Jia Tolentino

You thought it wasn't?

You thought it wasn't?

Yeah, Lachlan has, Lachlan is, to me, he's the winner of this episode. Yeah. Hugely.

Yeah, Lachlan has, Lachlan is, to me, he's the winner of this episode. Yeah. Hugely.

We should talk, though, about the reason why I asked you, Josh, a white man, if actually you felt that you were an Asian girl on the inside is because of Sam Rockwell's, as Frank, his monologue in the bar to Wilton Goggins. I mean, Walton Goggins is giving his face as it shifts between like, you're kidding me. And then it goes to like, whoa, you're not kidding me.

We should talk, though, about the reason why I asked you, Josh, a white man, if actually you felt that you were an Asian girl on the inside is because of Sam Rockwell's, as Frank, his monologue in the bar to Wilton Goggins. I mean, Walton Goggins is giving his face as it shifts between like, you're kidding me. And then it goes to like, whoa, you're not kidding me.

And then by the end, in his mind, he's like, damn, everyone's got problems. You know, he's like, damn, I'm not the only one that's like, actually, you might be more fucked up than me.

And then by the end, in his mind, he's like, damn, everyone's got problems. You know, he's like, damn, I'm not the only one that's like, actually, you might be more fucked up than me.

Well, the first line is quite a lot. And it's like he's drinking chamomile tea. Yes.

Well, the first line is quite a lot. And it's like he's drinking chamomile tea. Yes.

I don't know what that story is. And Frank is still enough in the life or whatever it is that he can be a fixer. He can be a purveyor of, you know, some whatever. We don't know what he gives Rick exactly. Right. Right.

I don't know what that story is. And Frank is still enough in the life or whatever it is that he can be a fixer. He can be a purveyor of, you know, some whatever. We don't know what he gives Rick exactly. Right. Right.

We can assume, but we don't know at all. And I was wondering if and when, and probably when, this show was going to deal— because it's kind of obliquely dealt with this, you know, the subtext of setting the show in Thailand, which, I mean, it is like a place of profound sexual exploitation by Westerners, you know, whatever.

We can assume, but we don't know at all. And I was wondering if and when, and probably when, this show was going to deal— because it's kind of obliquely dealt with this, you know, the subtext of setting the show in Thailand, which, I mean, it is like a place of profound sexual exploitation by Westerners, you know, whatever.

And it was like, how are we going to get that square in the face at some point? Because it feels like we have to and we will. And we did in the wildest— The Wildest Way where Sam Rockwell starts talking in the mode of all of the other guys that we've met in the show, which is just like, yeah, I like Asian girls. So I came here and I'm here to fuck Asian girls. And then this crew turns about.

And it was like, how are we going to get that square in the face at some point? Because it feels like we have to and we will. And we did in the wildest— The Wildest Way where Sam Rockwell starts talking in the mode of all of the other guys that we've met in the show, which is just like, yeah, I like Asian girls. So I came here and I'm here to fuck Asian girls. And then this crew turns about.

Seven more times all the way around. The delivery of it is amazing. Like, how would we even describe the way he delivers it? It's not deadpan. It's almost like there is definitely some connection to the way that people who are sober and Al-Anon or whatever it is are accustomed to delivering.

Seven more times all the way around. The delivery of it is amazing. Like, how would we even describe the way he delivers it? It's not deadpan. It's almost like there is definitely some connection to the way that people who are sober and Al-Anon or whatever it is are accustomed to delivering.

He's sharing. He's accustomed to, you know— He absolutely bonkers years-long periods of people's life being boiled down to 45 seconds and delivered with a completely straight-facing, unblinking eye contact. And he's doing it here.

He's sharing. He's accustomed to, you know— He absolutely bonkers years-long periods of people's life being boiled down to 45 seconds and delivered with a completely straight-facing, unblinking eye contact. And he's doing it here.