Who thinks Lily was the reacher??
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AllieMDA — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 08:37 PM)
had yet to pass the bar when they married (I watched that episode expecting he wouldn't pass). I wouldn't necessarily say he was reaching, but on any scale I'd definitely put him a peg or two below her.
A friend, seeing some episodes of this show for the first time, thinks the Columbia law student was a reach for Marshall.
The best I could come up with was "Well he got into Wesleyanbut it was undergrad, not the same as an Ivy law school." My friend argued, he seemed a little too dim to excel at Columbia and pass the bar first time through, is all. I think it's a tossup.
As for reacher or not, Lily had her flaws, too. She could be downright evil, and was always calculating. Marshall lacked that; even when he did destructive things it was because he was an idiot, not because he was trying to orchestrate each slice of his life into some grander scheme to benefit only himself. -
ADBruns — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 12:38 PM)
I think a lot of it has to do with how you were raised, and location. More of the group seemed to have backgrounds similar to Lily's, ie more urbane as opposed to rural. So by default they'll view that as more desirable. I personally would think that Marshall was the unknowing settler, but my upbringing matches his more than Lily's.
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getsomegrpes — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 01:52 AM)
Lily is the reacher.
In the first two seasonsthe episode where she stalks Marshall and that dark haired girl on their first date. Another example, she freaked out when Amanda Peet's character kissed Marshall. And a third exampleLily kept Scooter on her hook for a long time without Marshall's knowledge. Didn't the group explain why people are kept on the hook? Scooter was her safety net. If she's not a reacher then I don't think she's as confident as people think she is. -
Artharas — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 04:16 AM)
Hadn't really thought about it, but yeah when you say it like that, I'd rate Lily as the reacher. Like others have said though, her self confidence to a fault(a huge disgusting one) is probably the reason I didn't really question it. She's also in better shape, so her faults might not be noticeable on first glance while Marshal's qualities wouldn't be either. But yeah people who knew them should've seen how lucky Lily was and how much better Marshal could've done.