TGTTM is a series about Tom peters, the newest resident of Jefferson, and the mayor of Jefferson. The episodic cycle goes like this: tom presents an idea to the mayor, well intentioned for the benefit of others/the town, and the mayor manages to mangle that idea so horribly that tom suffers from it. It may be bold to analyze a goofy show like this, but I'm going to because it's plagued my mind.
Tom is spending eternal torment in hell, for god knows what. His home is awful, consisting of his wife joy who is toxic and makes tom's life worse, and joys three kids who are mostly innactive but still frankly suck. Even the house and property itself are in shambles.
Toms friend gibbons repeatedly makes life worse for him. Gibbons even once pressured him to buy him and expensive gift, which forced Tom to steal, which gibbons punished him for. Gibbons also goes on to present at his birthday that while Tom did get him the gift he pestered him for, he got the mayor to get him a more expensive one, making Tom appear a bad friend.
The mayor selfishly twists most of tom's ideas to make his own gain, or to simply make Tom suffer. Everyday tom walks into the mayors office, the mayor asks his name, as if he's never met him before. It seems like a "you're forgettable" power play.
Tom is a good, kindhearted man. He is the only one in town to have a moral compass that steers him right. He's the only person to time and time again act for others. Despite having a toxic wife, he still loves and adores her. Despite having step kids that show little to no interest in him, he loves and would do anything for them. No matter how many times he gets knocked down, he keeps trying to help the community.
Two episodes shook me to my core in this series. Two episodes went to the next level and made me come to my conclusion. Those episodes are: Season 2 ep 7 spray a carpet or rug, And Season 2 ep 15 puddins.
I hate how those episode names or so inconspicuous.
In spray a carpet or rug, the mayor has him replace the piorneer park grass with spray a carpet. This results in the death of many citizens and lands Tom, and only Tom, in prison. Overtime another inmate sells Tom the idea of hanging himself, which Tom does. He then sees a white mayor's office, where he meets the mayor. The last thing Tom says to the mayor is "what about my family, my friend said something about life insurance." The mayor just says "sorry buddy" and becomes a scary demon.
In puddins, tom shares with the mayor that his stepson brindon died from eating too much. The mayor is unperturbed. The mayor attends Brandon's memorial and eats food in the back. Afterward the mayor compliments tom's poem, and tries to feed him to calm down. He has this sort of disconnected support. He then goes to puddins where Brindon was supposed to have his birthday dessert. He gets tube fed a great deal of pudding then on the bench outside he eats from a tub, with brindon's picture beside him, whom he's been talking to. The mayor comes by and knocks the photo down to sit next to Tom, and goes on to suggest that Tom is therapeutically eating the pudding, and that he supports him in doing so. Tom goes on to eat an unhealthy amount of pudding and everything goes down hill. He falls into a nasty depression in which joy kicks him out for his brindon shrine, and lives in the dumpster behind puddins. He leaves a message at the mayors phone inviting him and saying "call me back please, I need to talk to someone". He sounds and looks broken. At the end of the episode Tom breaks down in the mayors office and weep on the floor. The mayor soon leaves him there on the floor, returns home and here we see the first empathetic and caring action the mayor has ever shown. He prays at dinner in thankfulness of his family, and for help towards Tom in his grief. It's also revealed that on the mayors mantle, and two of the four photos contain Tom. The episode ends with a montage of Tom crying on the mayors floor for months. Partway through he's given pillows and dog food.
I think this show is fantastic and hilarious. It will drive you insane if you let it and it's hard to go more than 3 episodes in a row. Each episode makes you so upset that you want to say "hey, that's not fair" but Jefferson doesn't care. Toms experiences are an exaduration of the injustices, unfairities, annoyances, and coldness of the real world. You want things to go right for Tom but they won't.
Rats off to ya.
Tom is spending eternal torment in hell, for god knows what. His home is awful, consisting of his wife joy who is toxic and makes tom's life worse, and joys three kids who are mostly innactive but still frankly suck. Even the house and property itself are in shambles.
Toms friend gibbons repeatedly makes life worse for him. Gibbons even once pressured him to buy him and expensive gift, which forced Tom to steal, which gibbons punished him for. Gibbons also goes on to present at his birthday that while Tom did get him the gift he pestered him for, he got the mayor to get him a more expensive one, making Tom appear a bad friend.
The mayor selfishly twists most of tom's ideas to make his own gain, or to simply make Tom suffer. Everyday tom walks into the mayors office, the mayor asks his name, as if he's never met him before. It seems like a "you're forgettable" power play.
Tom is a good, kindhearted man. He is the only one in town to have a moral compass that steers him right. He's the only person to time and time again act for others. Despite having a toxic wife, he still loves and adores her. Despite having step kids that show little to no interest in him, he loves and would do anything for them. No matter how many times he gets knocked down, he keeps trying to help the community.
Two episodes shook me to my core in this series. Two episodes went to the next level and made me come to my conclusion. Those episodes are: Season 2 ep 7 spray a carpet or rug, And Season 2 ep 15 puddins.
I hate how those episode names or so inconspicuous.
In spray a carpet or rug, the mayor has him replace the piorneer park grass with spray a carpet. This results in the death of many citizens and lands Tom, and only Tom, in prison. Overtime another inmate sells Tom the idea of hanging himself, which Tom does. He then sees a white mayor's office, where he meets the mayor. The last thing Tom says to the mayor is "what about my family, my friend said something about life insurance." The mayor just says "sorry buddy" and becomes a scary demon.
In puddins, tom shares with the mayor that his stepson brindon died from eating too much. The mayor is unperturbed. The mayor attends Brandon's memorial and eats food in the back. Afterward the mayor compliments tom's poem, and tries to feed him to calm down. He has this sort of disconnected support. He then goes to puddins where Brindon was supposed to have his birthday dessert. He gets tube fed a great deal of pudding then on the bench outside he eats from a tub, with brindon's picture beside him, whom he's been talking to. The mayor comes by and knocks the photo down to sit next to Tom, and goes on to suggest that Tom is therapeutically eating the pudding, and that he supports him in doing so. Tom goes on to eat an unhealthy amount of pudding and everything goes down hill. He falls into a nasty depression in which joy kicks him out for his brindon shrine, and lives in the dumpster behind puddins. He leaves a message at the mayors phone inviting him and saying "call me back please, I need to talk to someone". He sounds and looks broken. At the end of the episode Tom breaks down in the mayors office and weep on the floor. The mayor soon leaves him there on the floor, returns home and here we see the first empathetic and caring action the mayor has ever shown. He prays at dinner in thankfulness of his family, and for help towards Tom in his grief. It's also revealed that on the mayors mantle, and two of the four photos contain Tom. The episode ends with a montage of Tom crying on the mayors floor for months. Partway through he's given pillows and dog food.
I think this show is fantastic and hilarious. It will drive you insane if you let it and it's hard to go more than 3 episodes in a row. Each episode makes you so upset that you want to say "hey, that's not fair" but Jefferson doesn't care. Toms experiences are an exaduration of the injustices, unfairities, annoyances, and coldness of the real world. You want things to go right for Tom but they won't.
Rats off to ya.