The Politician
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But he was learning to have feelings, too.
Second verse, same as the first.
Thats not entirely fair.
Want to make something utterly absurd yet still emotionally resonant?
Hire Judith Light and Bette Midler, apparently.
Despite that, its difficult to see New York State of Mind as anything but a regression.
Is this really going to be my eternal question,who am I?
Its quite another for him to be making the same mistakes without a lick of self-awareness.
And that, as it happens, is a quality that Payton andThe Politicianseem to share.
Turns out that watching Bette Midler spy on someone atop a bike in spin class is most entertaining.
Viewers see all that play out in a sort of mole montage.
In one corner, Hadassah tries to recruit Astrid.
and says hes arrived to join the team, despite his hatred for Payton.
He also wants $5,000 and Paytons office.
First, is Payton no longer sober?
Second, didnt she Runaway Bride herself like five minutes ago?
Third, how has she been doing her own polling?
(She generously proposes that Illinois and New York join in on the fun.)
This proposal is rapturously received!
Payton finds out that Dede wants to be VP!
Talking Points
Welcome back toThe Politician!
What did you spot?
Wasnt Paytons big issue supposed to be the MTA?
The cut from insufferable little megalomaniac to Payton standing near that bust?
So, did they all just drop out of school?
How old are they?
Why do they all allow Alice to dress like that?
It was inVanity Fairfor crying out loud.
Paytons high school career is his Ice Town, if Ben Wyatt had been a high school sociopath.
Costume of the episode:Astrid and Hadassahs dueling outerwear sidewalk modeling.
