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A door opens and tornado-swept Dorothy and Toto begin their traipse through the trippy, Technicolor dreamscape of Oz.
Daniels knock interrupts, and when Issa answers, she attempts an apology for her previous rejection of him.
A deflated Daniel waves it off, assuring Issa that no apology is necessary.
So you dont have to sleep on the floor like a little slave, she says.
I bristled at the joke, which may have been the point.
That she has no prior experience, or even skill, as a property manager is irrelevant.
Their happenstance meet-up is improbable, but cute nonetheless.
Nathan is a Texan and thus remains unimpressed with Los Angeles, a stance which Issa commits to changing.
The filmTraining Day,starring Denzel Washington, was shot in the much-maligned neighborhood.
It strikes a more dubious tenor, for me.
The intent is grand but the messaging a little off: Poor people.
Theyre just like us.
So much about her background is kept mysterious, or isnt considered.
The visit is a refreshing look into her upbringing, into what made her.
Also the more explicit nod to Issas relative privilege casts an aspect of last season in an interesting light.
Issa had been priced out of her old apartment, due to the rising rents wrought by gentrification.
Issa doesnt seem to register this as a red flag.
Work
The day after her date with Nathan, Issa finally leaves We Got Yall.
A pan around the office reveals a sea of white faces.
Meanwhile, Molly, employed at an all-black firm, is struggling to find her footing.
This has mostly been due to her own abrasiveness and passive-aggressive tendencies, in my opinion.
No one wants to hear about your old job and its alleged superiorities at every turn.
This episode, however, seems to point at more complex explanations for the feudal distance of Mollys co-workers.
(He was very fair-skinned and could be black, but I dont know for certain.
Is the firm staunchly all black, or are people of color welcome as well?)
The two women respond with stares of betrayal.
