The bro-ish immaturity that made him king of his high school doesn’t fly in college, where women expect a modicum of emotional intelligence from their dates. Separated for the first time since his birth, mother and son both struggle. And by demanding his love, she puts a check on his selfishness. Brendan doesn’t realize that he relies on his mom for moral guidance. She’s made her son the focal point of her life, not just because she’s such a generous person (though she is), but also because tending to his needs distracts her from her own. Though their relationship looks one-sided at first, it slowly reveals itself to be symbiotic. That, of course, leaves Eve to manage Brendan’s barely repressed emotions.
If he had any self-awareness, he’d see that he’s really angry at his dad, who’s busy with his new family. Brendan is the most oblivious and ungrateful of all, a casually cruel jock who has swaggered through high school bullying less popular kids, treating girls like chew toys and avoiding introspection. A single mom who runs a senior center, Eve is constantly caring for others–many of them oblivious, ungrateful men. Fletcher, a richly observed adaptation of a novel by creator Tom Perrotta ( The Leftovers) that premieres on HBO on Oct. She’s worried Brendan will become just like his father–with good reason.Įve and Brendan are the dual protagonists of Mrs. Eve had also fielded a last-minute phone call from her ex, Ted (Josh Hamilton), informing her that he wasn’t free to help her move their only child into his freshman dorm after all. Before they’d left, she’d overheard him in his room with a girl, using misogynistic language obviously borrowed from porn.
They’re in the car, on their way to drop him off at college.
“You have to be nice to women,” Eve Fletcher, played by a sublime Kathryn Hahn, tells her son Brendan (Jackson White).
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