Daisies and sunflowers are a sweet way of saying that summer's on its way out. Kind of like a grave blanket made of balloons. Or TV Land's Younger.
For seven seasons, Darren Star's comedy about a forty-year-old woman passing for twenty-six to break back into publishing made fighting the beast that is ageism fun. Yet this summer, editor extraordinaire Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) finally gets her own happy ending. With all the stress (and sadly, sick twentysomething style) of her ruse behind her, Liza takes on New York with nothing to hide. If you're a fan (or a super fan who subscribed to the new Paramount streaming service to watch early, unlike yours truly), then you already know if she rode off into the sunset on a motorcycle with hot young tattoo artist Josh (Nico Tortorella) or in a Town Car with suave peer and Empirical Publishing CEO Charles (Peter Hermann).
Yet it's not Liza's beau, but her boundless optimism, love for books, and light-hearted humor that make her so charming -- and once upon a time, the most likable liar in Gotham. (As in all good love stories, it's the guy who gets this that gets her.) Bolstered by lifetime bestie Maggie (Debi Mazar) and coworker Kelsey (Hilary Duff), Liza has always made hustling look easy. Even back when she was dealing with her prickly, ginormous-necklace-wearing boss Diana (Miriam Shor), high-maintenance authors, and her lack of social media savvy. Because underneath all the glitz and glam, Younger is about a pioneer bucking the system.
So here's to staying young and in an eternal summer state of mind. Not to be confused with an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
That's a story with far different feels.