This season shows Liza making Caitlyn leave for college. Whereas, she is contemplating about what she feels about Josh and Charles. Then her identity becomes vulnerable thanks to Kelsey and Thad’s Laptop. On the other hand, an investment is made in Empirical by a Silicon Valley billionaire.
What I can see from this first episode is that things are going to get even messier and more complicated. But that's just a great thing for us viewers, even if it's not so great for Liza.
It manages to consistently hit all the right notes, complete with interesting arcs for its supporting players, while also zipping along at just the right pace.
Thematically, this show does more with its 20-minute episodes than some shows do with an entire season. Younger's many plot machinations work because the show has a heart and female-centrism that is missing from most
Foster is, as always, glowingly convincing as Liza, and the show never lets us forget that what this character - and by implication, this series - is fighting against is, as Liza phrases it in the second episode, "institutionalized ageism."