder, because his lawyer doesn't inspire much confidence yet.
an_khv
an_khv
24 May 2025, 10:11 #
@mixer1701: His lawyer is right, he's not telling her what he's doing, which doesn't help her build a defense... Just because Coop says, "I'm not guilty," you can't win a trial.
AlphaE92
AlphaE92
PRO
23 May 2025, 22:58 #
The guys had a great rest! I'm glad they believe in Coop, that he's innocent, and despite all their differences, they're with him. And I don't feel sorry for Mel at all. She destroyed her family out of boredom and still doesn't believe Coop now. Oh, and of course she can sleep right and left, but her men can't. It's brilliant.
poisonivy16
poisonivy16
02 Jun 2025, 14:56 #
@AlphaE92: And what she did to Nick in front of everyone in the coffee shop, that's something! The guy takes care of you, organizes your birthdays, loves you, and you treat him like some kind of mutt!
ameliap
ameliap
02 Nov 2025, 17:43 #
@poisonivy16: Well, the birthday party was pretty selfishly arranged. He wanted a celebration and a grand gesture, she didn't, but he didn't see or hear it.
Lotra
Lotra
03 Nov 2025, 11:00 #
@ameliap: so he's super famous and it's natural for him to have a party for a hundred people, I think he decided that she was modestly stewing for the sake of decency. They just failed the process of adjusting to each other, because the understanding of the other person does not fall from heaven. Everyone condemns Mel because Nick didn't understand her, but he didn't really want to offend her, and she retaliated by hanging out with her ex. Instead of solving problems with a specific Nickname, with whom she seems to be in a relationship.
DiKEY999
DiKEY999
23 May 2025, 23:32 #
Damn, Chalk is so annoying that I'm too lazy to list everything.
JardimFramboesa
JardimFramboesa
23 May 2025, 23:40 #
It's strange that Coop didn't raise the question of who framed him and put the gun in the trunk.
It_is_different
It_is_different
24 May 2025, 09:31 #
When Coop and Co. were having fun at the club, Coop's former colleagues gave him information about the problems at his former place of work. I wonder if he will be able to use this somehow to earn money, or did his colleagues just complain about their superiors?
an_khv
an_khv
24 May 2025, 10:09 #
There are so many aspects I wanted to discuss with you about this episode, but my feelings of disgust for Mel overwhelm everything else.
You're a complete idiot. Not that I'm happy that she got what she deserved in her own way. But she should have been taught a lesson long ago.
I cheated on my husband, I cheated on the one I cheated on my husband with. She ran after her ex, pulled money and emotions from him, but immediately believed in his guilt and turned away (even the children, who, due to their teenage characteristics, had been hating their father all season, took his side in a difficult situation). Yes, he may be a murderer (but I don't believe it), but in any case, don't forget about the presumption of innocence.
And the scene in the coffee shop? Hello, this is your EX-husband! You don't have to worry about who he's sleeping with anymore, and you don't have the right to yell at Sam about it.
Thanks to her boss for trying to open her eyes. But Mel is so self-confident and with a "crown on her head" that she didn't even realize what her problem was. Hitting a man just because he was pushing himself? Are you sure you're a psychologist?
She's selfish. She's an infantile girl. Fool.
igormarkin34
igormarkin34
PRO
24 May 2025, 11:17 #
Is it interesting to finish in one episode (TV series) or will it be renewed for a second season?
maximkrygin
maximkrygin
24 May 2025, 14:51 #
@igormarkin34: Even before the start of the first season, it was announced that there would be a sequel, so most likely we are waiting for cliffhanger.
Paramelion
Paramelion
24 May 2025, 15:28 #
@igormarkin34: I think they'll finish this storyline. In fact, it's easy to ruin this case, just find out how the gun got into the car. Therefore, one episode should be enough. And the groundwork for the second season will be the same, what to do next for Coop and his little "hobby")
an_khv
an_khv
24 May 2025, 17:15 #
@Paramelion: or he will return to work, but he will realize that he is bored without "business"))
Paramelion
Paramelion
24 May 2025, 15:33 #
Mostly a filler series.
The only thing that is clear is who took the money. Maybe she left the gun in the trunk, but just as a gift to Coop for self-defense from an art dealer, and she didn't think the cops would come to him.
While I was writing, I really like this version.
netneholodno92
netneholodno92
25 May 2025, 18:46 #
@Paramelion: Why does it feel like the mistress of the house has killed
It was clearly shown that she was accusing him , plus she came to court as a spectator
Paramelion
Paramelion
25 May 2025, 18:58 #
@g1522238: I'm afraid it will turn out that Elena killed. After an argument with Coop at the club, she went to spite him and rob his mistress. Her husband was there unexpectedly, she killed him. I threw the gun at Coop at the same time as I was taking the money from his hiding place.

He'll say later that "you'll get away with it anyway, or they'll give you a minimum wage, and they'll put me in jail for a long time as an expat with no connections."
netneholodno92
netneholodno92
25 May 2025, 19:22 #
@Paramelion: It makes sense , doesn 't it
VTN
VTN
08 Feb 19:04 #
@Paramelion: Well, maybe not Elena personally, but she sent someone.
But they're also more suspicious of her than of Sam.
Hamali666
Hamali666
24 May 2025, 23:28 #
There is a thought that it was Samantha who killed her husband, she behaves a little turbidly, and I want to shout at her, I don't believe it. But then how did she know Coop was in the house that night? Are there baby monitors everywhere, or was she there that night and saw him, because after she took the kids to her mom, she went somewhere… Although I'm not entirely sure that she knew about these baby monitors, because she was surprised when they showed a recording of their intercourse with Coop, or pretended to.
ItsMeAlex
ItsMeAlex
25 May 2025, 01:55 #
@Hamali666: I don't think I knew about the video, because I didn't expect the child to see Coop at night and he would put him to bed.
ameliap
ameliap
02 Nov 2025, 17:45 #
@Hamali666: so with the murder weapon in the trunk, he didn't really need to be there that night. The plan could have just been to plant the gun. I suspect her too.
Meow26
Meow26
24 May 2025, 23:47 #
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ItsMeAlex
ItsMeAlex
25 May 2025, 01:57 #
@Meow26: it seems to me that Sam doesn't really believe much, he just deflects suspicion from himself, switches attention, a normal position.
And Mel also accused Sam of being a kept woman, as if she was self-supporting.
m0thman
m0thman
PRO
30 May 2025, 01:20 #
@Meow26: It's even worse this way. He broke into the house to take something, and there he met Samantha's husband and killed him so that there would be no witness. Which story is easier to believe?
Badou
Badou
25 May 2025, 01:28 #
It's just that Mel is despised here, but what a scum Sam is all the same. It's like a cottage cheese. I'm just getting more convinced that it's her.
Poilinb13
Poilinb13
28 May 2025, 00:00 #
@Badou: I agree 100%, I feel the same emotions.
a1378197
a1378197
25 May 2025, 08:46 #
I'm more interested in the housekeeper, they show her story, but they still haven't shown how they broke up with Coop, maybe she killed him, maybe he took cash from the house, because they didn't find anything stolen or just didn't notice
Su_forever
Su_forever
25 May 2025, 14:34 #
@a1378197: Coop's got some cash in her stash.
Hamsterman
Hamsterman
25 May 2025, 12:59 #
the most boring episode of the entire season so far
FrankPolard
FrankPolard
25 May 2025, 14:56 #
The joint scene of watching the Commandos after a fight is just brilliant! I laughed out loud XD
Eliz1611
Eliz1611
11 Jan 03:55 #
@FrankPolard: Fire the stage! I also really liked how the three of them passed out on the golf course and didn't even wake up from the watering can))
6o4ka
6o4ka
26 May 2025, 09:22 #
Now I'm already burning out with Coop's friends. We got into a fight, watched a movie, and went drinking and having fun)
Thank you for not getting high and drunk at the club or on the golf course again. And how they were not burned down in the morning by those who play there.

As I suspected, Elena took the money. Well, of course, who else)) she needs it most of all.
Maybe she killed Paul, too, by accident or on purpose.
But it seems to me that the end of the season will be epic anyway - it doesn't even matter if Coop is imprisoned or not.
Unless there's some other plot twist involving Lou or one of the other minor characters.

P.S. Mel and Samantha are both still murky creatures who are worth each other.
AlexWulf
AlexWulf
28 May 2025, 02:43 #
We've already talked about Samantha's alibi, Henry's birthday, several times. But she brought the children to her parents a day before their birthday, and then she went somewhere.
Ann6556
Ann6556
28 May 2025, 21:33 #
No series. There's nothing to even discuss. A couple of phrases were funny here)))
ivanpzdt
ivanpzdt
28 May 2025, 22:17 #
Mmm, another episode that doesn't move the plot in any way. And the end of the season is coming soon(
I think warming up for season 2 is everything.
poisonivy16
poisonivy16
02 Jun 2025, 15:02 #
@ivanpzdt: I agree, the series is passing, they diluted the plot with another drug binge, but the essence is 0. I liked Barney Choi's monologue about the unnecessary junk they buy, something from the Fight Club, I even wanted to review this movie!
Doctor_13
Doctor_13
28 May 2025, 22:42 #
A real male horror, as it was written somewhere. The whole episode can be described as "I didn't kill"
Domenika
Domenika
29 May 2025, 12:11 #
I liked how in the beginning Mel forbade Coop to enter the house to the children, because "they suffered because of you," I already exclaimed out loud "Because of you, yeah, they suffered because of him," and then a couple of moments later she fights with her husband's mistress in a cafe. for all to see, precisely because she wants to protect the children, and not because she is indignant, how is it that her husband did not kill himself without her, but went to have fun too) And anyway, how can you be so infuriating with your existence, a child psychologist who can't talk to her children, it's clear that her family knows that she's a psychologist, so they avoid rummaging through their heads, they want a mom, not a doctor. In short, as I see Mel, everything inside me is boiling.
And for some reason, this is the only series that I rewind the screen saver to, as if the song doesn't fit, or I don't know, I don't want to watch and listen to it again.
Eliz1611
Eliz1611
11 Jan 03:57 #
@Domenika: Oh yeah, the song is very annoying, thanks for not being the only one!
AlexSok18
AlexSok18
PRO
05 Feb 11:58 #
@Domenika: I liked you, and then I read to the moment with the intro) 😄 and took it away, I found the intro surprisingly catchy. And very handsome.

It reminds me of "Therapy" in some way.

But for everything else, I like it)
Domenika
Domenika
05 Feb 12:03 #
@AlexSok18: Thanks for the privacy.
I'll give you a like, it's just some online likes.
albulka_
albulka_
10 May 00:06 #
@Domenika: but I don't like the screensaver because it looks like it's generated by a neural network. Although it is spectacular in places, there is some sense of dissonance from the picture.
Stoni
Stoni
PRO
01 Jun 2025, 11:39 #
I join Mel's haight. She got an answer in the form of the same thing that happened to Coop, she's to blame for it, but she still blames Coop. Class)))

Her conflict with Sam had killed her. "why the fuck did you sleep with my ex-husband?!" Lol what? What do you care who your EX-husband sleeps with, who you cheated on? 🤪
Marta_Chapman
Marta_Chapman
04 Jun 2025, 09:46 #
The funniest thing in this episode is the Coop dancing 🤣
albulka_
albulka_
10 May 00:08 #
@Marta_Chapman:
Borodaа
Borodaа
PRO
22 Jun 2025, 10:44 #
Men: "I'm fine, no depression."
Also men:
blcksd
blcksd
PRO
21 Oct 2025, 03:40 #
@Borodaa: and no dried fruit, I got up and immediately drank - it's convenient
Alionas
Alionas
27 Jun 2025, 16:29 #
From the very beginning of the series, Coop breaks the 4th wall and talks to the audience. When the lawyer said that the jury would not believe him, there was a feeling that the whole story was Coop's performance in court, and the audience was acting as a jury. And in the margins, the silent question is, will we believe in such a story or not?
Alionas
Alionas
27 Jun 2025, 16:35 #
First, Mel cheated on Coop with Nick.
Then Mel cheated on Nick with Coop.
I support the whole haight towards this character. But now the guys are 1:1, and they're kind of even and communicating with less stress. I think Coop feels lonely now more than ever and misses a friend, even if it's Nick (there's nowhere else to take other friends in their closed world anyway). He's not such a bad person after all. Makes smoothies, lends a car with a driver to a friend, etc.
Lotra
Lotra
30 Jun 2025, 13:22 #
As much as Mel is mad, she doesn't really consider other people. First, she cheats on her husband with her lover, then cheats on her lover with her ex-husband and informs the whole neighborhood about it in order to take the ex-lover away. At the same time, she is not a real beauty, not super successful in her career, and not the nicest person. The feeling that it was introduced only to set off the suffering and nobility of the Coop. And Nick seemed to really love her, or at least tried to.
Aprillian
Aprillian
04 Jul 2025, 05:56 #
Can I have a gif of a dancing Hamm? 😍
FreeMovie
FreeMovie
10 Jul 2025, 21:12 #
- Dad's out on bail, and Mom's fighting in a coffee shop
- But you'll get a great college essay
))
Nagini_177
Nagini_177
23 Jul 2025, 07:03 #
In the last episode, someone mentioned that Elena might be the killer, and in this one, they even showed a flashback where she holds a gun, so I'm starting to think that's a good idea!

About Mel, I support everyone - a mad aunt.

By the way, their daughter is very beautiful.
skazo4huk
skazo4huk
14 Aug 2025, 13:49 #
That reminds me, sorry, dom2, where everyone fucked up.
Penis_Vocabular
Penis_Vocabular
15 Oct 2025, 16:44 #
From a kid, an actor is like from a Biryusa refrigerator
VentSauvage
VentSauvage
PRO
19 Oct 2025, 16:16 #
I would never want to live in such a sewer where everyone knows you and if something happens in your family, then everyone washes your bones. I prefer not to know my neighbors and that they don't know me.

I look at these rich people and they're really empty, like Barney said. Do all these huge houses and baubles really bring them happiness?!

I knew I shouldn't trust Elena too much.
id7872573
id7872573
01 Nov 2025, 09:25 #
Support fire!
ameliap
ameliap
02 Nov 2025, 17:51 #
Everyone hates Mel so much, and the only time she pissed me off was when she wouldn't let me go to the kids. And so it can be understood: we were told several times that Coop hadn't really paid attention to her for about 11 years. Yes, changing it is still a bad option, but this error is understandable. Moreover, Nick is clearly in love, which means that he most likely paid attention and gave her something that she hadn't received for a long time.

Coop can also be understood, he earned money, arranged their lives, you can really stop seeing each other behind all this. These are quite common phenomena in marriage, both her behavior and his.

And at the end of the episode, Mel, it seems to me, did not feel sorry to beg. She regretted her behavior after realizing her own mistakes. And she tried to figure out what was going on with Coop several times during the season, and she often asks him about it. So it's not like she's fixated on herself.
Lotra
Lotra
03 Nov 2025, 11:07 #
@ameliap: If Mel was working, I wouldn't have any questions for her. They have a division of labor: she is a housewife with a non-stressful job, and he plows 24 by seven. Accordingly, the house and romance are on it, and money and finances are on it. If she needed romance and equal participation, she could either kill her appetites, remember that she constantly demands money from Nick, without even looking at it, she laid out a large sum to the director as a donation. She has her requirements in her coordinate system, but there is no action: reduce costs and ask her husband to work less, start developing a career herself in order to bring money and again reduce her husband's employment, but instead she found a Nickname that does not suit her. She could have openly gone to Nick, but most likely, if Coop hadn't caught them, she would have slept with his friend, getting attention and using the money Coop earned. She literally always has a maximization of comfort for herself.
ameliap
ameliap
03 Nov 2025, 11:11 #
@Lotra: she works as a child psychologist)
Lotra
Lotra
03 Nov 2025, 11:14 #
@ameliap: that's how I wrote "non-stressful work." She works as a child psychologist in some kind of social center, obviously with a part-time job, because she manages to take care of the house and children :) such a part-time job, in order not to sour at home when the children have grown up, does not require constant attention. Her salary won't even cover a quarter of the family's expenses. It's good to have at least one tenth. A lot of women with rich husbands also work part-time and most often in social spheres, but this is for the soul, not for earnings. And my question is about Mel's requests, which she does not close on her own. And it's not just about finance.
ameliap
ameliap
03 Nov 2025, 12:19 #
@Lotra: her requests for children concerned her all the time, not her personally. Drums for my son, a coach for my daughter, excusing my son from being expelled from school. She hadn't been aware for most of the season that Coop was out of a job-of his own volition.

I generally agree that it is necessary to appreciate my husband's financial contribution, but to have a career that is equivalent to his, if you have two children, is a fairy tale, well, unless the parents are ready to give the children entirely to babysitters. And they were married for 18 years, during which Coop clearly always took on most of the financial support, it was OK for him and probably even important to feel like a successful man. Therefore, imho, it is unfair to blame Mel for the fact that she has not dramatically rebuilt now.
whalecock
whalecock
08 Dec 2025, 03:12 #
Oh, that iconic moment at the club
pavlovdv22
pavlovdv22
08 Jan 22:20 #
Eliz1611
Eliz1611
11 Jan 04:01 #
@pavlovdv22: Thanks for the gif! it's a pity you can't attach music))
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