Starstruck
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Isnt this show all aboutfeelinganyway?
I was just squealing with delight.
The funny thing is nothing that happens in Christmas is particularly surprising.
From the first episode, we all knew this show would end with Jessie and Tom getting together.
Any rom-com fan couldnt have been surprised that there was one last hurdle for our couple to get over.
So, again, I amsquealing.
He cant stop thinking about her.
Hes participating in the age-old tradition of stalking the object of your affection on social media.
Even a crushed-up macaron in his pocket is emotionally devastating.
Some of that sadness is simply that everyone will miss Jessie so much.
Jessie surely realizes this.
And then Kate forgets the custard.
As hard as they are trying to make this seem normal, its super-awkward.
They dont avoid talking about their fight, and both apologize for saying what they did.
Hey, whatever works, I guess.
With shouts of dont ruin this, Jessies friends all leave, and shes alone with Tom again.
Tom, full of anxiety, breaks his no-carbs rule and houses two of the brownies sitting out.
He does not know what we know, which is that those brownies will get you super fucking high.
And thats exactly what happens to Tom.
High Tom is a disaster.
He thinks hes dying.
He thinks the ceiling is falling on top of him.
Jessie promises to take care of him and will do anything he asks to get to distract him.
Surprisingly, none of this really works.
This whole conversation between Tom and Jessie on the bed is just so sweet and funny and lovely.
Its this great payoff for all their other moments of banter throughout the season.
Weve watched them be cute and funny, but now theyre those thingsandtheyre being honest about how they feel.
I like seeing you, she says.
I like seeing you!
What a thing to tell another person.
More people should be saying that to each other.
Tom tells her he thinks about her all the time and thinks hes falling in love with her.
Im sorry, my soul just left my body, I think?
And he isnt deterred by Jessie brushing him off.
He tells her he feel[s] things.
For [her,] specifically.
She has no choice but to admit she feels them too.
Alas, a few things still stand in their way.
Two: Shes leaving for New Zealand in a few hours.
They decide it would be wiser just to stay friends.
And yet still, Tom holds her as they fall asleep.
They sit side-by-side on the top of a double-decker in silence, because what can they really say?
Its clear Tom cant let her go.
But what can Jessie do about it?
Jessie cant let Tom go either.
As the bus pulls away, Tom cant help but smile.
And so he does!
How freaking wonderful is that?
Goddamn, arent rom-coms the best?
That is the sweetest thing that anyone has ever said to me, Jessie replies.
