Kevin Can F**k Himself
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New Patty is currently available to stream onAMC+; its broadcast premiere on AMC is July 11, 2021.
Her best friend Thelma (Geena Davis) settled for a husband who treats her like crap.
Each woman has been sexually assaulted.
Each woman has been taken advantage of.
Each womans identity and personhood has been diminished by men.
I cant go back.
and New Patty quickly picks it up.
Oh, he made a childlike diagram of the ways that Patty and Allison betrayed him; how funny!
Are all of these choices regressive?
Some of them are, yes!
But Allison has spoken longingly, and often, about who she was before Kevin.
Before we take a stroll down infidelity alley, lets back up to that return drive from Vermont.
Those words hurt Allison at first (Youre right.
She steals a lipstick.
Seems like a bad, overly reckless idea to me!
While Allison is bounding forward, Patty is sinking back.
Her two scenes with Curt are heartbreaking in different ways.
So Im not normal because I want to live my life the way that I want to?
But to say they dont know each other at all?
And what was the deal with Detective Tammy inviting Patty to a work thing?
I dont think that was a date, but … Im not sure what it actually was?
She could come clean to Detective Tammy, and sell out Nick.
She could agree to work with Nick, and keep lying to Detective Tammy.
Or, as she dreams up with Allison in the episodes final minutes, theres a third option.
Turns out Im actually good at doing terrible things to people who deserve whats coming to them.
Its not that hard, Allison says, and Patty has been pushed to the edge, too.
And given all this, I have to wonder: Is Kevin onto them?
One of his friends, a guy you dont know very well, has a knife.
They have the gall to tell you, Loyalty.
What would he be willing to do then?
What Else We Could Be
Was that criminal mastermind scene a reshoot?
A good reminder of what character design through hair, makeup, and costuming can do.
Improbable makeup shade really is a tidy instigator for an exasperated reaction, isnt it?
The makeup store clerk played by Kiara Pichardo might be the most savage character on this whole show.
Her laugh when Jenn suggested concealer for Allisons under-eye circles?
Also, damn, Jenn, keep that advice to yourself!
Kevin booing salad might be the only time Ive taken his side on anything.
Meanwhile, Pattys idea of fun being Im gonna go home and eat a really big burrito?
Allison needs foils, and between Diane and Jenn, shes covered.
marries Patty for confidential marital privileges so that he doesnt have to testify against her.
