The Captain's Wife

Deborah is booked to perform aboard a lesbian cruise; with her material and track-record, what could possibly go wrong? Ava suggests Deborah consider her sexuality which she does for a moment, but the outcome is as one might expect with Deborah's unrestrained motor mouth.

A slump compared to the nearly perfectly judged balance between showbiz stereotype and reality that informs the comedy of the other episodes. I got the sense that it was written simply to present another wrinkle on the old gender based jokes that revolve around the assumptions many of us make when presented with a professional name. It's not a complete dud, there are some genuinely funny scenes but there are also some that lean towards cringeworthy in the wrong sort of way and I do not expect that from this series. I hope it picks up again.

I absolutely loved the first season of this as do the people I watched it with but we all found this to be ironically...hacky. Not the fact that Deborah's jokes were from her old hacky act but rather just how bland and broad this episode was. This season hasn't felt as fresh as last but this was the first episode where it felt like they were really faltering. Hopefully that changes soon bc S1 was fantastic.