The Worst Idea Of All Time - Please Respect Kim Cattrall’s Decisions

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

It’s the shortest episode in the season so far which begs the question - is Mattress getting lazy or disciplined? Let’s get the big news out of the way up top - Carrie and Aiden are in Splitsville. The real issue Tim wants to discuss however, is Giuseppe’s mum potentially faking an Italian accent? Faking it in front of her son??? We also got Miranda being as frustrating as ever and Seema Patel’s evolving journey into the No Soap Community. There is, of course, no development whatsoever in the central tension of the show - Lisa Todd Wexley and Marion’s naughty work vibes.Support the show and our dog breed castings at twioat.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello guy! Hiya Tim! I'm operating under the assumption that people are experiencing this and you know what actually part of the magic is when I talk to you. It's all the same to me whether people are listening whether they aren't I just want to catch up with my friend Tim not about your life Okay, not about what's going on for you personally. Although might I say personally? I think you look fucking fantastic Thank you so much. What I want to talk about with you is the show du jour the show de fucking year if I'm being honest with you and just like that season 3 episode 9 what's it called I'm

so glad you asked so I'm tense oh is it not smoking their eyes you've fallen into the trap of a cursory piece of research you're reading off a headline my man I am Present tense now like that, you know Enough about the text to know both the title and also the incorrect title that I stumbled across and how I 30 minutes last week. We're down to 29 this week, you know, I reckon all going to plan, we'll have a sub 20 minute season finale. And it was a, you know, as I've said previously, I was excited to see that the episode was shorter this week, if only for the sake of I watched it while in transit.

But do not for a second think that doesn't mean I was not fucking locked in. Guy was this our shortest episode yet of the season? Yeah. Because I saw that, what is it, 28 minute 50 second run time and I wrote down they were either getting very sloppy and lazy or incredibly disciplined. That was my out the gate observation on the duration. And now that you've had 28 minutes to reflect on your thesis, what do you think? I am leaning towards discipline. And I know that there's lots of things to talk about

in this episode predominantly, and I'm sorry, I'm gonna blow the wad nice and early on this one, carry an Aidener off again. It's over. It's over for the stupidest of reasons. I don't want to talk about that. That's what the show wants me to talk about. There's only one thing I want to talk to you about, Guy, and that is the fact that Giuseppe's mum has been faking an Italian accent to her son? What? When she hits the roof at Anthony when they're having dinner together and she reveals her

true colors, she drops completely out of her Italian accent and starts speaking in like to my ear sort of Brooklyn, maybe Queens, American. They talked a lot about how she's from Buffalo in a previous episode. So maybe it's that Buffalo style, you know, North New York State. But it's like the mask comes off and suddenly she's she's speaking American. She's American and she's been I was like, I couldn't focus on anything else. It's like, what are the logistics on this that you've been lying to your son about how you sound?

I think I also slip into a heavy sort of buffalo accent when I fly off the handle you know I empathize with Giuseppe's mum whose name I don't know by the way I found out between episodes. Gina, you correct me on this. Patti LuPone yeah who's famous. Patti LuPone is famous for a few reasons. Beloved Broadway star of decades, absolute, and I mean this in the with the most difference possible, nutcase and what has been bubbling up recently about Patti LuPone, not the nicest co-worker. Oh really? Not the most collegial player on the stage from what I gather. But she's sort of one of those people I think who has forged such an incredible career,

has showcased her talent, has been such a powerful force in musical theatre for so many years now that everyone I think gives her a bit of a pass So yeah, what it sounds like a bitch? Yeah, okay. It's amazing I mean, yeah, I didn't notice the the changing of the accent I was quite taken by the scene and I also liked you know to talk about story which I know you hate I do like that She exercisedised you know the writers through Patti LuPone managed to remember some of the details that they'd

peppered through previous episodes and it's such a low bar to clear but anytime it is like show it's like watching chat GPT upgrade its models over time and suddenly there's like a greater bandwidth for its memory to exist. As the season event just like that goes on it's like and now we've added a feature we can remember what we said two episodes ago. It does mean that the accent comes in and out but try not to worry about that because we are referencing storylines from two episodes ago so hats off to them. We accidentally broke the accent feature but we have a new feature which is added memory bandwidth so you gotta

take the rough with the smooth I guess. I mean look I gotta say you know thinking about it the last episode and they've been telegraphing this the whole season absolutely fucking called it what an annoying thing to do to like to to spend night to set up a whole season about carrying aiding's relationship and then spend nine episodes Making us watch them piss it up the wall because basically they still cannot communicate it was Staggering to me it was absolutely stuck They reduced aiden's intellect to like a fucking 13 year old boy who just had his first wet dream He's sitting downstairs with Duncan being like

Oh, what do you do? You know, it was crazy the treatment of this guy They made him such a fucking moron and they treat him at this exact level for so long and it's kind of you know It's funny I got it when he comes down like there's two scenes with Aidan and Duncan and Carrie the first one Aidan is being kind of You know coyly antagonistic basically. Yeah. But it's like, what shit me about this is that the focal point for the breakup is Aiden's like, man, I reckon there's a vibe with you and that guy.

And Carrie's like, can we not keep bringing up the past? And it was like, Carrie, this is a very modern current grievance. And this is, this is why I take issue with how you've got and how you've framed this guy, because at the risk of falling into the trap of the show, although we revealed last episode that this is now just an unironic fan podcast of, and just like that season three, I was a reveal to you. That has been what I've been doing for three seasons now. So can I just say welcome to the show, Tim?

I'm fucking I'm team Aidan on this. Like is he the most advanced emotional communicator? No, guess what? He's a 60 year old man. Not everyone is. But I reckon Carrie Bradshaw was absolutely on her bullshit this episode and blowing the entire relationship up in the way that she did. I was like, this is outrageous.

I've cheated on this guy previously twice, absolutely broken his heart. He's come in here trying his best complicated situation. He's trying to make the whole family scenario work. I know Carrie is too and She is like she's blowing this up So disproportionately, I think this could be worked out. He's on to something there is chemistry between here and I can't because now they're gonna fuck It is a small mercy because I agree with you. I think that the reason for the breakup is wrong I think the outcome is correct

And I and when she was like laying out her list of sort of emotional issues with where they were in the relationship I was like, yeah, you got some point I think you're raising some fair points So you you know you create the standard which even you can't live up to I was like fair enough But then for all of it to hinge on whether or not she's clearly attracted to the hot rider that she's spending all her time With under the house Yeah, like you carry like three episodes ago. You were the most fucking up to the minute Money communicator I've ever seen

Like the inconsistency not just with plot with picking up plot details and putting them down But with the emotional regulation of these characters You can't advertise that Carrie might be plugged in and then three episodes later be like oh no no Carrie's operating at the level you assume Carrie's operating at. I'm so sorry to kind of put this on you Carrie but it's the one thing you've got going for you like you're kind of a mess in all aspects of your life except for allegedly high emotional intelligence owing to the fact that you've been through a lot of big relationships and situations and as a writer like a sex writer for so many years you're supposed to be this incredibly experienced and learned

person in the art of relationships and communication I'm not saying that in this episode where's the evidence of that? Where's that character? Communication in the city Tim. It was sex and the city. The communication around the fringes, I suppose, you know, that is what so much of the program's storyline trades on and hinges on, is all the miscommunicates, the funny moments, the sliding doors, you know, the fleeting misunderstandings. That is what we trade on.

And- She can't cook. She puts shoes in her oven yeah crack up I don't think she's got great financial literacy so well she's done all right she's traded up I actually watched an architectural digest of the apartment of the building that she lives in on really Matthew Broderick's home no no no no no no Carrie Bradshaw's Gramercy palatial suite. Oh, what? The fake... Architectural Digest did a video with the designers of the set.

This is kind of like when Disney Channel did a documentary about Ewoks. It's not real. So what are we doing with the channel? I will say credit to the designers because they are working incredibly hard on this show. I just wish Mattress Pikelet could match their energy. So yeah, I watched that and I, oh, the moment I wanted to talk about, which made me laugh was, so the first scene we've got Aiden and he's sort of probing at Duncan being like, what's the deal? Why do you smoke a pipe? You know, and he's like, wow, I'm getting into the frame of mind for my characters. And Aiden historically doesn't like smoking and we're like, I don't give a fuck,

whatever. Later on with that,ary keeps trying to shut down this completely innocuous conversation which Duncan is completely fine to entertain. Kind of interesting he reminds us about the fact that he's writing a book about Margaret Thatcher. What did a lot of people do in Margaret Thatcher's era? They smoked a pipe. It's his way of engaging with the era and having a ritual to get himself into writing. It's nice to hear from him. I was nice to hear about the process I'll tell you another way perhaps so imagine this Tim your inner relationship And you might have a crush on someone else and look that is actually a perfectly normal

Human experience, you know, like you can you can be like, oh, I quite like spending time with this person That is what appears to be happening and Aiden of course as any human experience, you know As any human in a relationship is like hmm seems like you quite like spending time with this person So i'm going to go down and we'll have a meal together and we can all get to know each other a little bit So if you didn't want to fan the flames on your partner's suspicion You know, you might want to try and act like a normal person For fucking half a minute of the time that the three of you are hanging out. Exactly.

So the whole time, like deferring, it was an incredible performance. And that's sort of part of the issue. Isn't it? Is that later on when I didn't like, I swear to God, you like this. She's like, that's not what this is about. She breaks up with, she ends this relationship over basically that. Yeah. Over Aiden correctly picking up on the fact that they kind of have the hots for each other.

He doesn't have a huge issue with it. No, no, not at all. He's just kind of probing around. And like, you know, honestly, they're in a very committed, mature relationship that has so much context to it and a lot of heft you know like there's so much going on with the integration of Carrie into his complicated family dynamic that it's like you're gonna blow the whole thing up instead of admit that Duncan's kind of hot and interesting?

Yeah yeah. Come on man! Carrie Bradshaw! After the first like failed hang Carrie's got to go down and do notes and aid it now in this instance again They're treating I'd like a fucking moron. He shows up like a dog at the door. He's like hey What are you guys up to you want to have some dinner? It goes like not even dinner tonight, and he's like oh come on everyone loves a bit of dinner So just have dinner by yourself, and I didn't not you know he's not reading the cues Which is I don't really care about but he keeps talking about these t-bones He's like I'm gonna put put these t bones on I got these great T bones. You gotta know about these T bones and Do you know what I'm doing in my head while you're saying this?

I'm now I'm now trying to cast everyone is which breed of dog they are You are absolutely right I think Aiden is a golden retriever that has been like not had enough genetic diversity in the pool So loyal is like,, handsome, tall, dumb as anything, thick as two planks. Duncan is one of those like Scottish terriers that are real handsome with the beards. Yeah, yeah, I know the guy. And I think Carrie Bradshaw is like a fucking poodle crossed with like a...

I want to say chihuahua but that feels a bit mean. No no no no no. She's a poodle something. She's a poodle cross. Anyway sorry you were saying. Labrador poodle? Labradoodle? Yeah like the...

She's not quite tall enough. No but she's got the physical majesty and you know she's got the the majesty of a poodle and I'd say kind of the emotional intelligence of a Labrador. Kerry Bradshaw does have the majesty of a poodle you're right about that. Yeah I know my shit. Good catch. But yeah he keeps banging on about these T-bones and I'm gonna give it to the writers They are correct in their assumption that it is fun for me to listen to Aidan talk about T-bones for as long as possible That is very on the money. These juicy steaks that he could just whip up in a minute, man They're good to go. He's got these and he's got so many of these juicy steaks. There's enough for everybody

What devastated me was like he didn't cook them for himself we see later on so carries working late I didn't gives up on the idea of cooking the T bones and leaves them out you know which you do but he knows he's not going back downstairs and he's left the fucking T bones out Carrie just walks clean past them Carrie somebody go get those T-bones in the fridge. Bro, this is what I'm saying. She doesn't know how to do anything except for kind of romantic relationships. That's supposed to be her one thing. She doesn't know how to handle a steak. No. I mean, look, so this is obviously, this is the flashpoint of the episode. This is,

they know that this is going to set tongues wagging. People are going to be talking about it. To my eyes, there's two other things that happen in this episode, which are... Oh, there's a few others. Number one, just offhandedly, they introduced the concept of a Zempik and the potential for a storyline with three episodes to go in the season. Lesley Todd Wicks, the comedy plot that Herbert's playing is like, oh man, you've got to stop putting this cheese in the damn house. That actually, that was my shining light.

And I wish I'd written down the actual line, but Herbert, I think we opened the scene maybe on this. He opens the fridge and says, he's like, god damn it, cheese. And what the hell is this? More cheese. Yeah, yeah. It keeps blowing up about the cheese. And then he's like, I don't want to put on weight You know, I worked so hard lose all this weight and let's talk about Lisa Todd We just go on a zephyr which I think is about 6 kg. Sorry. Yeah And I was like you can't you know

Just that they they're trying to bamboozle us and Tim it shits me because it works You can't just they did her in in a new weight loss storyline for Herbert. They've lingered on some shots of Herbert reacting to the Ozempic suggestion with just enough. I don't know if the editor is fucking with us or if this is direction from Mattress Pikelet himself or whoever actually directed this specific episode, which I don't think was Mattress. But they do.

Someone has made a creative decision to let us all think and marinate in the idea that Herbert, who is currently running for comptroller of New York City, might get onto his impact now. And now we've got to deal with that. But equally likely that it will be completely thrown aside and just never, never thought of or mentioned again. And the other unbelievably heavy handed... Oh, there's two others actually. The other one is I think this show bailed out of humbling Seema too early.

You know, the show was doing such a good job of humbling Seema. She did get humbled in this episode. They just forgot to return to it because they were so focused on the idea of getting out of there within 29 minutes So here's what happens if I may oh, okay Well, yeah, that's actually but my issue was with the they're like Seamus showing a new office And then they show the most glamorous like spacious office and I'm like what I don't understand what the treatment of this character is I thought we were humbling this woman and now all of a sudden she's in like this unbelievably

You know spacious beautiful airy well-lit uh working block and I was just like I've I've I've had my problems with Sema that have been well documented on this podcast but what's your big issue with Sema that she's not allowed to have a nice office after everything she's been through? Well, because they're not fair. I just think that she isn't like nothing came of it. It was like, oh, SEMA's run out of money and then it's like, oh no, check it out. SEMA's all good. The business isn't working yet. She's just got a nice offer. It's just it's it's it's the Reader's Digest walk through with, you know, fake Carrie Bradshaw's house. This is just an opportunity to showcase it. Readers digest do not do architectural tours you fucking stupid son of a bitch. Don't come down on me just because you were wrong about something that I fucked up a word man

you're getting too angry you're gonna drop into your buffalo accent and I won't have it on this episode okay. What I'm saying is we don't know what the trajectory is for Seema, but this episode does humble her again. She's allowed to have a nice office because the alternative is they have to show us a shit space and this show doesn't want to do that. They want to show us beautiful people and beautiful places. And beautiful rooms. That's fine. So Seema and Adam's storyline about deodorant for some reason is one that we've remembered that chat gpd6s4 is stored in the ram so that has been continued. Everything they've discussed in the previous eight episodes the last thing

you'd expect them to keep talking about. In fact I mean like I wish I had accrued a list going into this but let's try and think of some things Lisa Todd Wexley's father dying has not been mentioned after the entire episode dedicated to the funeral. You get a few episodes the first time your dad dies, the second time your dad dies everyone just moves on and that's business that's just how it is. It is pretty nuts but yeah the things that we have persisted with is for some reason um I don't know what is being added by Charlotte having vertigo now for three episodes. that was like the most They had basically Charlotte and Harry fucking stumbling around their bedroom like they're in a k-hole

Yeah, as Harry's coming out the bathroom and he talks about he's got like mangoes or rock melons for nuts Charlotte's got her vertigo and they're both stumbling around in there and it's like You know, it's it's it's not not funny. It's not not amusing. Sure funny. It's amusing areas The talking some comedy swings and I appreciate it, you know, you don't think we're gonna be like, I would it kill them Would it kill them to show us the piss pants photo? Oh get it on social media We're like here's here's the way to play it. Yeah, the comedy beat is Harry fine As nuts go down he's beaten the he's beaten the cancer This goes back to work and it's like the partner whoever he works with is like holds up his phone because he hasn't been on

Social media for so long I guess because he's just been working on himself and he's like, hey Harry Piss pants way to go buddy That's what I wanna see. Okay, so this is the Epstein files for him coming back to humble him later to get him. That's the dream. They're still out there somewhere. So, okay, Seema and Adam's storylines,

they're still together, which is nice. It's nice to see them both happy and happily fucking, here for it, great. Adam is still, wow well not so gently, trying to get Seema to join the no-soap community. And he's got a bar deodorant. Which is a bit- Is it no soap or is it no deodorant? Are you soaping in the shower? I've named it the no-soap I think he does use soap, but I imagine everything's like, you know, bar soap with no additives. He's got bar deodorant, probably got bar shampoo, bar conditioner. It's the bar community, if anything. He's

joined the bar. He's trying to get Seema to join the bar. So he gives her a bar and she's like I'm not fucking doing that and then she decides to immediately call story beat there so she gives it a go instead of applying her regular deodorant. Then her hot stupid assistant books a high-level meeting with someone that she absolutely must engage with to make her business a success in 40 minutes time across the other side of town. So she then has to, I don't know what's happened if she's run the entire way in heels. I hope not.

I assume there was a subway involved somewhere along the way. Not a driver. I'll tell you that. But she does run the last stretch because she is absolutely puffed in her heels walking into the restaurant to join this guy for lunch. And a waiter comes and when the waiter leaves, the high powered business real estate, I don't know, adjacent dude who she's meeting with goes, ooh, that guy had shocking B.O.

And then Seema is like, oh, internally, that's my stank. That's my stank. That ain't his stank. So Sthi then has to excuse herself and apply the bar deodorant, herself becoming the woman that they saw in the restaurant one episode prior to apply the deodorant at the time. Not exactly the same because she's outsider occupied cubicle and the ladies Applying and gets kind of my question there to you Tim. Yeah with this fantastic retelling in mind and the knowledge We have three episodes of the show remaining. Yeah, he's been through a breakup Yeah, what is the treatment because I think if they if they show you the same toy two episodes in a row Yeah, you assume that they're gonna take out the toy again in the third episode so what is the next story

beat of Seema's deodorant journey well how is this played just to close the loop on that a little bit I found it insane that we don't see the resolution of that little journey in the episode with Seema she does not go back to the table I don't know if she got away with it like I don't know I don't that's it of that little journey in the episode with Seema. She does not go back to the table. I don't know if she got away with it. Like I don't know. That's why I'm so fascinated because you do, you see Seema once again in the episode,

the very end when Carrie shakes off the devastation of the end of the relationship with Aidan by going out for drinks with their girlfriends. And Seema's there. Seema, Miranda and Charlotte, and they all, and that's how it ends. And Carrie does some voiceover being like The Romanticie novel continued to not quite know it's probably like the woman tried to fix the thing that was broken

But the thing that was broken was herself actually this way better than what she wrote. Yeah So like I said, and so I guess that's why I'm wondering is because the world of possibility is still open to us. So either nothing comes of it, which wouldn't be a surprise, or she loses a business deal because of it, which you know, or she gets away with it, but then breaks up with Adam because he jeopardized her career or something. Like these are the sort of very-

I am delighted to tell you that based on all the extensive knowledge I have about and just like that, the correct answer lies behind door A. Nothing will come of this. They will abandon the storyline and get another pot or pan on the boil instead of figuring out what to do with this dish. And it's a pointless dish. I'm kind of fine with them abandoning this. I think it's weird.

We've spent so much time on it so far. I sort of agree, but I also like, it was fun. Do you know what? There was a fun little story beat. It was like, it was, I agree. Here's, here's the problem. Here's the problem. Matris Pyclic King leading the writers rooms doesn't know which ideas are supposed to

be within self-contained within an episode and which are supposed to have an arc to them and he's got them all fucking twisted up like if someone's dad dies a you're supposed to remember that and be let's have some consequence if we're going to go to the trouble of like exploring this complicated relationship that she had with her dad, the guilt she feels about working

while her phone was off so she missed his last moments. The fact that there's this insane and awesome addition to the show called Lucille, who we only have for one episode, who is this effectively kind of stepmother figure to Lisa Todd Wexley, that for some reason that is a fully self-contained Simpson style episode where none of that information will ever be mentioned again, referenced or provide context for the her character growth. However, for some fucking reason, Adam's aversion to normal deodorant is something we need to have as a multi episode arc. Figure out which one of these you're supposed to use for the appropriate use case my man. I'm fine with the deodorant

being in there. It's a one episode plot. At the same time would you not say credit to him for managing to focus on something? Like do you know? It's like well all the rest of the pots and pans might be burning or being unattended to but you really get the seasoning right on that one this is a I'm assuming multi Emmy award-winning showrunner of decades I I'm not gonna I'm not going to give him the biscuit for managing to focus on the deodorant for more than one episode. No, he doesn't get a trophy for that.

It's honestly the whole season, it's like a PhD study on the nature of human memory. It's like honestly, it's like running analysis on the functionality and variability of the way the humans remember things. Not as told by the characters and the multiple truths that can exist around a single moment in a shared life, so much as like, I suppose, the cognitive decline of someone who is trying to tell 30 consecutive stories and the challenge they have set for themselves while in real time realizing they do not have the capacity to tell 30 consecutive stories. And so inside of that, of course it is alarming when they forget certain

stories, but at the same time, when they're running with a single narrative, I do feel like my man, you got memories in you. I was just referring to my notes to see if there's anything else that I missed. I did write down the lighting on Carrie's hair in every shot is amazing. Not a coincidence. She's kind of the star, so it's not a surprise that I make it look good. Her hair is re is noticeably well lit. Actually, while we're talking, I mean, like, why the fuck did I get reminded

Samantha Jones exists four episodes ago? Disrespect. Samantha Jones exists four episodes ago? Disrespect? Disrespect. That feels like a professional disrespect that has been brought in from the outside world against Kim Cattrall, not Samantha Jones. Like that really feels like actual beef that they're dragging into this realm. And it is the worst kind of bullying because she can't answer it.

Like Kim Cattrall is so linked to the character of Samantha Jones. She has contributed so much to the show by giving that performance across however many episodes and two fantastic movies for Sex and the City. And then, fine, look, you can't get the contract negotiations to match up. Everyone's got their side of the story.

Whatever, shit happens, rural adults let's part ways. And I'm pretty sure Kim Cattrall has sort of like held her tongue for a long time and only sort of responded to stuff when Sarah Jessica Parker's, you know, dipped her oar in. But for them to just, throughout this show, I think on all three seasons have some little mention of her. They did bring her in, didn't they, for like a shot in season one?

I think, I think, or maybe season two even. I think it was season two. She's there for like, yeah, a shot or a or voiceover maybe she's in the car on the phone something like that but but you can't you're not allowed you're not allowed to bring her in if Kim Cattrall is not getting paid for it and that's what they did the text messages Kim Cattrall is not getting paid for that please stop doing that it is deeply disrespectful. So we've got three episodes to come.

We've got a lot of stuff to resolve. What are you hoping to see from the show between now and its conclusion? If Lisa Todd Wexley and Marion Donohue hook up, what are we doing? What are we doing? What is this show? Like I think they forgot about that. And it is driving me fucking nuts. They gave us a single flavor of it. They've not outright forgotten. It basically should be the central premise

that we're dealing with at this point in the show. Like this this should occupy most of the time and energy of this entire back nine holds of the season. When they're not on the screen, everyone should be saying, where's Lisa and Marion? I know. I'm like, this show is trying to present it like I'm supposed to care that Carrie and Aidan broke up. Good. I'm so bored and frustrated by those two. I will say, whatever. Can I shout them out?

I did feel sad. I've been rooting for them to break up and when they were playing the breakup scene, I felt the weight of it. Do you know what? I think I know what's happened here. I think you've been tricked by the writing because I think the reason you feel sad

is because Aidan sees the line, I feel sad. And then Cary Bradshaw sees the line, I feel sad. And Guy Montgomery, the sophisticated consumer of media that he is heard those two lines in succession and I think when internally I To feel my one they did it like a Blue's Clues episode We're carrying and then turned to the camera and said what about you audience member How do you feel and I was waiting for someone else to talk and I realized it was for me and I said sad Honestly if Lisa Todd Wexley doesn't hook up with Marion and Like I don't know what exactly it's a it's I don't think it can't happen now because we don't have enough

Episodes to deal with the fallout. But then again, then again this show doesn't sort of deal in those proportionate terms anyway So I've invented one piece of resolution that they can pepper into the the remaining three episodes to salvage the season Here it is so Lisa Todd Wexley Throws an event for Herbert to become City Comptroller throws an event for Herbert to become city comptroller. The Obamas are there. Barack is not on camera, but Michelle Obama is there. Okay.

And she's talking to him, to her, sorry, excitedly. And she's like, Michelle Obama's like, sort of pitching her the show. And she's like, yeah, of course, I'd love that. And then Charlotte comes over to introduce Harry. And Michelle Obama looks at Harry goes do I know you and her goes no I don't think so madam first lady and she goes no I feel like I've seen you before and she takes out her phone and she opens Instagram because you're the Pisspants guy and holds up a photo to Harry from like doi moi or whatever

some like Instagram gossip account, and it's got like a million likes, and it's just Harry with piss pants. I love that so much. Real talk, let's dig into this. Do you think Michelle Obama would do that? Do you think she'd agree to that? I think it's possible.

I think it is too. I think it's on the table. I think it's on the table for where the Obamas are at these days I don't think the writers know how satisfying that would be to everyone not just me yeah, but I think that as a story be it would make sense in the world of the show and Also just I feel as though you know we're in a wrapping up frame I we've already outrun the episodes duration, which is even us your shining light, by the way I know so I've got to do a shining light before that. I want to do New York City Improv watch

Look, there were two candidates in today's episode. I thought yeah one of them was the business associate who's having a Meal with SEMA, but he wasn't really given it. He gave me a nice, you know, but as far as casting I think that was a window. They don't, they don't have. I think it might be London City Improv Watch. I think Seema's assistant who's come over from England and doesn't understand the way that cities work, even though they also have across town in London.

Yeah. I think he was the closest thing we got. Like I feel as though this show is not offering as many opportunities for improvisers as it was earlier in the season. I mean, I thought there was some potential around the woman who came out of the cubicle and saw like sort of walked in on scene replying the deodorant and caught her out. I thought the other possibility was the waiter with BO who came over who I think we don't we only see sort of in body from memory but that that felt to me like someone you know having their

first shot with a sad card yeah also I'd like to say we didn't touch on it Miranda and Joy they had a very boring adult conversation about the emotional baggage they bring into the relationship They're getting along great. Dude, I fucking, so I watched this show. I watched this really late last night before I went to bed and I growled at the cell phone when Miranda started lying to Joy about what happened with the gin. Because she threw the gin away in the last episode. She threw it down the trash chute.

Sorry, Joy came in with her beautiful bottle of gin, wanted to keep it at Miranda's house so she can, you know, have drinks when she's there. And Miranda found it too tempting, threw it in the rubbish chute after having a dalliance about whether or not she was actually going to drink it. Great from her ultimately. And then, you know, obviously Joy's like, where's my beautiful gin that I brought around? Uh, Miranda's like, Oh, I think the cleaner stole it. Yeah. It's like, you fucking bitch. Don't you fucking do this?

I wasn't even necessarily angry about her throwing someone under the bus. It's just like, stop making such stupid fucking decisions. You are 60 something. You're in charge of a big charity. You're grown up. Just tell the truth. It's fine. It's all gonna work out completely fine. Just tell you the truth. I was so mad. And then luckily... The show is stirring emotion in you. You're feeling something. I was so mad and then luckily The show is stirring emotion in you you're feeling something. I was cross My shining light Tim. I've already mentioned it, but I can't beat it. It was um, it's got to be them T-bones It's got to be Aidan's enthusiasm for cooking T-bones

And I suppose what the issue with the scene was if I could criticize my own shining light Aidan's playing a comedy beat. Yes yes and the scene is playing a serious story beat Aidan's playing a like you know we've got to get these t-bones on and the show is being like the t-bones are the stake being driven through the heart of Carrie and Aidan's relationship. STAKE not STAKE. Having fun with it. Nice to hear some spelling. Anyhow look it's been a pleasure to analyze this treasure, this important cultural artifact that is episode 9 of season 3 and just like that we will be back three more times to look at the exciting ways in which Mattress Pikelet will ignore the threads he has

opened and introduce more exciting flavors and toys as he rifles through exciting ways in which Mattress Pikelet will ignore the threads he has opened and introduce more exciting flavors and toys as he rifles through his kitchen and cabinets to try and distract us from the fact that this show may very well be going off the rails.