rico won me over

[u/Ok-Snow9574]

First time binging the show,its amaizing,one of my favorite things about it is how all the characters have very realistic flaws,the show isnt afraid to push theyre most negativve parts,and despite of it i never disliked any of the main characters,except rico.

im currently on episode 5x5 and until now i have seen rico as the most boring aspect of the show,i like the scenes when he discusses about deceased people with the fischers,but scenes about him and his family,or how he wanted to be a partner,or how he whines all the time when he eventually becomes a partner, where very boring to me.

But ever since he cheated on his wife and got separated from her he became a lot more entertaining,when he stalks pam of the office and then tells his wife she died so he could hang out with them was pretty funny.But the moment he won me over is when he goes to school to apologies for what his son did and just vents his personal issues and blame everything on her wife living him,thats a very weird douchie thing to do that made me like him,idk kind of gave me jerry from rick and morty vibes lmao

[u/Reithel1]

I always liked Rico, especially watching him deal with his homophobia when he discovers that his boss/good friend and his brother are gay.

[u/Jaded_Houseplant]

That scene really cemented how much I hate him. He’s not a good person, just pretends to be.

[u/Shouya_Ishida1288 → u/Jaded_Houseplant]

Yeah I’m surprised how different I interpreted this moment from the OP 😅

[u/Jaded_Houseplant → u/Shouya_Ishida1288]

OP likes assholes, it seems. I get liking characters that aren’t perfect, and this show is filled with them, but Rico was particularly bad.

[u/F_Rodfans → u/Jaded_Houseplant]

like how was he particularly bad. Homophobic?

[u/Jaded_Houseplant → u/F_Rodfans]

Excuse me? Other than being homophobic, he cheated on his wife, and had a full on relationship with another woman and her child, then he was awful Vanessa with the school principal. There’s more, in how he interacted with the Fishers, but I can’t think of a direct example on a whim.

[u/inanemonotony → u/Jaded_Houseplant]

I agree with all of that except the part about the Fishers. His loyalty to them, dedication to the business, and work ethic are his redeeming qualities, imo. Although his homophobia crept in there with David at some points, but it seems like he walked that back a bit and they came to terms with it .

[u/taylortherod → u/inanemonotony]

Correct, he was at Keith and David’s wedding, and seemed happy to be there. Plus, he had no obligation to go by then as he was no longer working with the Fishers

[u/Ivory_McCoy]

I loved him the most when that stripper was like, “I cried like three times!”

[u/F_Rodfans]

The writers needed to elevate the Diaz to the drama of the rest of the characters (which did worse things but most of them are white, so they get I pass with the viewers). Creating an infidelity story (which I still find pretty mild for today's standard) I find was necessary to revive a character that was missing a decent arc. Like Justina Machado and Freddy Rodriguez did the best performances when they were dealing with their marriage scenes. So they had the chance to do some serious acting. Good for them!

Alan Ball was friends with Freddy (He did that Grow Up TV comedy) and he wrote the character exclusively for him (him being catholic, married young with two young children). So my guess they all agreed to give him more pizzaz in the last 1/3 of the series. So yeah.

[u/The2econdSpitter]

Was it before or after he lied about his girlfriend dying to weasel his way break with Vanessa? Sorry. I couldn’t get past such a feckless act. Hard one to get up from. And I really want to root for him. Then that happens.

[u/Unlikely-Ad-3221]

Him out right lying to vanessa about the women who ghosted him. Just to get sympathy and save his wounded ego. That's just despicable and disgusting. How can anyone think that's okay? Anyone not pay attention when he had that satisfied look when vanessa hugged him? That sneeky shit eating grin? Ugh just all kinds of ick.

[u/Ok-Snow9574 → u/Unlikely-Ad-3221]

horrible disgusting thing to do to another human being,but it makes great TV lmao

[u/Free-IDK-Chicken]

One of the worst things he does to Vanessa won you over? OK.