Penultimate episode of the season,
which always makes for an exciting time.
You can see from the episode title that our countdown is right on the
edge of Black Monday. The storm is
building; it’s all about to go down (episode premise spoilers.)
The final steps of Mo’s big play are
slotting into place, but it’s not the slam dunk he hopes for – the SEC is
circling, and Blair has moves of his own to make. Everything comes to a head at Blair and Tiff’s
wedding.
As far as
all-the-plots-are-building-to-a-climax episodes go, this is a pretty juicy
one. Sure, it’s no Doctor Who – it’s hard to top the universe blowing up when there’s
still one episode in the season to go! – but there’s still a lot of excitement
going on. Wedding episodes are always
good for last-minute drama, and here, we see both personal and professional
stakes all tangled up in the proceedings.
It definitely has me pumped for the season finale, so mission accomplished!
There isn’t too much I can say about
the plot. Suffice to say, we’ll be going
into the finale with a lot of important things still up in the air. In particular, there are a few elements
introduced in this episode that throw a lot into question, showing that, for
all of Mo’s machinations, it’s still anyone’s game. Lots of good humor here, mostly just within
the overall chemistry of the cast, and there’s an amusing running bit of Keith
desperately trying to keep his colleagues out of hot water. The term “sniglet” also comes back around in
a fun way, and Mo, not wanting to be outdone, offers us the gem “Basquiyacht.”
Great episode for Blair. Andrew Rannells gets a good amount of comedy
(both broad physical stuff and subtler line readings/reaction shots,) as well
as some more dramatic bits. There’s a
fun “can’t see the bride before the wedding” scene and a positively-hilarious
dance sequence that Rannells (along with Casey Wilson) is simply outrageous
in. I also really love a climactic téte-a-téte
between Blair and Mo, in which there’s definite flexing and power moves on both
sides – there’s a great shot of the two of them very amusingly jockeying for
dominance.
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