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I couldnt agree more.
This episode is another proof point that the high-wire glitz of previous seasons is no longer the shows focus.
I will, of course, be detailing specific plot points.
Yasmin is first up on the chopping block.
This is a lighter episode for our embezzling heiress, full of vamping versus any solid development.
Sir Muck invites Yasmin to attend the ESG fiesta in Switzerland.
Said character is a rich-kid DJ who is a friend of Mucks.
Rich-DJ-Kid insists he recognizes Yasmin.
Of course he does!
Im sure they went to the same polo club or something, but Yasmin tries to shrug it off.
(Are you still an heiress if you have nothing you are inheriting?)
Later, Yasmin and Muck run into each other at the pool in the hotel where theyre staying.
This happens in relatively full view of Eric and Robert, which is puzzling to me.
Moving on to Robert and Eric!
I didnt expect a buddy comedy during my sarcastic, sexy money show, but here we are.
), asking if hell take Bill Adlers spot speaking on a panel about ESG funds.
Adler is taking family time, which feels very suspicious.
Eric also seems to think it is suspicious he doesnt want to be the firms fall guy.
Lumi is about to blow!
), these positions will spook Europa Gas, rendering Erics mission a failure.
He does this by approaching Frank in the sauna, where Frank basically comes on to him.
And … cut to black?
Either way, I found myself puzzled and a little disappointed!
This causes everyone in the room to freak out (more on this later).
Europa Gas pulls out, leaving Eric with an egg on his face.
Eric nurses his wounded ego by sleeping with a prostitute, introducing himself as Robert.
Now, onto the meatiest part of this episode: all things Harper.
They will start their own hedge fund and need seed money to do this.
Where better to court cash than at ESG-Davos?
Reader, I crowed when I realized we would finally see Eric and Harper in the same room.
Forget Henry Muck and Yasmins half-hearted will-they-wont-they (because its been evident from the start that they will).
I am excited by the destructive furor at the heart of Eric Tao and Harper Sterns not-love affair.
Still, Im glad these two finally had to reckon with each other.
Before we can get there, Petra and Harpers attempt to get funding is not going well.
People are taking the piss, wasting their time, and Petra is a bad salesperson.
Petra is, understandably, furious.
After the talk, she packs up to leave until theres a knock at the door.
Its Otto Mostyn, the shark-eyed capitalist lurking maliciously in the shallows this season.
Hes interested in providing Petra and Harper with the $300 million they need to start their fund.
Its undoubtedly a deus ex machinatype moment, but I dont care; I loved it.
Im so happy to see Harper back in the financial game, relinquished from assistanthood.
Loose Change
We get both a Gus shout-outanda Jesse Bloom shout-out in this episode.
Gus is working for a venture capitalist in Palo Alto (really?
You lasted all of four seconds!
If anything, its less a diversion and more a full-circle moment.
That is to say, I think Charles Hanani is dead.
Im not sure if Yasmin killed him.
Myhala and Harry Lawtey recentlyinterviewed each other inInterview, discussing how Lawtey did his own hair this season.
and Whats up with Roberts hair!
He doesnt look like someone suffering from early male pattern baldness this season.
It just looks … softer and nicer.
Good job, Harry!
Leviathan is a silly name for a hedge fund, sorry.
