I Love LA

While the friememies-to-friends-and-back-again could get tiresome, as well as the gen z / boomer wars, this season proves that, given enough time, well written and acted characters will make even the most repetitive plot points absolutely enjoyable. It's rare for a show to have creative peaks past its third season, and this was an excellent episode. The production was once again incredible, jokes were fire, the "queer community goes crazy for Deborah" part will never get old, the cameos were brilliant, dialogue was great (well except from the answer to the hospital call which just kept on too long to be believable).

Jean Smart is so charismatic, she was born for this role, and Hannah Einbeinder perfectly embodies the messy storm that goes on in a creative late millenial's / early zoomer's mind. Most of the cast does a brilliant job, you keep thinking they must be playing a version of themselves.

I have to say that I do enjoy the basic premise of the show. Deborah and her vacillations and Ava and her need to control when that ain't gonna happen. In this episode we have the y preparation for and the delivery of the first show. That was very good.

What I get tired of really fast is the whole insider Los Angeles stuff. I can barely stand that screechy woman and her schtick. I guess she is supposed to show creativity but it does nothing for me. As a matter of fact when they are talking to the Dancing Mom, she was almost sickening.

Ava and the connection to the couple in the sex shop served no purpose other than to show her as the "modern" young woman.