Dash & Lily
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Theres actually a whole bunch of problems Dash and Lily are facing in episode five.
They are in each others heads now and all the better for it.
Lets start with Lily.
Dash has sent Lily to the Break Room for her next dare.
She makes a Muppet that she thinks could look like Dash (it is devastatingly accurate).
She feels relaxed post-crafting.
But this is not what the Break Room is.
The Break Room is a place where you literally break shit to feel better.
Shes supposed to murder that Muppet.
She avoids any bad feelings she has in hopes of finding the good in every situation.
He wants her to let it all out.
She might admit that she avoids certain feelings, but shes not ready to stop looking for rainbows.
She will not murder that Muppet.
What sounds like the end to a lovely afternoon out ends on a strange note.
Shes so wrapped up in her own insecurities that she cant hear what hes trying to tell her.
He also calls her cute.
And, the true kicker: Hes still wearing that friendship bracelet she gave to him in middle school.
He invites her to a slam-poetry reading that night.
Lily, extremely confused by the entire interaction, skulks off.
Unfortunately, there is no clarity to be found at home, either.
No one wanted to tell her because they knew shed freak out.
Lilys entire family has been lying to her.
On an unsuspecting family of snowmen she passes by in the park.
It is a delightful, rage-fueled massacre.
She has things to say and will be heard!
I just beat the crap out of something, and it felt amazing!
she says to the audience members, who are immediately behind her.
And that sometimes its okay to say that things are awful.
Thats when she points out Edgar sitting in the crowd.
How after that moment everything changed for her.
She shut herself away in every sense of the phrase.
You stopped me from doing all the things I wanted to do for so long, she tells him.
But thats over now.
Around this point in Lilys speech, Edgar stands up and attempts to apologize.
He was 12 and had no idea he did that to her and hes unbelievably sorry.
Is this what all slam-poetry readings are like?
So whats Dash up to while all of this is going down?
Handling his own drama, of course.
For his dare, Lily wants to show Dash that hes too in his head.
Sometimes a person simply needs to go with the flow.
Hes terrible at it, surprising no one.
Listen to your mochi, Lily writes in the notebook.
When your mind is quiet, sometimes the best answer to a problem makes itself heard.
Very on-brand for Dash.
Whatever relaxation and peace Dash had found through Lilys challenge, it is immediately gone.
The only person who has ever made them even remotely tolerable was his ex, Sofia.
He cant go to Lily for help here, so he calls Sofia and invites her to dinner.
Sofia shows us just how skilled she is with handling Gordon.
But heres the thing: This time around, Dash doesnt need her.
And suddenly everythings fine.
After dinner, Sofia remarks on how different Dash seems.
She might not know what brought this transformation, but we do: Its Lily.
Surprise, guys: One of Dashs fellow classmates happens to be Edgar.
Priyas Christmas Eve party just got infinitely more interesting.
Is Dash actually someones grandfather?
Is this a Benjamin Button situation?
Im tired of boys pulling our pigtails and getting called cute!
