Welcome to the TV Recap series on the FXX original series You're the Worst. Join me every Thursday to unravel the chaos of TV's greatest/worst romantic couple as they try to get their lives together. Will this be the week that everything works out? Who cares. As long as they don't miss Sunday Funday, everything will be fine. So get your trash juice ready and prepare to do what normal people don't do as I review the plot and other major points from throughout the season. Hope you're ready. If not, too bad. We're doing this anyways.
“It’s always just been me, you
know. But now it’s not anymore.”
- Gretchen (Aya Cash)
Things heat up as Jimmy (Chris Geere) discovers that Gretchen (Aya Cash) hasn't been taking her medication, which would have prevented her mood swings. This gets him so upset that he eventually makes a scene at Becca (Janet Varney) and Vernon's (Todd Robert Anderson) gender reveal party. Meanwhile, Lindsay (Kether Donohue) comes to the acceptance that she is pregnant because of Paul (Allan McLeod). Things go horribly wrong as Jimmy makes a scene and Vernon reveals that he is in debt and is too scared to raise a child. Meanwhile, Edgar (Desmin Borges) gets nervous after a fight with Dorothy (Collette Wolfe), which ends up being nothing. Gretchen realizes that she has been selfish and takes back Jimmy to comfort him and his various problems. Lindsay and Paul get back together.
WVP:
Gretchen
It may seem unfair to pit Gretchen as the worst in this episode, but it does feel like a big deceit to have her reveal that she has avoided the easy route to being a tolerable person. By not taking pills, she has been manic depressive and thrown a lot of the responsibility on Jimmy. Meanwhile, Jimmy pretty much becomes a wreck and has to deal with this problem because he is himself incapable of doing it rationally - and with good cause. While this is a joint effort and everyone deserves some blame for their actions, there's no denying the general impact that Gretchen had in not only ruining Jimmy's night, but repairing it by learning something more profound in the end. Yes, these two characters are still immature in a lot of ways, but they both have come to important realizations that inevitably end this whole thing on a high note.
Worst Moment
After a season of keeping important affairs private, everyone loses their minds during the gender reveal. What should be a happy moment becomes one full of narcissistic shouting. Jimmy reveals his own personal pain and why he is incapable of being happy. Vernon, on a variety of topics, reveals his own personal debt issues and gives an endorsement against seeing The Babadook. Everyone is fighting for attention, and nobody ends up looking all that great as a result. While the hangover to follow allows for the show's sweetest moments of the entire season, this scene packs a lot of the bad tendencies that inevitably make these characters compelling and fun to watch. They're tragic and flawed in ways that are relative. Even if they're wrong, they're still someone to show sympathy for.
Was This the Worst?
Congratulations, Stephen Falk and company. You have done something impossible. You have made one of the few great seasons of TV in 2015 and one of the best comedy seasons period. While the subject matter was always dark, the wit and brilliant character moments helped to elevate the show into something unique. It was a study of depression that was able to be realistic while also showing the uncompromising blame that everyone faces when handling it. Aya Cash more than deserves an honorable mention for her brilliant work this season. Even if the show had some faults (the parents episode wasn't my favorite), it managed to mix the unlikable nature of its characters with a deeper and more powerful sympathy. The final half of this episode highlights everything that is great about the show, from its mix of crassness and heart to its ability to show how small changes can have a big impact. I don't know of a show that will even come close to You're the Worst this year. After a rough start, it quickly became great subversive TV that everyone should be watching. Bravo.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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