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It was summer and I was lying on my bedroom floor.
How often do we see young women be miserable, overtly sexual, and calculating on television?
Episode two encapsulates this frisson of excitement in a neatly bundled hour of television.
Eric is pissed that Harper missed his breakfast with Felim.
Does his screaming at Harper and taking her off the account seem a tad outsize?
In swoops Danny Van De Venter, a.k.a.
In the last episode, he hinted at being a possible threat, but his role becomes clearer here.
(Eye roll.)
Eric aggressively disapproves of both Harper and DVD, which is a tactical error on Erics part.
His bluster creates a cute, flirtatious alliance between DVD and Harper as they weather the Eric storm.
Meanwhile, over in Private Wealth Management, Yasmin seems to have found her posh calling.
For one, Celeste doesnt chew Yasmin out at the end of the dinner for his mistake.
Everyone is privileged to be in Yasmins company.
Like all the self-help platitudes served by superiors on this show, the line is both inspiring and ominous.
Do we really believe Celeste is a fairy godmother, giving Yasmin-erella some magic slippers?
Or is there self-interest lurking here too?
Her expression is tumultuous, conflicted, sad, and determined.
Yasmin isnt just fucking Maxim; shes fucking him over, too.
Speaking of sex and work, Robert and Nicole are getting along swimmingly!
If the scene seems familiar, its because it is.
And then Nicole shows us that this is all part of her playbook.
I guess Nicole is now taking Yasmins spot in Roberts power-play fetish.
Harper spends this whole episode being chaotic and forlorn, trying desperately to find her stride again.
The entire team is skeptical.
DVD asks Harper how her talk with Jesse went, but she tells him it didnt go anywhere.
Harper gets on the intercom and publicly pleads with Yasmin to make a phone introduction.
After some high-stakes haggling with Rishi, Jesse agrees to anchor the deal.
Still, when she returns to the desk, the whole team claps.
Its a victory that feels more appropriate for a football game than a trading floor.
All the bad blood from Harper being out of office is seemingly forgiven.
Loose Change
Is the insinuation that people at Pierpoint think Eric and Harper are sleeping together?
Yasmin with her daddy issues!
Eric being a weird pseudo parent to Harper!
Sex, power, intimacy, relationships: Its all tangled up for these three!
ALSO, HI GUS!!
I was thrilled to see him again though I hope we get more character development as the season progresses.
When he took off his glasses to give Harper a quick pep talk, I swooned.
I want Yasmin and Harper to make up because I miss their friendship.
