Black Monday
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Sometimes its not clear ifBlack Mondaywants to be an irreverent comedy or a soap opera.
In the second episode, that tonal blend feels somewhat smoother than in the first.
she reams him out when theyre alone in his office.
Its more like a felony with a bunch of dumb luck.
From there, writer Jessi Klein deftly weaves together the episodes subplots.
Thats where Dawn comes in.
Finding her in the department store, he offers to buy her whatever she wants as an apology.
What she wants is a piece of the company she helped build.
Mos too stubborn to accept, so he brings in one of Dawns clients himself and makes his pitch.
The client says hes in, as long as Dawn agrees its a smart buy.
She arrives just as Mos leaving her a voicemail, and the two proceed to fuck each other.
They go back and forth like this until finally Mo agrees to give her 15 percent of the company.
Well, you cant have a thriving personalandprofessional life, can you?
Isnt That the Kind of Tortured-Hero Shit You Guys Jack Off To?
Maybe the reason this episode was an improvement on the first was simply that it featured more Regina Hall.
Georgina Jeans the camera cuts to Blair takes three years off of my ass, look at that!
Mo had a couple zingers, too.
To Dawn: You get off on the rollercoaster.
Like that time you got off on a rollercoaster.
Heres our menu binder … of prostitutes, Wayne tells Blair, showing him around the office.
We call them tutes, says Ronnie.
Makes it less sad.
Blair refuses both the coke and the tutes, explaining, Im engaged and also a good person.
Feels like a pretty safe bet that before too long hell take a crack at one or the other.
But that cant possibly last, can it?
