Daisy Jones and The Six
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It had to end with Daisy and Billy making magic at the same mic.
And Im stoked about it.
We watched over two hours of TV to finally land someplace electric.
Keoughs voice is unexpectedly forceful, and their push and pull feels risky even as Daisy acts the sweetheart.
From the outset, this episode centers Daisy more than episodes past have.
That she turns down his offer of a drink feels ambiguously coded.
The vice that Daisy cant quit is her arrogance.
Now, Daisys a gifted girl, but writing an album doesnt prove as easy as she hoped.
Simones career, though, is taking off.
But Simone exhibits a certain discomfort with her sexuality, which the episode connects to her career.
The men who make albums expect a willingness from female artists.
Meanwhile, in Laurel Canyon, life has more or less paused for Billy to finish rehab.
The record label canceled their deal, but the band worked odd jobs to keep the dream alive.
Graham is keen for them to pick up their guitars, but Billy hasnt even met his daughter yet.
The singleness of purpose the Six had when they were leaving Pittsburgh has evaporated for him.
Billys not a frontman anymore; hes timid and quiet.
You cant stay clean simply by avoiding music.
And you cant protect your kid by keeping your distance.
It turns out that Billy still hasnt even held his own daughter.
No matter if he drinks tomorrow or never again.
Its the universal fear that youre going to fuck up your kid just by being yourself.
But when Billy finally does pick Julia up, he starts to become recognizable again.
He even starts writing music, in the background, on his own.
By this point, though, The Six already have a new frontman.
From the second Eddie takes the mic, its clear that Billy is going to wrest it back.
Even when Eddie is keeping his childhood friend Camila company, hes oddly positioned as a romantic rival.
OnDaisy Jones & the Six, it seems all the worlds a love triangle.
Already we have Eddie-Camila-Billy, and now theres a peculiar one emerging between Graham, Karen, and music.
Teddy agrees the song called Honeycomb is good, but Billys not the fresh-faced kid in town anymore.
Before he had no friends; now he has enemies.
Still, Billy also has something of a father now.
A lot of bands sound like the Six now, Teddy warns.
The memory of the recording session, fraught as we find out it was, just makes them smile.
In the flashback, Daisy is almost a cartoon skittish, inexplicably trouser-less.
In Daisys hands, the song takes on the shadow of a doubt.
In the end, though, he does it for Teddy.
They never even try the song his way, Billy remembers with a smile.
And how could they bother?
Theyll need to stand closer.
They wont be able to avoid each others eyes.
