But it's interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren't in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting "the Rachel" might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting "the Rachel" might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

请问老师，

1. 这一部分怎么理解？在句中做什么成份？

2. in the same way that 后面部分是作the some way的同位语吗？