Nine Perfect Strangers

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Look, sometimes youjust haveto microdose psilocybin, okay?

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I find your product boring, Roger sniped, but thats not really true.

When their minds open, what comes out?

Maybe I am impatient!

But we are now halfway through this eight-episode season, and this story doesnt feel halfway done.

Facing your critics is pretty standard stuff.

Leaning into your emotions, whether anger or sadness or fear, is also pretty standard stuff.

And then theres the whole stalker subplot, which is a typical David E. Kelley twist.

Its good to die is scrawled on those sticky notes that the person put up on her bird painting.

Who shot Masha, and are they back?

Brave New World has tonal whiplash even before that cliffhanger ending.

Exactly how crazy are you?

Ben asks Masha, and Nicole Kidmans smug little Just the right amount is delivered well.

And her calling out the various guests for their own hidden identities or motives provided some needed backstories.

She just puts them on blast!

And then … they all agree that continuing to do the psilocybin is okay?

Its a little bizarre how quickly the guests move from scandalized to onboard, but they do.

When Zoe deflects with We werent close, Lars retorts, I dont believe that.

I sense another flashback coming soon to explain Zoe and Zachs relationship!

Finally, theres Carmel, whose abusive husband left her for a younger woman.

), and Hall lets the depths of rage the character has been holding back just spill out.

Happy 21st birthday, Zoe, have some psilocybin and some other wild shit!

Have We Achieved Nirvana Yet?

Also a movie you should see: Regina Hall inSupport the Girls.

Do that, too!

Is Frances eating the wine and the Kit Kats together?

I should try this combo.

Notice Mashas bonfire outfit: braided hair and a floral, bohemian-style dress.

Shes less uptight, perhaps to mirror the looseness of her guests.

But how does that change during the next step of the protocol?

Thank you for your service!

But Delilahs refusal to do so definitely positions her in the going to take Masha down column, right?