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Something LGBT happened to me!
No matter how a cult starts, the middle stage is always weird sex stuff.
And the end is often death.
But were getting ahead of ourselves.
Lets get into it.
We open on her therapy session, and Jackie Hoffman plays her therapist.
She is always a welcome presence, and Id love to see something where she plays Alanna Ubachs mom.
Yes, I know theyre not very far apart in age.
It could be an adultGilmore Girlstype thing.
Get on it, Hollywood!
Andpeople ate it the fuck up.
First MLMs, then Q.
Its the classic essential-oiltoFacebook radicalization pipeline.
Dory comes by Drews sketchy job because she can sense theres still bitterness in him.
But yesterday, she said she would accept it if he rejected her apology.
In the words of Oprah Winfrey, so what is the truth?
Love yourself more, honey.
Meanwhile, Tunnel Quinn is hunting himself on the Holodeck.
Season five is leaning into the sci-fi energy, and its bringing new gifts to the show.
For example, this scene reveals itself beautifully.
Dory and Drew arrive at Tunnels campus (tech office buildings are called campuses, right?
Why is that?)
Elliott can immediately sense the vibe, which is rich given his complete cluelessness regarding Drew and Portia.
While Elliott is plunging into the earths core, Marc is going for a run.
He leaves little Aspen in the care of pool boy Quique (Julio Torres).
Quique seems fun, treating the pool with lavender oil because its less drying for the skin than chlorine.
But when he denies Aspen the Demon Child an ice cream, we know his ticket is stamped.
You just get to freak out adults all day, the dream!
The elevator to the center of the earth gives the impression of malfunctioning.
John Reynolds gets some truly incredible yell-acting out.
Only Dory seems calmish holding hands with Drew, which Portia clocks.
But it was all a prank!
The elevator actually just took them down two floors to an extremely mood-lighting-intensive dining room.
Dorys like, You did this for what?
And Tunnel, in essence, replies, Why not?
The group brainstorms how to make enlightenment into a product, preferably a pill.
I would love to take something that would, like, fix me, Portia says.
Sweet Portia, you are so easily swayed to a cause.
Dory is wary of Tunnel and his whole John Galt shtick.
She believes that if Tunnel actually received her message, he would want to abandon all his earthly trappings.
Tunnel does not seem like the key in to abandon his earthly trappings.
The girls discuss their opposing views on Tunnel.
Portia is all in, and Dory has misgivings.
Talking it over gets very heavy with eye contact, very vibey, and once again very oath swearing.
It culminates in a big ol kiss.
All thats left is Dory and Elliott.
Once he takes the enlightenment pill, who knows?
I think it would drive me insane, butpeople seem to like it.
IfSearch Partyembraced hollow-earth theory, Id join Dorys cult.
Marc and Elliott are in a stable place with little Aspen, apparently.
Elliott hadnt come home the night before as part of their deal to hurt Marc at intermittent periods.
Relish may be the weirdest condiment to have a cup-style hot dog with.
You cant really scoop any relish onto the dog, so youre just getting vinegar water on it.
Its stomach-churning to think about for too long.
