The New Normal can at times be a decent show. When the show tries to force the idea that it’s progressive or promotes differences while simultaneously exploiting and insulting those with the same differences, that’s when it fails—and fails hard. So far in its premiere season, The New Normal is about half and half, winning over with heartwarming family dynamics one week, before insulting any minority, belief or disability it can the next. “Nanagasm” thankfully isn’t as aggressively anti-different as it can be (see last week), but even without that, this week’s episode doesn’t succeed in the family aspects either.
David’s mother is coming to visit, and she isn’t exactly a fan of Bryan. The two are going to announce the pregnancy, but her inability to focus on anyone other than David and her attempts to one-up Bryan at every chance come in between this being a great moment for Bryan and David. While one future grandmother is visiting, Nana Jane is getting busy with a stranger she met at her hotel’s bar. Since her husband turned out to be gay, she experiences her first orgasm, which she admits to gynecologist David.
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