what i like about casey is how she always treats sam like any other sibling like she messes with him, bugs him, and annoys him. like sometimes ppl treated sam differently but casey always treats him like anyone else but at the same time she’s very protective of him

I don’t think people talk enough about Sam and Paige’s break up in the finale. They were a flawed couple for sure, especially in the last season, but the way they ended things was so mature and it really showed how much they had both grown since they started dating. It made me feel a lot better about it.

Sam in Season 1: "I'll never be able to actually go to Antarctica."
Sam in Season 4: "I'm ready to go to Antarctica now."
Talk about a major character development! 🐧

I also like how they kept Evan around in the show because usually shows just stop showing the ex of a main character.

Zahid is so underrated. He’s genuinely such a good friend and I feel like we all need a friend like Zahid. I hate the plot line of him picking his relationship over sam though and i feel like it had to do with more they just needed a plot line and did that

i love the fact izzie actually apologised to casey for the way she'd been acting, its very rare we actually get to see closure in relationships on screen - normally they just kiss and then everything's fine

As much as I love Casey's character I hated how her and Evan's relationship ended. I mean she saw firsthand the effect her moms affair had on her parents relationship and did the same thing to Evan, I understand that she was confused but it still really ticked me off. Evan was so sweet, he deserved so much better.

The way zahid was the straightest character and played by a gay actor was funny to me

As someone who was diagnosed with autism at 23, I’m very hesitant of watching shows about autism because I know it won’t be representative of me, but I actually liked it, mostly because it focused on sams family members as well (casey is the best). I also thought the ending was weird, it just didn’t make sense and felt way too abrupt.
It never bothered me that the actor playing sam wasn’t autistic, but for some reason the characters played by autistic actors felt more real to me (they were a bit more like the autistic people I’ve met).     I really would have liked it if the show would have gone into their stories and struggles more, but I get that that would make the narrative a little messy.

i’ve always loved how casey treats sam like he doesn’t have autism( compared to other characters) and casey always protects him when people say/do something. and also i like how doug and sam progressively got closer and understands sam, and also😂i hate elsa because of the cheating thing and she really didn’t believe that sam could do things( i kinda didn’t hate her fully at the end tho) and STAN ZAHID AND CASEY

Honestly, Atypical deserved better. It got cancelled, and Netflix basically said "here, have a season 4 to cap things off" but Atypical had set up for so much more. This meant that season 4 had to cut a bunch of  corners and was overall rushed. The plot wasn't able to develop as naturally, nor were the characters. Some characters had arcs cut short, some characters were cut entirely. The music also used to be a highlight for me but with s4 it was really lacking and often didn't serve its purpose to elevate the emotional weight of scenes. The conflicts in s4 were really just pointless and repetitive because there was no time to flesh out any real conflict and have it finish well in the season. S4 also felt very disorganized, particularly at the beginning, where it felt like a handful of sketches stitched together into episodes, with little to tie them together. They also dropped the whole concept of Sam's hyperfixation on Antarctica impacting the way he interacts with the world, where there would be an a theme for an episode represented by some Antarctica fact that served as a metaphor for the conflict within an episode. With this, they also dropped Julia's character completely (due to covid, so there was little to be done about it, but still unfortunate.) Overall, Atypical's ending and the show as a whole could have been a lot better if they hadn't been forced into a rushed ending, and if the show had been given proper time to unfold the whole plot and character developments.

Honestly one of thee best shows
I loved Paige, and I liked the storyline of her transition from high school to college. Its shows how we assume that just coz you were a great student and valedictorian, things will turn out perfect, I literally cried when she broke down in the potato suit because she had hoped that at that stage in her life, she would be somewhere great
I didnt like that Caseys best friend who happens to be black only shows up when Caseys in need, she was the stereotypical black friend, that we know nothing about, just present for her white friend

i didn’t really like elsa as a person but i liked her character because i think it showed how mom’s have to basically give up their personalities and lives to be a mom. she definitely does ent understand boundaries but i think it’s just that she doesn’t really know who she is without being a mom and how she has to start figuring that out cause her kids are growing up.

I do really appreciate the fact that the show showcases a couple fighting for a broken marriage. It’s so easy for people to file for divorce if they see their marriage is broken. But I love that Elsa and Doug fight to save their marriage for themselves and also for their family. It really shows that love and loyalty to a person are not just feelings, but choices too.

I’m on the autism spectrum and I love this show :) Very accurate and respectful depiction, the fact that Keir isn’t on the spectrum never bothered me .

I think what happened was they got backlash because the main actor is not actually on the spectrum, so in further seasons they casted autistic people as Sam's college friends.

I thought the finale had to do with the fact that on the penultimate episode the way in which Sam could accomplish his goals (the school program) was cancelled because no one else wanted to do it. So he thought, I just can't do it. Then what ends up happening is the people around him help him realize that he doesn't need anyone else to do the things he wants to do, he can just do them. Which is a really big realization for any new adult, but especially important for someone who has grown up fearing they may never be fully independent because of who they are.

Throughout the season he proved he knew what is needed to physically get to Antarctica, he understands that he has a brief window before it's night time for months. In terms of knowledge, he is better prepared for a trip to Antarctica than most people so he spends the entire season physically preparing for the trip. Bracing himself for the physical toll, raising money, etc. His family does well enough financially that it seems he can afford the trip and his father, who also has significant growth, realizes that he needs to finally use the years worth of vacation days he's saved up and experience something magical with his son. He's never dreamed that big but his son has been dreaming of this his whole life and is fearless enough to make it happen. He also realizes he hasn't spent nearly enough time with him and he should really start.

The dynamics of the family are forced to change and it's like all the seasons prepared them for where they are now.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CASEY AND IZZIE DUE TO RACE i was literally so annoyed when the show kept dancing around it

Justice for Evan. The show did him dirty and he didn't deserve it.