Jia Tolentino

Yeah, I mean, Rick is having begun the show broken. Like, Rick, the tsunami came for Rick at age 10 or whatever, right? Or age zero. It came for him in the womb. And he has been on this journey where it's like, will he choose to heal himself here with this girl who loves him and wants nothing more than for him to be healed and accept him in all of his brokenness and is not afraid of it?

Yeah, I mean, Rick is having begun the show broken. Like, Rick, the tsunami came for Rick at age 10 or whatever, right? Or age zero. It came for him in the womb. And he has been on this journey where it's like, will he choose to heal himself here with this girl who loves him and wants nothing more than for him to be healed and accept him in all of his brokenness and is not afraid of it?

Or is he going to lean harder into it and murder the co-owner of the hotel?

Or is he going to lean harder into it and murder the co-owner of the hotel?

I found it extremely funny, the scene when Rick and Chelsea are talking at breakfast and he's like, I'm going to Bangkok. And she's like, but you have to be on the boat first. And he's like, I'm not getting on that boat. And that face she makes, I mean, we both have toddlers.

I found it extremely funny, the scene when Rick and Chelsea are talking at breakfast and he's like, I'm going to Bangkok. And she's like, but you have to be on the boat first. And he's like, I'm not getting on that boat. And that face she makes, I mean, we both have toddlers.

I have seen that face and it is a fake face and it works and it still works plenty of the time. And it worked on Rick. Rick's like, fine, I'll get on the boat, which is a boat that like, If someone's like, come get on my yacht and sail all day, there was a lot of resistance to this in the heart of the characters. I know.

I have seen that face and it is a fake face and it works and it still works plenty of the time. And it worked on Rick. Rick's like, fine, I'll get on the boat, which is a boat that like, If someone's like, come get on my yacht and sail all day, there was a lot of resistance to this in the heart of the characters. I know.

And Parker Posey's like, I don't want to go. And they're like, why? And she's talking about, we hang out at the country club, Mom. And she's like, well, that's different. I know them. They know me. I know they're decent.

And Parker Posey's like, I don't want to go. And they're like, why? And she's talking about, we hang out at the country club, Mom. And she's like, well, that's different. I know them. They know me. I know they're decent.

I'm truly excited to see her withdrawal spiral. I hate to say on the next episode, which she no longer has access to, you know, Xanax every three to four hours. But how she's on a yacht and she hides her. She's so worried about her purse. It's safe there, right? She hides her purse behind a cushion. And her husband is the one, obviously, that steals the drugs.

I'm truly excited to see her withdrawal spiral. I hate to say on the next episode, which she no longer has access to, you know, Xanax every three to four hours. But how she's on a yacht and she hides her. She's so worried about her purse. It's safe there, right? She hides her purse behind a cushion. And her husband is the one, obviously, that steals the drugs.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Right. But she should just be hiding it from her husband. And there's something like, you know, wonderfully the show is not going to go hard on this, but, you know, they are an upper class family in the South. It's like, where do you think all this money came from in the first place?

Right. But she should just be hiding it from her husband. And there's something like, you know, wonderfully the show is not going to go hard on this, but, you know, they are an upper class family in the South. It's like, where do you think all this money came from in the first place?

You know, where do you think your beautiful house, this beautiful land, like, where do you, like, you think, oh, like, there's a certain, she's like, well, he's in finance, you know. And as we all know, American contemporary, you know, financialization is completely upstanding, not exploitative, you know. It's like she has this idea that he's making money the clean way.

You know, where do you think your beautiful house, this beautiful land, like, where do you, like, you think, oh, like, there's a certain, she's like, well, he's in finance, you know. And as we all know, American contemporary, you know, financialization is completely upstanding, not exploitative, you know. It's like she has this idea that he's making money the clean way.

Exactly, exactly.

Exactly, exactly.