First of all, why was the episode only 10 minutes long? Okay, it was 26 minutes and some change but I JUST THINK IT'S FUNNY HOW THEY KNOW WE BEG FOR LONGER EPISODES BUT NOW WE ARE BEING SHORTCHANGED! ABSOLUTELY NOT. Now, let's get down to it.
Episode 2, Lowkey Distant Synopsis via HBO:
When Issa and Condola decide to confront the elephant in the room head-on, Lawrence gets uncomfortable. In search of a real connection, Molly struggles to get Andrew to open up during a carefully architected date night.
SPOILERS BELOW (not that you should even be reading this if you haven't watched the episode)
This episode was heavily centered around Molly, and I liked that because she has things that make her insecure in her dating life, career, and friendship with Issa. First, let's unpack the progress(?) Molly and Andrew made this episode. At the end of episode one, Molly texted Andrew and apologized about giving him the cold shoulder at Issa's funding mixer and admitted that she likes him. Cue the beginning of this episode, Molly and Andrew are finishing a date, when he walks away to take a call prompting Molly to ask him if everything is okay, and he diverts the conversation. Now we know Molly wouldn't be Molly if she didn't have a problem with this. Later, Molly, Issa, Kelli, and Tiffany are packing goodie bags for trick or treaters, and Andrew comes up in the conversation. Molly shares that it has been "almost a month"(...again, its barely been a month), and she feels like they have nothing in common beyond good sex and jokes. Molly confides in them that she doesn't feel close to him yet and Issa asks if she is looking for something wrong telling her,
"don't pick up nothing that doesn't serve you,"
which is a word we should all be following! Knowing Molly, she wants the moon and the stars right away, so I don't see anything wrong with Issa asking her if she is doing too much so early on. Molly forces the issue A LOT instead of letting things flow organically. Later on, Issa and Molly make lunch plans to hang out because they haven't been spending that much time together lately.
After walking through the block party venue, Issa and Condola agree that they both do not want it to be awkward when Lawrence comes up in conversation (or in-person), and they start joking about him. If we know anything about Issa by now, its that sis will joke her way through every situation. Skip to Condola and Lawrence eating lunch, and Condola let Lawrence know she and Issa were talking about him, which made him visibly uncomfortable. Lawrence later asks Derek and Chad (who gives the worst advice lmao) how he should handle the situation. Lawrence decides to meet up with Issa and asks her not to talk about him with Condola. Now, I don't see anything wrong with him asking her not to do that because this is a new relationship, and he wants her to get to know him THROUGH HIM. However, I think he fucked Issa over when he told her she didn't have to let Condola know they met up. I have a feeling this will come back to bite both of them in the ass because Condola may take it as them being sneaky. We also find out this fool's full name is Martin Lawrence Walker, probably because of the ears.
Back to Molly, she shows up for lunch with Issa and is disappointed to find Condola there.
Issa invites Condola to stay and have lunch with them, causing Molly to check her saying, "I thought it was going to be just the two of us...I don't know Condola like that." Now, I understand Molly only wanting to hang out with Issa, although she didn't have to hand Condola her purse and take her menu (stank). Molly misses Issa, and it is clear they haven't been kicking it a lot. Sometimes Issa misreads a situation, and it gets her trouble with the people closest to her. I saw a lot of myself in Issa here because I have made this mistake a lot in past friendships. It's not that Issa didn't want to hang out with Molly; however, it is her being so excited about cultivating this new friendship with Condola that she wants to bring two friends together. Its sort of like "I like and get along with this person, so I want you to like and get along with this person too. Now we're all friends." That works sometimes, but it is okay to have separate friendships and enjoy people alone. Some people don't click, and that's fine. I'm sure you can all call this as well, but I'm betting we'll see a confrontation between Molly and Condola this season.
Later, we see that Molly is still struggling to fit in at her new firm, and her working relationship with another lawyer, Torian, hasn't gotten any better.
He confronts Molly about not letting him know information that could help a case the firm is managing, and Molly ends up apologizing to him for handling a case they were working on together last season. First of all, fuck Torian. He would have never apologized for doing what she did, so the apology was unnecessary to me. Then add insult to injury, Torian halfway accepted the apology, but it still looked like he had some type of grievance with her. I think its time Molly gave up trying to fit in and stand out. She is smart and dynamic – that's why they hired her, so bowing down to someone who doesn't care to get along with her is odd to me.
Wrapping up this episode, Issa and Molly are hiking for self-care Sunday, and Issa again asks Molly if she is looking for something to be wrong in her relationship with Andrew, saying she's just looking out for her. This question visibly upset Molly and is a direct mirror of last week's episode when Molly called Issa's life messy. I think Molly looks for things to be wrong if things don't go exactly how she wants them to go. We have had four seasons of Molly picking apart potential partners, and I dont think this situation is any different. You can have standards and expectations in a prospective partner, but you are getting to know Andrew, so get to know him. Then magically, Molly gets a call from Andrew. Earlier in the episode, they had an argument where Molly accused him of lacking depth. On the phone, he admits it's hard for him to let people in but he appreciates her calling him out. I love that he acknowledged that he can be closed off and that it would take time for him to open up. Cool, if they keep up openly communicating their feelings, they have nowhere to go but up from here.
Well, this is the end of my episode recap. Let me know your thoughts on this week's episode and predictions for next week's episode!
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