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Here we are in the aftermath ofBabys First Blackmail.
Mommy and Daddy are fighting.
Deborah has all the experience; Ava thinks she has all the leverageandshe has a fuck-ass bob.
(What a season for these bobs!)
Their speech is clipped.
The music is dramatic.
Can you feel that sexual tension?
(Just kidding:Hannah Einbinder has already addressed the fans who want Deborah and Ava to kiss.)
Everybody thinks Ava has overplayed her hand.
No one, he says, can beat Deborah at her own game.
To that, I ask: Okay, but have they ever tried while havingthis haircut?
I know shes wrong, but I must respect the effort.
The pantie prank means everybodys sexual-harassment training gets moved up to today.
But at this moment, Deborah still seems to have the upper hand.
(Also: Are people seriously still asking,Are women funny?
Christopher Hitchens died 13 years ago!)
It is admirable that Winnie fits this in despite having to go bond with my kid.
Ava continues to spiral as Deborahs superhuman pettiness derails the rest of her workday.
For an exceedingly vain woman, she doesnt spend enough timelookingin the mirror.
Are we on our best behavior?
Deborahs party look is sensational.
That coat!Very day-off Mikey Madison.
Ava is here in a T-shirt and jeans that insult upon sartorial injury smell like pee.
and channeling it toward rooting for a definitely ill-advised butwhateverencore hookup for Deborah and Bob.
Does he then do a bait-and-switch to ominously tell Deborah that this secret better stay with them?
Is he a Bad GuyTM?
One hundred percent, but Im sorry, chemistry is chemistry!!
You cant unsend an email!
Youcant, Ava taunts her.
You still use Hotmail.
Ava demands that Deborah declare Ava the victor.
and I know Deborah wants to be bitchy about it, but Ava looks great.
Deborah gives Ava what she wants: She admits that Ava wonandbroke Deborahs heart.
And then, just to troll everybody, the photographer asks them to smush their cheeks together.Realclose.
Just a little closer.
Thats perfect <3.
