You're the Worst 5.3: "The One Thing We Don't Talk About"
Chris: So I would’ve expected some punchline where Gretchen got a promotion simply because she got a new office but weirdly enough, I guess the show just assumed we all knew that information and skipped right past it. Now it can be frustrating that so much of the episode was dedicated to Gretchen “interviewing” a slew of women with one actually fitting into Gretchen’s ludicrous criteria only for Gretchen to toss it all away and give it to Lindsay in a throw-away mention at the end. However, this seems like the most on-brand response Gretchen could’ve had to this whole situation which includes her showing some bravery in calling her mom only to allow her mom to believe she’s marrying Boone. And on Jimmy’s side of things, we see the complicated relationship he has with success when he finds out his (Edgar’s) pitch was accepted but doesn’t want the responsibility of having to actually write the script. Finally, I know there were jokes in previous seasons that Paul F. Tompkins wa...