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but that its denizens are far more cut off from one another and from any sense of nobler values. In The Housebreaker of Shady Hill, Johnny Hakes steals $900 from a friend and spends the story feeling guilty and ashamed that he's become a thief. In the far flashier Your Friends and Neighbors, Coop suffers little such remorse. Not in the first six episodes, anyway.

Nor does the show judge him harshly for his thefts. He's got an expensive life to pay for, after all. And besides, his victims are just rich jerks, like him.

Nor does the show judge him harshly for his thefts. He's got an expensive life to pay for, after all. And besides, his victims are just rich jerks, like him.

Nor does the show judge him harshly for his thefts. He's got an expensive life to pay for, after all. And besides, his victims are just rich jerks, like him.

from the corner of Sunset and Gower in Los Angeles. It's everybody's live with John Mulaney. And now here's your host, John Mulaney.

from the corner of Sunset and Gower in Los Angeles. It's everybody's live with John Mulaney. And now here's your host, John Mulaney.

from the corner of Sunset and Gower in Los Angeles. It's everybody's live with John Mulaney. And now here's your host, John Mulaney.

Okay, so normally I'd apologize for such a crass comment. Gentlemen!

Okay, so normally I'd apologize for such a crass comment. Gentlemen!

Okay, so normally I'd apologize for such a crass comment. Gentlemen!

Listen, Gene, I know you think you're Gene Simmons, man, but Richard, if you're in there somewhere, please, just give me a sign.

Listen, Gene, I know you think you're Gene Simmons, man, but Richard, if you're in there somewhere, please, just give me a sign.

Listen, Gene, I know you think you're Gene Simmons, man, but Richard, if you're in there somewhere, please, just give me a sign.

Get the hell out of my life!

Get the hell out of my life!

Get the hell out of my life!

I've looked at the score You owe me a life A life of my own I wanted to glide like you Before I do Please leave me alone Get out of my life So I can live it Just go away

I've looked at the score You owe me a life A life of my own I wanted to glide like you Before I do Please leave me alone Get out of my life So I can live it Just go away

I've looked at the score You owe me a life A life of my own I wanted to glide like you Before I do Please leave me alone Get out of my life So I can live it Just go away

I keep learning again and again that hope is the right response to the human condition. And I have to learn this over and over again because despair is an incredibly powerful force in my life.