Brad attempts to convince the development team that his brother Zack is not the nice guy he's pretending to be. Rachel does Ian a favor.Brad attempts to convince the development team that his brother Zack is not the nice guy he's pretending to be. Rachel does Ian a favor.Brad attempts to convince the development team that his brother Zack is not the nice guy he's pretending to be. Rachel does Ian a favor.
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- C.W. Longbottom
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Storyline
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- Quotes
Ian: This is the longest you've ever shut up.
Rachel: I'm thinking, okay? You asked me an important question, so I'm thinking. And I have to watch the road.
Ian: There is no more road!
[camera pulls back to reveal Rachel driving slowly into the parking garage]
Ian: All right, that's it. I'm getting out.
Rachel: Wait. Wait! Just wait for a second! I... want a seat at the table.
Ian: Okay. Great. Which table?
Rachel: What?
Ian: What do you wanna do? You wanna be a creative director? A lead programmer? A writer? Art director? What do you want?
Rachel: Yes.
Ian: Yes, what?
Rachel: Yes, I wanna do the... the stuff you just said.
Ian: It's not a yes or no question.
Rachel: I know, okay? You're just putting me on the spot. This is hard for me.
Ian: [rolls his eyes] I'm giving you exactly what you're always asking for, which is to be heard. But you don't have anything to say, because you don't know what you want.
Rachel: I do know what I want!
[pause]
Rachel: I don't know what I want.
Ian: Well, maybe you should try working a little harder to figure your shit out instead of spending all your time sitting around longing for the days when you could blame all of your problems on straight white guys.
- ConnectionsReferences The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
- Soundtracks3 Percent
Performed by Fast Life
Danny Pudi's acting is phenomenal and you can see every emotion the character is experiences through his micro expressions. You can see him slowly derailing as the episode progresses and he loses more and more control of his environment. I swear, get this man an Emmy. He clearly deserves it.
It is also refreshing to see an adult POC with eating disorders.
The B plot with Ian, Rachel, Poppy and Dana was also really interesting to see. It showed the contrast in Dana and Rachel and foreshadowed how their conflicting interests and ambitions might affect their relationship later on.
Overall, I feel like this episode deserves more praise. It may have contained fewer laughs than some other episodes but it managed to give us great backstory on one of the show's most intriguing characters. The story was wrapped nicely in the end and it left us with a burning wonder of how the character's dynamics will change from here on out.
- angemars
- May 23, 2021
Details
- Runtime24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1