You lot're the Worst Recap: Boomtown

You lot're the Worst

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Season four Episode 6

Editor's Rating 3 stars

You're the Worst

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Season 4 Episode 6

Editor'due south Rating 3 stars

Photograph: FX Networks

Well, I'll be! We get an actual, honest-to-goodness plot twist this week! Although some of these imitation-outs are so obvious even Lindsay would exist able to see them coming, the most of import ane — that married guy is not, in fact, a married guy — is a genuine surprise. At least, information technology was for me. Maybe yous all were paying closer attending than I was.

Offset we encounter Gretch and Boone going at it at his place, and the instant he says there's nothing to worry about because "she won't be domicile for hours," as whatsoever skilful television set watcher knows, of Class this adult female is coming home earlier than expected. Honestly tin't imagine anyone being thrilled past that particular turn of events. The texts Gretchen sees come from an Olivia, who says, "Daughter Scouts got canceled." I guess we are supposed to exist fooled into thinking Olivia is the married woman when Olivia is obviously the daughter? Just — and I realize now I am revealing a fluency in an uncool movie that is potentially embarrassing for me — not only is this a duh, it'due south the daughter state of affairs straight out of The Holiday, a.yard.a. that Christmas rom-com where Kate Winslet somehow winds upwardly with Jack Blackness while Cameron Diaz snuggles upward with Jude Constabulary, but YTW literally uses THE Aforementioned NAME for the girl as that 2006 vacation flick! Right? Remember? Cameron Diaz sees Jude Law take a call from a girl named Sophie and then another phone call from a dissimilar girl named … wait for it … OLIVIA. And she thinks he'southward giving her the runaround, but he's just the most devoted dad in the whole wide globe or something.

Anyway, I guess because her character and her compromising position, it sort of makes sense that Gretchen thinks Olivia is the ex. But also, but statistically speaking, aren't most Olivias walking the Earth correct at present under the historic period of 11? Exercise y'all know a lot of millennial Olivias? I don't. I know a fuckton of Katies and I am one of approximately 10 billion Jessicas. All the Olivias are in kindergarten.

Okay. Onward. Gretch slips out through the back door while Boone's (we will presently acquire to be ex-) wife reams him out for having a woman over. Information technology'due south all very misdirect-y. We also acquire that Boone is an abusive dick to his ex-wife'southward new guy. I'm non sure how to experience near that, but you know, flawed characters are so hot correct at present.

Gretch, assertive that Boone is both married and a dad, gets — well, as she puts it: "What'due south the give-and-take? It'south like bad, just information technology involves other people?" Lindsay tries to estimate, and comes upwards with "carsick" and "murder." Meanwhile, Jimmy thinks Gretchen's sex with Boone is really about him. What's interesting is that he'south non not wrong when he says, "They could have had sex anywhere. Why here?" simply he is all kinds of wrong when he rejects Edgar's right diagnosis of "considering she hates yous" and instead believes it is because she loves him.

Later, Gretchen and Boone have one of these who'south-on-first fights where she thinks she's talking nearly the daughter but he thinks they're talking about the ex. Gretchen consults her people, including a friend who dated a Romanian gymnastics charabanc, and anybody thinks this is a bad thought. And then, and only then, does she discover that Boone is DIVORCED and they were simply sneaking effectually to make things sexy. And, I guess, in example Girl Scouts got out early.

I'm excited to see Gretchen acknowledge that she wants someone to fight for her and really brand a go of information technology with Boone. Boone is a dirt purse (meet: yelling and abusing the guy in the Subaru), but at least he listened to her and has that vibrator that she's now very intrigued by. I know the whole prove relies on its principal characters beingness, well, the worst, but watching Jimmy non grow at all is pretty boring. Gretchen's teeny tiny steps toward something within spitting distance of happiness? That I can go behind.

In side plots, Lindsay tries to bring her existent-life personality to the office; e'er a dicey suggestion, even when you lot're a relatively high-functioning normal. She rolls into piece of work looking similar end-of-Grease Sandy and cracks jokes about pedophiles. It … doesn't become well. (I loved her descriptions of her colleagues: "Tara makes ugly metal art and Jeff is a Halloween person.") Again, in the category of "didn't I simply see that in another sitcom non all that long ago?," Gretch tries to make outside-of-work plans with Tara and Jeff but to be told that they're decorated and then — GASP! — stumble upon them all having fun without her, à la Liz Lemon. She just wishes she could detect someone she could really connect with. How many episodes earlier she realizes that someone is Edgar?

Also, Paul is a men's-rights activist now? Ugh, yep, that sounds well-nigh right.

The worst: Guilt. That is, once Gretchen figures out that's what she's feeling. On the brilliant side, she doesn't really have anything to be guilty about anymore!

Runners-upwardly: Gretchen yells "BOOMTOWN" when she comes; the ix/11 truthers at Edgar's job; being on "a strict early-agrarian sleep bike"; recycled plots from other sitcoms; Paul maxim, "I'll have a vodka soda, and no, I'k not trying to rape you" to his waitress.

A few practiced things: Fighting for someone, giving someone the chance to fight for you, Edgar's want for meaningful male relationships.

You're the Worst Recap: Boomtown