Russian Doll
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He soon cant tell whats real and whats the result of the games Orwellian forces.
Nadia also works as … a game developer.
(Again, see her reluctance to learn whatever she thinks the universe wants to teach her.)
I think this episode implies that she develops games because,erm, shes just a straight-up savant genius?
Nadia fixes the glitch before the assembled beardos can even protest.
(Or, as I suspect they were screwing up the courage to do, let her go.)
At the code meeting, shes also out of place.
Her ensemble stands out as positively vibrant.
She may not play games, but she sure can manipulate them.
Is her whole, FUBARd circumstance derived from some metaphysical code glitch?
Nadia abruptly exits the meeting when her phone rings.
Thats my drug dealer, I gotta take this, she informs Bob and the beardos.
(In moments like this,Russian Dollis laugh-out-loud funny.)
After all, its actually the day after the party now.
You know, just normal, everyday stuff that Im sure wont prove portentous for some reason later on.
It takes a few do-overs (death-overs?)
for Nadia to get to the bottom of things.
Heres where (Im sorry,Russian Doll, but its true!)
the show leans into itsGroundhog Daybona fides.
Its a comical death montage!
falls through the bars open cellar doors.
I am happy for those cancer people, but this wasnt a fucking cancer party, she seethes.
keels over on those cellar doors again.
Those things are a menace!
she yells into the bathroom sink before yelling at Max about the crazy-person cancer ketamine in her joint.
She tries to exit down the stairs andSPLAT!
the stairs andSPLAT!!
the stairs andSPLAT!!!
Three quick deaths later, Nadias priorities have suddenly changed.
I got bigger fish to fry, she tells Max about her cancer ketamine sticks.
I gotta figure out how to get down the stairs.
Finally, Nadia stops getting killed for long enough to receive a useful piece of information from Max.
Most recently at Louiss christening.
Crazy is a crazy-big motif in this episode.
Nadia rails against being called crazy, yet she and others cant stop suggesting that thats what she is.
Dr. Daniel asks her if theres a history of mental illness in her family.
She, in turn, describes his joints as being laced with crazy-person cancer ketamine.
Max tells her shes crazy and she replies, I AM NOT CRAZY.
I hate when people call me crazy.
What was her diagnosis?
Nadia begs to know about her mother.
Do not confuse your mother with her damage, Ruth insists.
A slightly crisper picture of Nadias maybe-craziness starts to emerge, and yes, it does involve her mother.
After her fatal ambulance crash (oh, sorry:SPLAT!)
Nadia kisses her mothers pendant, which shes been wearing around her neck this whole time.
Nobody locks us up, she whispers.
If crazy is what her situation now qualifies as, she decides in that moment to embrace it.
Lets fuck this party in the mouth, she says in the bathroom.
This is the greatest party!
she exclaims to Max, whos relieved she started cooking for the party way back on Thursday.
Its never gonna be Thursday again!
Except then she walks past a pot of flowers and theyre dying.
Somehow, time is still slipping away to … somewhere.
I end this recap with a question for you.
The documentary, Im told, makes the case that JodorowskysDunewas the greatest movie never made.
But I havent seen the documentary and I havent seen theDunethat was made, David Lynchs 1984Dune.
Someone tell me what it all means!
