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Both, however, are in better shape than Seb, who is getting creepier and creepier every episode.
We start with another scene of Mr. Pickles lashing out at his dad on set.
I can only imagine what a nightmare working onMr.
Mr. Pickles more or less rips out his own heart/puppet to give it a listen.
Just like a really healthy workplace.
Jeff takes offense, declaring, I am a man.
Just a different kind.
Which, like, what kind of man, Mr. Pickles?
Thats all secondary, though, to Maddys reaction to all this.
Shes regressing hard, throwing her arms up and screaming like her pediatrician explains an infant afraid of falling.
Again: What the hell happened in the Piccirillo household when Jeff and Deirdre were growing up?
Why is Deirdre alternately cruel and desperate, like her dad, while Jeff is passive aggressive and obsessive?
(Different kind of man, indeed.)
Mr. Pickles is really leaning in to these patterns of obsessive stalking that are not very flattering.
He also talks extensively about his admiration for Nancy Reagans (ineffective and wrongheaded) anti-drug campaign.
Apparently Wills late brother, Phil, once pranked Nancy Reagan on an escalator.
Way to go, Phil.
Finally, Mr. Pickles goes on a date with the woman who wrote to him played byRiki Lindhome!
who says that his show helped her turn her life around.
He later encounters his drunk neighbor, who also propositions him: again, he politely declines.
Elsewhere in Ohio, Seb lets Deirdre in on his long-term plans for Mr. Pickles.
Notes for Nancy Reagans Eulogy
Will is so good at articulating his issues!
He explains the unique challenges of losing an identical twin brother well, apart from the regular grief.
Mr. Pickles is completely right: Saying the word neuroplasticity does turn ones mouth into a bouncy castle.
I dont think anything will help Maddy until Deirdre confronts her husband and acknowledges that their family isnt functioning.
How often does that woman play Edward Fortyhands?
Do her roommates just tape up her hands every time theyre getting laid?
Dont you ever get tired of doing the right thing?
Dont worry, hes usually a jerk.
What was the deal with that phone call Seb made last week?
No new details on it this week that I could see.
