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Episode 1: "Nonsense and Sensibility" Jane Austin reference, har har
Scene 1: Establishing shot of London. The woman crosses Tower Bridge, telling someone named Wendy about the many women she could become here: Catherine from Wuthering Heights; Marianne from Sense and Sensibility; one of the prostitutes killed by Jack the Ripper; a detective solving murders in Chelsea.
She goes back to her apartment to check Wendy's Instagram. Oh no, a POV of her getting engaged to her boyfriend! The woman sobs "No, no, no!" and screams "F*ck." Wendy must be your ex-girlfriend. Not over her yet?
Brooklyn, one month earlier; The woman gets out of her cab late at night and heads to her ex's apartment, but the locks have been changed. So she breaks in. She finds a man and a woman in bed asleep and screams. Wait -- you didn't know they were there? The man yells "Home invasion!", then recognizes her: Jessica. Nice chest, buddy.
The man is her ex, Zev Goldstein (Michael Zegen) and Wendy is his new girlfriend. Heterosexual identity established at minute 3.40, but that was a clever queerbait. Wendy is tired of Jessica stalking, and warns that she's crossed a line. Ex boyfriend starts crying. Why, was it an abusive relationship? Were you a victim? We don't pay much attention to male victims of domestic abuse.
Jessica continues to rant: "Leaving me is the worst thing you have ever done!" Looks pretty smart from here; lady is unstable.
They threaten to call the police, so she breaks a lamp and runs out.
Scene 2: After Wendy "stole" Boyfriend Zev , Jessica was forced to move into "an intergenerational hell," her mom, grandma (Rhea Pearlman!), and sister, all of whom married goys, so of course the marriages couldn't last (let's see the goy boys already). New York Jewish household: plastic on the furniture, a costume romcom starring Alan Rickman on tv. Jessica says: "I want to take him out back and have him (censored)"
Grandma thinks Jessica should work on being prettier and try to win Zev back. "No, you do it. Go (censored)." I volunteer for the job.
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A child with no identifiable gender, maybe nonbinary, says that at age 13, they're not expected to have any plans for Saturday night, but adults should be out having a life. Why are you such losers? The ladies kick them out.
They may be Dash South, played by Oliver Nirenberg, who has no other acting credits on the IMDB.
While watching tv, Jessica dreams of Regency England -- the costumes, the drama, the romance. The madwoman in the attic?
Scene 3: Jessica at her job, doing some sort of low-level production assistant stuff for a movie starring Jessica Alba. She complains about the script, but director Jeff dismisses her (the name does not appear in the cast list)
Jessica defends her: "You made a lot of changes in the script that she couldn't see until now." He storms off.
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Director Jeff may be Barry, played by Erez Rose, seen here with his boyfriend in Cambodia (well, to be closeted, he just refers to the guy as "my best friend" and "my favorite person in the world).
But if he's Barry, why do Jessica and Jessica call him Jeff? For that matter, why name the character Jessica when a main character is Jessica Alba playing herself? Didn't anyone think that might be a tad confusing?
The ladies buddy-bond. Jessica suggest that they fire Jeff, and then she and Jessica can shoot it together. Jessica is so overwhelmed by Jessica's offer that she runs away. See what I mean?
Her coworker finds her in the bathroom "gnawing on a Danish and trying to pull your hair out."
When he mentions that he is her brother-in-law, she strikes back: "Ex brother in law. You left my sister to explore non monogamy with a couple that are both named... [disgusted expression] Cody." Ooh, Jess definitely disapproves of gay/bi people!
Brother in law may be Jameson South, played by Andrew Rannells, top photo. He's gay in real life, although he's being intimate with a woman in the photo on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.
"You used to slay!" he points out. "And now you're matte! What happened?"
"I had a terrible year. You dumped my sister, my boyfriend dumped me, and we both moved in with our mother, who lost the house, so we all moved in with my grandmother."
He suggests a job producing a Christmas ad in London.
"Nope, I can't leave. I love New York." But what about the build-up of loving Regency England?
So she goes. And she takes Astrid, a very ugly dog.
More after the break
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Scene 4: Scenes on the flight, then a drive through London, hitting the landmarks -- they drive right past Buckingham Palace and the Eye in the Sky, which is difficult to do, to reach the horrible Hoxton Grove Estates. (Girl doesn't know what estates are in Britain and was expecting a mansion, har har).
She meets next door neighbor Gaz (Dean Charles Chapman), who's in charge of her share.
On RG Beefcake and Boyfriends: Dean Charles Chapman has a d*ck shot online, but it's smaller than I expected.
The flat is smaller than she expected, too. I've seen a lot worse.
Cut to that night, Jessica making fun of Wendy's videos, when the man and woman upstairs start shouting: "You bellend! You c*nt!" (It's not as nasty in Britain). "I'm in hell!" she exclaims. I've heard a lot worse.
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Scene 5: Trying to avoid obsessing over Wendy, Jessica puts on a ridiculous outfit and takes an uber to a pub, the Ivy House. She imagines it as a posh 19th century pub. Wait -- Those are two guys kissing! Jessica's fantasy turns them into a man and a woman. She definitely has a problem with gay people.
Inside, an old guy named Jonah the Ox is doing some kind of comedy, riffing on: "Men who can't get it up and women who f*art in their sleep." I don't have any experience with that second thing, but with the first, just ask the guy to go downtown.
Next, it's time for a performance by "a crystalline raindrop of a boy." I'll bet it's Gaz.
No, it's Felix, with a song about "lying in Venus's lap -- give me that honey...it's always the girls!" Ugh, I thought this was a gay bar.
Scene 6: Later Jessica runs into Felix in the bathroom (after some disgusting bits about how horrible it is). Jess tries flirting, but he's gone.
Cut to Felix talking to a morose girl. "You hardly ever smile. That's one of the things I like about you." She rolls her eyes and walks out. But Felix still doesn't try to pick up Jess. What was this all for?
Oh, there he is, outside the club, as she waits for the Uber that she accidentally sent to Heathrow. He criticizes her for being American, and believing outdated stereotypes about the British. But he likes some things about America: The Simpsons, Captain Crunch, and Oxycontin. He offers to walk her home.
Felix isn't listed in the IMDB cast list, but according to Google AI, he's played by Will Sharpe of White Lotus
Scene 7: I was bored, so I fast-forwarded through this part, but it looks like she tries to get with him, but he wants to take things slow. Then she overheats and calls the paramedics. The end.
Beefcake: Just the Ex-Boyfriend jumping out of bed.
Other Sights: A lot of London exteriors, near the Thames.
Heterosexism: Jessica is looking for True Love, a la Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights.
Gay Characters: Jessica thoroughly disapproves of the Ex-Brother-in-Law "experimenting." I don't know who the femme boy in the icon is, maybe a character yet to be introduced.
My Grade: Jessica is a thoroughly broken person, kind of a jerk, and not much fun to watch. The romance is predictable. There should have been more London fantasy-reality sequences. Also, I think the dog dies. C
See also: Andrew Rannells and Adam Devine bromance? With bonus bulge and d*ck pics.
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