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Four seasons later, Josh finds Rose dead in her bedroom.
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In recent years, television has been rightly heralded for incorporating more realistic depictions of mental illness.
Maybe a few years ago, it would make sense to keep avoiding it as a topic on TV.
Thomas knows this firsthand.
You don’t want to encourage people," Thomas says.
After he hangs up, he curls up on his bed and sobs.
“Or even just taking their story and putting it into a sh– show.”
“When my mom [attempted suicide], she was so embarrassed,” Thomas recalls.
“You never heard it spoken about that much.
InPlease Like Me, it offers some reasons someone might attempt suicide, but they’re not malicious.
“I’m so angry with Ginger.”
“I always struggle with people who are like, ‘What if she gets better?’
You don’t get a triumphant moment where somebody who’s bipolar or depressed is suddenly better.”
She goes to the therapist.
She stays in the hospital.
She moves in with someone, Hannah, so she’s not alone.
She tries really hard to stay alive.
And it shows how they continue on.
“Sorry about your life,” Josh says to his friend.
With that, Josh turns around and makes two plates of homemade pasta.
They’re sad and they’re grieving.
