Girls Recap: Bad Friends

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By RJ | Monday, January 28, 2013 | 1:42 pm | 6 Comments
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Ray doesn’t think I should be a model.  Humanity doesn’t think I should act.

For those who do not remember Booth from last season, he met Marnie at a party at her art gallery while Marnie was still dating that poor sap, Charlie. The two hung out all night and Booth almost moved in for a kiss before telling Marnie “If I scare you, it’s only because I’m a man and I know how to get things done”.

In similar fashion this season, he attempts to make good on his promise, as he propositions Marnie with “how long has been since you last had sex?” She replies with “who do you think I am?” and he responds with a quick “you look like someone who is about to have sex with me”. Marnie, who is on the express train to complete collapse of her life, decides to make a quick stopover at the Lonely Island stop this week, as she leaves the club with him.

Does she know I’m a man who gets things done?  I once JIMP’d when Meadow Soprano asked me if I was paying by cash or credit

That’s right, she leaves the club. Presumably, she is still in the middle of her shift, and that one gentleman had just asked for a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, and she leaves. This is why people think Millennials have a poor work ethic. It is not like she is a valued employee. For all we know, this was her first day on the job.

Is this a replica of the house in which you wrote your masterpiece, “Jizz In My Pants”?

Marnie, who has already referred to Booth’s work as derivative when she first sees him earlier in the evening, is shown around his apartment/studio. Booth shows her a doll house inspired by real violent acts committed by children, then escorts her to the “best work he has ever done”. Booth proceeds to lock Marnie in a tower of televisions. I was half expecting the TVs to play “Jizz In My Pants” on a constant loop, as this is the best thing that Jorma Taccone has ever done. However, it’s a bunch of horrible images of children in agony and maggots and the like, all sound tracked by Duncan Sheik’s “Barely Breathing”, which is arguably the most agonizing part of this art installation.

The unbearable torture of being forced to listen to Duncan Sheik

When she emerges from the tower, Marnie calls his work genius and then agrees to sleep with him, as she is face down on the bed with Booth on top of her, pumping away. Apparently, that whole speech about being a man and knowing how to get things done works on twenty-somethings because they’re still idiots. Marnie didn’t seem to be enjoying herself, but played along to the point of describing the reactions of the doll in Booth’s bedroom as he thrust away. This is why that older man-younger woman dynamic appears in pop culture so often, because the emotional aptitude of a thirty-something man is nearly on par with a twenty-something woman.

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I learned I was different in the third grade.  They would bring in our parents as tutors to help with difficult subjects like math, which is a testament to just how underfunded the California school system has always been.  Michael Weber's mother was tutoring me and one of my classmates in multiplication.  I did not care for the speed at which the lesson was progressing. 

I threw out a line from the most classic of movies, 'Back to the Future', when I simply stated "Let's see if these bastards can do 90!"  Michael Weber's mom was not impressed.

Its sad when the peak of your comedic career comes in the third grade, but I've never let that hinder me.  I still plug away at my boring day job while I dream of a day that I can tell the Michael Weber's moms of the world to suck it for not appreciating my sense of humor.

 

6 Comments

  1. 1
    annie annie
    Posted January 28, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Great reacap!

    I thought this was the funniest episode of ANYTHING I have seen in a long time. Lena totally nailed it with this one, her coke adventure with Elijah was pure gold. I loved the entire thing.

    I was SOOO disappointed by Booth Jonathan! Last season, I thought the line he told Marnie “Im a man and I know how to get things done” was so freakin hot, only to follow it up this season with bizarre dirty talk involving a scary doll. Boooooo! Oh well….but he does have a nice ass.

  2. 2
    Aunt Dorsey
    Posted January 28, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    M’kay, I’m old, must be the New Coke.

  3. 3
    badgerfreak
    Posted January 29, 2013 at 5:33 am

    What a crazy episode. I do have to say I enjoy coked out Hannah. She was far less in her head about things. There was so much nakedness though, it could’ve been cropped a bit. The weird sex between Booth and Marnie was…creepy. The doll. What!? And then when he finally blow his load, he rolls off her and she just laughs. I didn’t understand the laugh. She looked uncomfortable and was not enjoying the sex at all. I dunno. Maybe that was her realizing he’s not as amazing as he said he was?

    I find it very odd that we’ve had a collective of 3 minutes for both Jessa and Shosh. Did they have a falling out with Lena or something?

  4. 4
    RJ RJ
    Posted January 29, 2013 at 7:55 am

    I’m guessing the storytelling dictated little screen time for Jessa and Shoshanna, as they had to explore Hannah’s adjustment to not living with Marnie and the fallout of Marnie sleeping with Elijah. Since Jessa and Shosh both had big, life changing events occur at the end of season 1, I expect we’ll start to see where they’ve landed now that the Hannah/Elijah/Marnie triangle has been somewhat resolved.

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    annie annie
    Posted January 29, 2013 at 11:32 am

    I think Jemima (Jessa) was pregnant during the filming of this…..so maybe thats why she hasn’t been around much?

    @badgerfreak…..I think you’re right about the laugh. it was probably a nervous ” omg did I just describe a weird doll during sex??” laugh.

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    darci
    Posted February 7, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    I love how this show has tonal swings that rival the worst of my mood swings. It goes from snarky to serious, zany and silly comedy to some really dark comedy, and usually all in one episode; sometimes even one scene. This was definitely the case in this episode and I loved the schizophrenic nature of it, it seems so much more like real life than the classic TV format of just choosing one tone and keeping it all the time.

    Oh and one other thing, I now wonder after seeing this episode if Kreayshawn’s “Bumpin Bumpin” is about cocaine. Always figured it was more just about dancing, but after it played during Elijah and Hannahs argument in the bathroom at the club, and with this episode featuring Hannah doing cocaine and that drug sometimes being done as ‘bumps’ it got me thinking…

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