“Honk If You’re Horny”
Original Airdate: August 7, 2018
The love bubble doesn’t last long for Liza and Charles as they get hit with their first roadblock as a couple in this week’s Younger.
Bliss is Liza and Charles being able to enjoy the newness of their relationship indoors. Charles is cooking for Liza while she works, and it seems like this could really work out... except they haven’t quite tested the waters outside of their respective apartments. When they do, it does not go well. Charles asks Liza on a proper dinner date at this wonderful little restaurant he knows. It’s going very well until they run into Redmond (Michael Urie) after Kelsey passed on his client’s book.
In a moment of despair and haste that any two co-workers may have that are secretly dating, Liza lies and tells Redmond that she stopped by the restaurant to give Charles a copy of the manuscript that Kelsey passed on. They were just supposed to be pretending, but when Liza left, Redmond insisted Charles read it; he did. The next morning, he agrees to publish the novel under the Millennial imprint. Kelsey obviously does not take this well.
Speaking of Kelsey: she was nominated on behalf of her “publicist” Lauren, for the Maverick Award at the Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Awards. She wins — thanks to her future payroll publicist and best friend — and is thrilled. That high is cut short though when she believes that Liza is going behind her back to sabotage all they’ve built at Millennial. This doesn’t even make sense and while I understand why Liza quickly lied and why Kelsey was mad, Kelsey's dig that Liza was being intentionally malicious was a bit over the top for me.
When Liza explained to Kelsey that she and Charles are new in their relationship (and trying to find their footing, but panicked when caught by Redmond), Kelsey should’ve understood. After all, Kelsey has had relationships with co-workers and clients virtually every season. But her lack of understanding when Charles and Liza tried to be discreet seemed irrational to me. Now, Charles shouldn’t have gone behind both Kelsey and Liza’s backs and accepted the book without giving them a heads up — especially when Liza was upfront about the book being a cover-up and Kelsey’s decision to pass on it. I just think overall the communication was poor, wires were crossed, and this all could’ve been settled with a quick meeting.
Kelsey thinks it wise to try to blackmail Charles into securing Quinn (Laura Benanti), billionaire boss woman — and the money-maker author that she wants. This is wildly unprofessional and quite frankly immature of Kelsey. This was a perfect example of Kelsey allowing her personal feelings interfere with her business acumen. She lets Charles know that she is aware of the nature of his and Liza’s relationship and that she should get the author she wants. Basically if he wants that to be kept quiet, he should do what she wants.
At the awards, Charles and Liza agree that they need to talk. But before that, Charles informs Kelsey that they will get both authors — and that she should always remember that it is his company and his decisions, personal and professional, are his business. Kelsey and Liza chat, and Liza lets Kelsey know that she will always be a priority to her and all of this was a major misunderstanding. She tries to communicate that their sisterhood and friendship is the top priority — even over Charles. Kelsey makes amends by dedicated her award to Liza, saying she can’t do anything alone and she has had an incredible partner every step of the way.
Liza lets Charles know that Kelsey will always be important to her, and Charles lets Liza know that he doesn’t want to keep waiting to start their relationship — he wants to be with her sooner than later. I agree that they’ve waited long enough!
Elsewhere in the episode, Lauren is really gunning to be everyone’s publicist. She sets up a meeting with Diana to pitch her services, and Diana politely declines. When Enzo (Chris Tardio) comes to pick up Diana, Lauren instantly recognizes him. Turns out Enzo, and his wild elephant-like sounds of pleasure, were featured in adult entertainment videos. In an attempt to win Diana over as her new client, she informs Diana of his past after she wipes it from the Internet. Smart move, diva; smart move!
All in all, this episode was probably one of the most frustrating ones for me, just because I felt like this rift between Kelsey and Liza wasn’t necessary. I am hoping they truly move past this and we can get to frying bigger fish this season.
Tell me your thoughts though. Did you enjoy the episode? How much longer can Liza and Charles keep their relationship a secret from the rest of the company? Now that Kelsey has what she wants, will she still be supportive of Liza and Charles? When is Lauren’s big career break coming? When will Josh find out about Liza and Charles? Will he fight for her and tell her his true feelings? Until next week!
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