Gotta be honest, I didn't like the premiere of Why Are You Like This at all. In fact, I felt a really strong urge to shut it all off throughout the entire first two-thirds of the episode. That is, until I realized...
yeah duh, it's supposed to be horrible.
The protagonists are absolutely obnoxious. Nothing about them is likable, and all the humor comes from their ignorance. But that's exactly where I missed the point.
This show is mean to point out the damage of performative activism, a trend that's dangerously popular in my generation (Gen Z) and in some millennials. The reveal at the end, I think, is the best way of showing just how awful this kind of activism can be, and the characters getting off scot-free is very common in reality as well.
This is the first time a show has made me feel empathy for 2 dimensional, underdeveloped side characters, and I think that's an achievement, even if it was achieved by making the three "protagonists" as awful as possible.
Unfortunately I still have to give this episode a 5, because I still hated everything for most of the episode. Hopefully I'll be able to see the next episode from a new, more informed point of view.