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The warning about Quinn is pretty bad writing, no question. But I'm not sure it really affects the plot that much. MCs who rejected Quinn's offer don't know any details, so it's not clear they could have convinced Maya at that point; she was pretty desperate. Meanwhile MCs who did patronize the restaurant would have a strong incentive not to spill the beans to Maya. At most this would make it more likely to blow Quinn's cover after Maya slaps her.Ton's of plot flaws too.
Why give Maya such a vague warning about Quinn? Obviously because that would blow apart the whole Scavenger Hunt.
You're close to Sage but you never mention the restaurant to her?
MC tell's Maya about Josy but never mentions her name. Doesn't that sound a little odd? Anytime I've heard someone describe another person they always say their name.
Speaking of names, why don't we know anybodys? When I put someone's name in my phone I usually put the whole name. And Jill is famous, why haven't we heard her name before ep 5?
This is only four examples but it's all that I can think of right now (besides it's morning and I haven't finished my coffee yet), I know there are lot's more out there, we've discussed them here before.
Which is why I think the inability to mention the restaurant to Sage is the much more serious flaw. By Episode 6 it's clear that a) the MC and Sage are friends (if not more), and b) Sage doesn't know about Quinn's empire. Given those points, there's really no excuse for an MC who isn't using the restaurant himself not to mention it her. It's way too big a deal to ignore if he has any interest in Sage's wellbeing or respect for her reputation. And that's completely ignoring the fact that an MC on Maya's path should be pulling strings to help her get that free tuition. So yeah, this one is a genuine plot hole.
Not mentioning Josy's name is at best a nitpick, IMHO. Going into details about a girl he's into would be a really weird thing to do out of the blue, so it's frankly more logical that her name didn't come up. The only time it would have made sense was when the MC returned after his second date with Josy, since that's the one time Maya was actually asking about how the relationship was going. But she was interrupted by a call from her father, and then the MC got sidetracked by the Chad investigation and the drunken Bella kiss, so the opportunity was lost.
Similarly, not know most people's last names doesn't matter much. Jill is the only one who's name would mean anything on it's own, and even with her it really made no difference: the MC's opinion of her and relationship with her was exactly the same before and after he learned she was a Royce. If the Lynette's family name reveal becomes a plot point in the future I'll be happy to complain about it then, but for now this is just a stylistic choice.
But in the end the plot will still be about a problem that could have been solved 3+ months ago simply by ignoring it. I have to agree with felicemastronzo, that's a miserable anti-climax to build most of the game around.That's the thing about a bluff, you don't know it's a bluff. Maya thinks it's real. The dad really wants her to give up Josy, but how far is the dad prepared to go? We don't know.
Regarding reading the contents of a loan. A few years back I helped my sister out with a home loan, she trusted I knew what I was doing and signed where I told her to sign. A lot of people, girls or guys, aren't great with paperwork, and if someone else is gonna help them with the heavy lifting, they're happy to take a back seat. Me personally, I read fucking everything...
It comes down to whether Maya had any reason to disbelieve her dad at that time. He'd probably already lectured her about Josy, but she may not have expected him to come up with such a dastardly plan. So while she didn't agree with his stance, she still trusted him at the time. It's in episode 3 that Maya comes to the realization that she can't trust her dad (she's a bit slow).
From everything we see about Patrick and from the most basic need to preserve the tension of the story, I'll be very disappointed if it turns out Patrick was bluffing.
What is there to say? This is Sage in the same context we've been seeing her since Episode 4. After waiting weeks for our first glimpse of Episode 8, we see a shot that could just as easily have been taken from anywhere else in Season 2. Meh.The image quality they are having now is incredible, it already sucks to play the first episodes seeing how the last ones look
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It's kind of sad that I'm the only one for now mentioning Sage's image
The image render quality is the only noteworthy thing here, and even that is becoming fairly routine.