Jia Tolentino

Yeah, she's like, do you guys have consent in Thailand? Yeah, it's so funny.

Yeah, she's like, do you guys have consent in Thailand? Yeah, it's so funny.

Yeah, I thought it was so sweet. The performance is great. She's like, there's room in this bed.

Yeah, I thought it was so sweet. The performance is great. She's like, there's room in this bed.

She suggests calling all the police.

She suggests calling all the police.

Let's call all the police. And then Fabian goes into full Swiss banker mode, whatever. She's like, someone here might be a killer. He's like, that's none of my business.

Let's call all the police. And then Fabian goes into full Swiss banker mode, whatever. She's like, someone here might be a killer. He's like, that's none of my business.

Parker Posey is really giving us so much. She's really on a lorazepam comedown. She's like, you're going to be a NXIVM. You could return with a completely different set of values. And Piper's like, that's the point. But Piper also says that she feels that she needs to do this because she needs to understand what's going to make her happy. Right.

Parker Posey is really giving us so much. She's really on a lorazepam comedown. She's like, you're going to be a NXIVM. You could return with a completely different set of values. And Piper's like, that's the point. But Piper also says that she feels that she needs to do this because she needs to understand what's going to make her happy. Right.

Yeah, there's a lot in here about, like, virtue structures and ideas of pleasure and an idea of, you know, like, what everyone's personal code of ethics are and how that flings them onto this kind of mad evening.

Yeah, there's a lot in here about, like, virtue structures and ideas of pleasure and an idea of, you know, like, what everyone's personal code of ethics are and how that flings them onto this kind of mad evening.

But I just thought it was really funny that Enlightened Piper, ostensibly the voice of the purest version of the show's thematic searching, is, I think, quite tellingly, she's saying, I want to know what's going to make me happy, not... I mean, maybe the closest that anyone gets to saying it here is Lachlan...

But I just thought it was really funny that Enlightened Piper, ostensibly the voice of the purest version of the show's thematic searching, is, I think, quite tellingly, she's saying, I want to know what's going to make me happy, not... I mean, maybe the closest that anyone gets to saying it here is Lachlan...

Right. She understands the falsity in her parents' values with a capital V.

Right. She understands the falsity in her parents' values with a capital V.

She's like, what is pleasure? What is it? Sitting alone in your hotel, you're like, what is it? And then the other, everyone else is just like, well, let's try it on.

She's like, what is pleasure? What is it? Sitting alone in your hotel, you're like, what is it? And then the other, everyone else is just like, well, let's try it on.

Well, yeah, it's like everyone is approaching this episode with like a very clear idea of what will make me happy. And they're either aligning with or totally at odds with the circumstances in which they find themselves. One suspects that if Piper had just gone with her siblings and done some drugs and sat on the edge of the ocean and looked at the fireworks, she...

Well, yeah, it's like everyone is approaching this episode with like a very clear idea of what will make me happy. And they're either aligning with or totally at odds with the circumstances in which they find themselves. One suspects that if Piper had just gone with her siblings and done some drugs and sat on the edge of the ocean and looked at the fireworks, she...