“I’m A Cockroach Stella, I’ll Always Be Here.”
Lesbian hand holding opens our episode today, and look, I am sure at some point the simple fact that there is canon gay content on this show will stop making me grin like fool, but it is not this day! I bid you stand, homosexual fans of The Morning Show!
Unfortunately, Cory has not yet accepted that he is an aromantic asexual, so he is keeping himself busy by mournfully gazing out of his window. Is he…waiting for Bradley to come back? Is he just reflecting on the world at large? Let’s hope for the latter!
Over at TMS, Bradley is recapping the debate for Allison (the debate she moderated? That’s weird, right??) but mostly she is pronouncing the word “identity” like a Tisch sophomore who had a professor last term who was obsessed with enunciation. Allison lobs it over to Daniel, who is sitting down with a man named “Peter Bullard” and his new show on uba+. Whew, I am glad we haven’t lost track of what really matters here on The Morning Show— a subplot about the ups and downs of launching a streaming service!
There is a somewhat artful shot that takes us into Cory’s office, where he is IN PERSON with Mystery Voice, congrats on getting a corporeal form! (Yes, I know he had one last week, leave me alone.) They are on the phone with THE VAULT, which seems like a Page Six /TMZ composite? Absolutely a part of the Vaulter Universe. THE VAULT has held the Hannah story as long as they can and MYSTERY VOICE is trying to sell them on “two major female celebrities in a same sex relationship,” a phrase that made me age twenty years just typing it. THE VAULT doesn’t care, because stories like this don’t have the legs they used to, and unless MYSTERY VOICE can provide photos, they don’t have a deal. Cory is making faces that are like equal parts guilty and queasy, like we’re supposed to feel bad for him? I don’t, really! I mean, I probably should be madder at him, because outing someone sucks, but this is my problem when this show Tries To Be Serious, I just can’t get worked up about it? Mitch is one thing, but I honestly do not have the time to get like, furious at Cory rn. Please allow me to keep my gay card!
Back on TMS, Daniel is stilling chatting with “Peter Bullard.” His name will be stylized in quotes because I cannot accept that as a name. It should be said that “Peter Bullard” is giving enormous Bill Maher energy and he has show debuting on uba+ called “Exact Change.” If you can believe it, this is a show dedicated to stories about people making positive change. I am getting that “Peter Bullard” is trying to rebrand into a person who is not an abject asshole, which Daniel finds interesting. “Well, I remember when you referred to me as ‘mincing’ on your show,” he grins. “Peter Bullard” says he never said that and laughs uncomfortably as Daniel just smiles confidently and says he did. This is the kind of petty behavior I can get behind!
Mia, on the other hand, simply will not get behind this, and tries to pull him back. It’s very reminiscent of when Alex came too hard for Bradley when she was just a lunatic coal woman reporter and Ian Gomez told her to back off. (Sidebar, where the hell is Ian Gomez?) Daniel moves the conversation along, but it’s pretty clear that “Peter Bullard”is pissed. On the bright side, Greta Thunberg is gonna be on his show!
Bradley’s producer, Gayle, glides into the office and smugly tells the front desk security guy that Las Vegas was “triumphant.” Before we join the rest of the cast, can we talk about this little moment? First of all, I haven’t the faintest idea why is this scene here? Is it confirming that Bradley did a good job in Vegas? Mia is literally about to do that in the next scene, why do it now? Also, we know next to nothing about Gayle, but her cat with the canary grin reads like she’s plotting something? I’ve seen the whole season and I hate to spoil for y’all, but there is not a “Gayle as villain arc.” Please help me understand you, The Morning Show!
Back in the office, Mia is doing that thing that every manager who ever watched a TEDxTalk does, where she congratulates the team on their hard work in Vegas and calls out some lower level staff to make them feel seen. This includes Not!Yanko, the weather guy who is filling in for Yanko since he uh, beat up a random racist in the street. The biggest congrats are—of course— saved for Bradley, who is rocking a Laura Peterson inspired black turtleneck under a leather jacket with a high pony. Hi Gay! Also, her debate performance single-handedly saved uba from certain death! And her gift is another debate, this time in Phoenix! Bradley, ever the truth teller, tries to get the room to give Chip a round of applause because he helped her cram, and the room obliges with lukewarm scattered claps. Mostly, Bradley is just glad that she was able to help out Alex in her moment of need. By the way how Alex is doing? When might we hear back from our flaxen haired queen?
Bisexual Isabella stopped by her place last night, and she’s feeling a little better. Has there been any word on when she’ll be back? A ballpark even? Within three seconds of Chip speaking, it’s incredibly clear that he has not been in contact with Queen Levy in quite some time. Thankfully everyone is distracted by the promo playing overhead for Audra’s interview with Maggie Brener, just in case you forgot that is the REAL source of Alex’s disappearance.
This takes us into a conference room, where Mia and Stella are berating Chip RE: Alex. Mia is trying to play nice, front loading that Alex’s health is the most important thing, while Stella is a touch more direct. They did promise the world Alex Levy, and she was back for what, a week? Chip fumbles and bumbles his way though sentences like “the back is unpredictable” (he would know, what with his tragic “born without a spine condition” and all) and that her doctor thinks it’s lucky that she doesn’t need surgery. Mostly it is important to note that Stella is no longer in her business lounge wear, something I personally find devastating.
Cory storms in with none of his usual chaotic demon glee or charm because “Peter Bullard” is pissed about the Daniel interview. He seems rattled and nervvy, so I am guessing this anger is a side effect of outing his bisexual lady love, something he could have avoided by simply not doing! Much like myself, Mia seems a bit surprised that Cory is so worked about this, because they all know “Peter Bullard” is full of shit and hey, Daniel thought they were having a fun back and forth. Cory doesn’t want to hear it, because the man is making money and apparently he alone will save uba+ from failing. Forlorn Hope, how quickly they abandoned you! Anyway, he’s really here to figure out a replacement for Alex, someone big, someone stunty, someone you would NEVER expect to do it and stay on morning TV. They fall shockingly silent for a group of people who have a literal building filled with reporters and TV personalities. Chip grabs whatever amount of gumption he has left and suggests Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson. Cory loves it. Mia is a little worried about Alex’s reaction, but Chip tells her that Alex will see it as a push to return sooner. Suuuure. Stella loves Laura, but doesn’t think she’ll do it, and tries to end the meeting on “I’ll put together a list. Really? You need time to put a list together? You can’t solve this problem now? Stella, I love you, but come on now! Cory agrees with me and whips out his cell. “She’s a friend, it’s an easy ask.”
The sound of a ringing cell interrupts Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson and Bradley where they are giggling gayly and enjoying the absolutely stunning patio space. Cory makes his pitch and Bradley is like yes yes please do it I am addicted to working with my girlfriends!!! “You seem to be…enjoying Bradley,” Cory says, bravely keeping the tears from his voice, throwing in that he will let her hit him anywhere but the face. Well, who the hell could pass that deal up? Cory is thrilled, Bradley is thrilled and Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson is taking off?? Wherever for? Why, the studio of course! She’s a professional, she’s not gonna half ass this, and if that means leaving this outdoor cuddle pile, well then by god she will!
Bradley agrees, because she is a fan of Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson’s whole ass as well. EL OH EL I say to this. Oh and by the way, since they both have to get up and do the show tomorrow, maybe Bradley can just stay over tonight? Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson agrees and also happens to have plenty of space for Bradley to leave some of her stuff, if that would be of interest to her? Though I have been on the record that Reese is the problem vis a vis their chemistry, I have to admit she nails the whole “head over heels, I simply obsessed with this woman” look as she giggles and agrees. Also, her look right now is FULL baby gay and honestly I am just so proud.
It seems like Mia might actually live in the uba offices, something I find a TOUCH worrisome. She trying to smooth over Alex missing an interview President Carter (who is alive, I checked because…well, he is old as hell) and suggests Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson in her place, which the person on the phone seems to love. I take a second to think about why on earth they would interview President Carter at this time, but Mia has already moved on to leave a message for Ken at Vanity Fair. Of course she is also worried about what it might have to say about her. Once again I must scream about the fact that they would absolutely have a network PR person to manage this? This is a book dedicated to how fucked up their entire workplace is, there is some Olivia Pope type person who would be tasked with image management! Actually, would have been a great way to get Catherine Zeta Jones on this cast.
Meanwhile, Bradley returns to her hotel and sees AN OBVIOUS PLOT DEVICE sitting on the floor outside of her room. This obvious plot device is her brother because why the fuck not! For those may not recall, this Plot Device was featured briefly last season, mostly to confirm to the viewing audience that Bradley comes from a troubled family. The last time we saw him, their mother had removed him from rehab and he was living at home. Consider yourself caught up! Now Plot Device wants to hang out with his big sister in the Big Apple! For some reason he does not want his own room, a thing I would have simply given him no space to debate me on. We are adults and I have money, you are not sleeping on my couch! Bradley is annoyed in that very specific way people are when plans change last minute and they can’t admit to being mad about it without admitting more than they want to which only makes them madder. Not that it is something I have ever experienced myself, no sireee! Bradley pulls out her phone to cancel on Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson, and we get to see their texts, source material that I will be dedicating the rest of my life to understanding.
VERY NAUGHTY??? In response to “not staying dry”??? Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson didn’t even have the guts to type the words “you’ll get wet” which is clearly what this exchange is hinting at??? Nary an emoji or anything? Come on gays, we flirt better than this!!!
Over at uba, Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson does a wellness check on Chip, who is sitting alone in his office in the dark. “Oh, Chuck, this is sad.” she teases. Also, Maggie mentioned the whole “Alex stopping by her hotel room to scream at her” thing to Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson and she wants to know: How is Alex, really? I can’t express how mad I am that we did not get a full ten minute scene of Laura and Maggie talking about being dark haired and beautiful and the various blondes they find themselves entangled with. Chip clearly had no idea Alex did this and tries to brush it off with an excuse about mixing pain pills and muscle relaxants. He tries to fish for what exactly Alex said to Maggie, but Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson is like oh no can do sir, The Severe Brunettes Code of Conduct explicitly says I am forbidden from sharing that information with you. After Laura and her perfect coat breeze out of his office, Chip leaves a panicked message for Alex, which is done in voice over as the camera pans around her perfect, empty penthouse. Where! Is! Our! Girl!
The next morning, Bradley is heading to work as her Plot Device dozes on the couch and watches infomercials about knives. She takes a second to riffle through his bag, presumably to look for drugs. Plot Device is fine! She doesn’t have to go through his stuff, nor does she have to worry about him! He’s great! Bradley looks as skeptical as I feel about this pronouncement, but she has to go—first day working with her new girlfriend! Her girlfriend who is already at uba because it’s her first day and she is a professional! That bitchy gay guy who does…makeup, I think (?) takes her through the office as she mutters that she feels like Carrie returning to prom. As they wind through the halls, Allison slides by and coos “Laura! I saw your ranch on Architectural Digest—where’s my invite!?” She is wearing Uggs under her TMS outfit, and I love her. Also, where is MY invite, Laura?? The bitchy makeup gay knows about Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson and Bradley, I assume through the homosexual whisper network? Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson tells him to shut up and puts her game face on as they walk into Mia’s office.
We cut to a slowly revolving shot of Cory lying dramatically on his couch before Stella comes to get him. They must go kiss Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson’s ring, Stella opines for a moment that they were just kissing Alex’s ring, and now there is another white woman they must fawn over. Fair point, but Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson is a professional! She isn’t going to have sixteen breakdowns on air! She is whole assing this! The most important part of this scene is that Cory took his shoes off to lie down on the couch, which I respect greatly.
Gayle is walking Bradley to set and reminding her that it is her show, Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson is just a guest. Gayle, what is this mafia wife energy you have suddenly developed? Who are you??? Bradley is wearing a great Gucci dress, Laura is in a green pantsuit, the girlfriends look cute! They chit chit in that way you do when you are really intimately familiar with someone but are pretending you aren’t. Cory clocks it, because he is just looking for ways to get his feelings hurt while preparing to tell THE VAULT to hit publish on the story the second they get on air.
A nameless producer slides a tray of Groucho Marx fake glasses over to them and Mia explains for all of us that it is his 130th birthday and they are doing a segment on the Groucho Brothers. “Yeah...I won’t be doing that,” Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson says, nailing the combination of “amused” and “filled with disdain.” Everyone laughs—what a firecracker she is!— and the show starts. It must be said that Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson is easily ten times the host Alex is, she is breezy and charming and relaxed and for some reason this is the one place she and Bradley have chemistry? Up to and including the moment where Bradley plays doctor during their “Heart Month” segment, where she plays doctor and giggles that Laura’s heart is racing! The girls are seconds away from fucking in front of “Dr. Zeegers-Bottum.”
Meanwhile, Stella has a run in with HOLLAND TAYLOR, who is absolutely not above publicly berating someone in the hall. She runs down the list of her disappointments, which include bringing Alex back, not firing Bradley and generally letting the talent do whatever they want. Stella is shocked to hear the bit about how she was supposed to fire Bradley, but HOLLAND TAYLOR has no time for excuses. “These aren’t earthquakes, they’re people. You can control them!” She wants Stella to get uba’s house in order and she wants her to do it ASAP. “Show some character,” she growls. Wooooof. tbQUITEh, Stella is in the most interesting position on this show, brought in to clean things up by a network that doesn’t want to change at all in order to keep making money, hamstrung by everyone around her. Which is probably why we barely see her and know nothing about her! Great call!
On set, the girlfriends are smugly giggling about how great their show is going as the replacement weather guy does the weather. Plot Device calls, so Bradley texts him “I can’t answer, I’m on TV. Why aren’t you asleep?” Well don’t ask me a question if you are on TV! Like a good Plot Device, he texts her a link to a story in THE VAULT. “Laura Peterson...and Bradley Jackson Dating??”
First of all, that is the wrong place for an ellipsis, it should be “Laura Peterson and Bradley Jackson….Dating???” Second, kudos to THE VAULT for grabbing a still of the stethoscope bit that just aired! They also have a picture of them holding hands and entering a hotel room from Vegas. Bradley is totally shellshocked, Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson takes a deep breath and tells her “You’ll be fine.” She’s obviously pissed, but trying to hold it together—I imagine she knows Bradley needs one of them to stay calm. Like a zombie, Bradley walks back to set and grabs the Groucho glasses, barely making it through the intro to the segment with all the ringing in her ears. Look, it’s horrible to be publicly outed, but you literally cannot ask me to take Bradley’s pain seriously while she is sitting up there disassociating with Groucho glasses on her face!
While she fights through the segment, the rest of the TMS staff react, most of them some variation of “NO FUCKIN WAY?” and “Well, this will get some ratings!” Allison saunters through the control room just to note that she “caught a vibe” and I am starting to get why she wanted an invite to Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson’s ranch! The replacement weather guy asks if Daniel is mad because “being gay is his thing” and he’s like fuck you, no? Being outed is horrible and painful, get away from me. He does.
The minute Bradley finishes her segment she runs for the cover her panic room. Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson comes in and Bradley yells that she has to get out before she gets her lesbianism all over the place and everyone knows about them!!! They can talk about how they want to handle bullshit rumors about them privately, it’s not sus to do that, Laura explains. BUT WE ARE FUCKING SO OFTEN??? Bradley yells. “God, you are so not cool.” Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson sighs. Girl. You don’t even know the half of it.
Bradley is fully on one, spinning out about people looking at them and talking about them (“They are… we’re on TV.”) and NO, it’s about being OUTED, Bradley is just a private person okay!! She can’t just go home and draw a bath, her Plot Device is there watching infomercials about knives and is so fucked up just like she is and her whole family is fucked up and, and, and! Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson tries to point out that there was a story about Alex and Mitch in Page Six a few years ago that went nowhere, and Bradley reminds her that she asked Alex about it in their big interview. “Yeah, well, don’t be horrible to people and you’ll be fine.” Jesus CHRIST she is perfect! Bradley doesn’t deserve this perfect woman who is going to return to the set and take care of the show. Bradley cannot have people judging her, because if people know about this they will know about it when she fucks it up and she’s never been in a relationship longer than a few months because she is just SO FUCKED UP okay! She is fully in her own Tennessee Williams play over here!
In the control room during Allison and Daniel’s hour, Mia gets a heads up from Ken from Vanity Fair— an excerpt from Maggie’s book. MITCH KESSLER TARGETED BLACK WOMEN the headline blares. I groan for what feels like a half a century, and Mia sprints into the office to scream at Chip. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that she overhears him talking to Resident Dark Angel Rena about the teeny tiny problem that he has no earthly idea where Alex is. “Your ONE job was to baby sit a twenty five million dollar mistake!” Chip assures her that Alex is in her apartment. “Lotta fucking good she’s doing me there!” And by the way, Rena? Fuck you too. Chip thinks that is unfair (it is, but Rena is fucking weirdo, so who cares) because the Dark Angel was the only person who was happy to see him! YEAH DUDE YOU FUCKING SUCK!!! Karen Pittman is acting for her life here, taking all kinds of shuddery breaths and bravely listening to Chip’s bullshit apology. She wants her lead anchor back, then sits down heavily.
Down the hall, Bradley is still in her dressing room, staring aimlessly at the ceiling, telling Gayle she’s “still on a roll.” Again I must ask what time of day is it? Realistically, so much of this show would take place between the hours of 11AM and 7PM due to their schedules, but it is always either super early in the morning or midnight? Bradley scrolls through about a million missed calls from Plot Device, and then, horror of horrors, opens Twitter. And you know what? For all the deeply unrealistic things about this show, they manage to nail these tweets.
I also think Bradley calls Laura daddy—well, probably Mommy, with her mommy issues. There is one I couldn’t manage to get a clear screenshot of that reads “Laura definitely turned Bradley out” and boy did that make me choke on my cold brew! Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson calls to invite her over, give them some time to decompress and reconnect. You might have been hoping that Bradley took this time in her dressing room to pull herself together and organize her thoughts, but I am here to report that she did nothing of the sort! Even though Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson has snuck many women in and out of her house before (brag!) Bradley still hasn’t dealt with the Plot Device on the couch. She is also surprised to hear Laura was affected by this at all, because if there is one thing Bradley Jackson is gonna do it is not read the room. Obviously that is not true, it really sucked for Laura to make this big return to morning TV and immediately get outed again, but she’s been to therapy, she worked through it. “So was it traumatic to get outed as with me? Because everyone knows you like girls.” Bradley snaps. GOD GET A GRIP, PLEASE, I BEG! Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson takes this opportunity to drag the absolute shit out of Bradley, telling her that she knows why she is the way she is, and when Bradley interrupts to scream that she has THE MOST FUCKED UP FAMILY EVER, Laura sternly says “Don’t cut me off.” Bradley shuts up (good call) and she and I share the same look of shocked arousal.
There are lot of ways to fuck up kids, Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson says. And fucked up kids have an excuse, but fucked up adults get therapy and work through it. Bradley should go home and deal with her brother, and Laura will see her in the morning. Again, I have no earthly idea how they managed to create this woman who is emotionally well adjusted?? It’s a breath of fresh air, to be sure, but it does make Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson seem like she is on an entirely different show, just vibing in incredible loungewear and making healthy choices while everyone else screams at anyone in their path.
Chip does what he should have done four days ago, and goes to Alex’s penthouse to check on her. Alex is not there, shock of shocks, but Bisexual Isabella is! She is roundly dismissive of Chip, who I guess she hates? They start bickering, and Bisexual Isabella gets to deliver a monologue about the problem with mediocre white men. Uh? Okay? I mean, we know literally nothing about Bisexual Isabella, I don’t know who was out there waiting for her big moment in the sun, but boy does she get one! There is something about second chances and believing they are exceptional and yeah, Chip sucks, we know this. But is this little speech supposed to be in defense of Alex Levy, the whitest white woman ever to white? And who is literally MIA, like, straight up peaced out on her job without telling anyone? What on earth is this scene doing here??? Why is this coming from Bisexual Isabella and not, oh, I don’t know, Mia? Chip leaves, muttering “You’re….white? I’m…okay.” and Bisexual Isabella swears under her breath. If someone can help me understand why the fuck that happened, I would be forever grateful!
Back at the Archer, Cory is having a glass of sadness whiskey while watching Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson on uba 365, a show we were told in episode two that she no longer works on, so this is puzzling. It must be a rerun, we just saw her at home?? So he decided to watch this just to hurt his feelings even more? Or stew in his guilt about outing them? It is a classic “sixteen seconds with Cory” moment, and the show moves on immediately, so I will too!
Bradley has returned home to deal with her Plot Device, who in turn has been dealing with their mother freaking out about Bradley being a Scissor Sister. “She asked me how you got pregnant having sex with girls!” Plot Device says, because for Bradley, everything comes back to that abortion she had when she was fifteen. Their mother is embarrassed, they are from a small town, and no matter how much Bradley thinks things have advanced, Plot Device is here to assure her they have not. If she had come out earlier, their mom would be over it by now, probably! That…seems generous, based on the way these two interact with their mother, but what’s more important is that Plot Device is using again and he needs her help. This is the role Bradley plays in her family, she is the one who tries to hold everything together and make things okay. Plot Device doesn’t want to go to rehab, but he can’t go back home with their mother, because she’s just as emotionally abusive as ever. He wants to be around Bradley because he’s better when he’s with her. But today has been QUITE THE EMOTIONAL LIFT, and Bradley (fairly) tells Plot Device she cannot be responsible for him right now. Okay! A tiny bit of growth! Of course, he does not take this well at all, he calls her selfish, she calls him selfish, they go round and round and back and forth and say “fuck you” like three hundred times. He also says “don’t give me that bullshit about not being a lesbian or bi whatever. The walls in that house are pretty fuckin’ thin.” INTERESTING. You can feel Noted Lesbian Laura Peterson “fucked up kids” comment hovering in the air over this fight, it is rouuugh stuff. A knock on the door from Cory grants Bradley a temporary reprieve, and yes, I admit that is is slightly funny to watch Cory start to slink away when he hears Plot Device and Bradley screaming at each other.
Boldly, he is here to check on her and assure her the network won’t say anything about it, and if she wants to sue the network will support her. Bradley cannot for figure out why someone would print something like that and…I don’t know, I feel like it’s a LITTLE surprising that she is making no connection to the conversation she just had with Cory about doing whatever he could to make the stories about Hannah go away, but she’s had quite a day, our truth teller, so I’ll go easy on her. Plus, this conversation seems to make her realize that she really likes Laura, because Laura is great. “Laura IS great. She’s (Noted Lesbian) Laura fucking Peterson.” Cory says emphatically. What is Cory’s deal with Laura, why does he love her so much? Is it because she makes Bradley see what she should aspire to be? Bradley is crying about how rotten her roots are and Cory is like, RIGHT on the edge of tears, due to his love for her. This might be the thing that makes Bradley admit she cares about someone. She has a lot of clarity right now, all thanks to Cory.
Uhhhh I think your clarity is due to your metric fuck ton of mommy issues and dating a hot woman who is ten years older than you but what do I know!! Bradley tells Plot Device he’s leaving in the morning and he yells “fuck you!” because what else would he say? We close with Bradley in the dark, on her bed.
Soon May The Weatherman Come
After HOLLAND TAYLOR rips Stella new one, she has a meeting with Yanko. They have like .5 seconds of bonding about being “othered” or whatever, and then she suspends him. He takes this as personal affront of his heroic act instead of, you know, the president of the news division making a statement that weathermen can’t haul of and deck a stranger in the middle of the street. Wouldn’t you be exhausted taking everything so personally all of the time?? I certainly would!!!
Most Baffling Line of Dialogue
“All due respect—not a gender thing? She really fucking does.”
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Bradley for sure calls Laura daddy. I also paused the show to look at their text messages, and I'm not even ashamed.
When Laura was talking to Cory on speakerphone, did everyone else in the world really not hear Bradley going "YESSSSS!!! YESSSS!!!" in the loudest, most sibilant whisper-shout ever to exist?
Not to get too lesbian-processing-other-people's-feelings, but I appreciate the link between Laura demonstrating boundaries and not allowing someone she cares about to walk all over her, to Bradley and her Plot Device.
Re: Bisexual Isabella - what was that scene?! Also also, am I the only person who, upon first sighting her onscreen, immediately went "Fleabag!"?
I can't believe this show is gay now. I started watching it during lockdowns last year and this year decided to watch the second season out of a kind of "well, I started it, so might as well see what happens next" inertia. Sometimes miracles do happen.
Aw, no "Inexplicably Famous Guest Stars, Ranked" for Dave "Peter Bullard" Foley? The man spent years getting pushed around by Maura Tierney. He'll fit right in here.
Also, it hit me mid-episode that this show is "30 Rock" played absolutely straight (but without making the characters any less insane).