Opinion | Noah Berlatsky: Hulu's 'Palm Springs' puts Andy Samberg's likability to good use — with a twist. - NBCNewsTHINK
Like many a rom-com,"Palm Springs" takes place at a wedding. Sarah is the sister of the bride. Nyles is the boyfriend of bridesmaid Misty , who, it turns out, is cheating on him. When the film starts, Nyles has already been reliving the day of the wedding in a"Groundhog Day"-like time loop. He can't escape or change anything permanently, and he's been trapped for what may subjectively be decades or even hundreds of years.
But in"Palm Springs," Nyles — like the viewer — is an old hand at time loops and doesn't need to experiment. He already knows that the day restarts whenever you fall asleep or die. He knows that demonstrating personal growth or doing good deeds doesn't get you out; the time loop has no moral purpose or logic. He can warn Sarah to take her seat belt off before a car crash, since instant death and resurrection is way better than torturous agony in the ICU.
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