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Like many an FX dramedy,Daveoften excels by ignoring traditional serialization in favor of self-contained short-story-esque installments.

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But #RIPLilDicky is an unusually plot-driven episode that pushes this seasons narrative unexpectedly forward.

Arent things largely going the way Dave wanted them right now?

But I suppose the issue is something deeper, as Dave explains in that soliloquy.

Mike is cool with canceling the tour, but Keith, the head of the label, is understandablynot.

Sometimes it feels like Dave has almost reached household name status!

That includes Elzs laptop, Daves Adderall, and GaTas bipolar medication.

Everyone is fine but rattled, especially Dave.

Thinking those legs belonged to Lil Dicky himself, they posted the footage, declaring, RIP Lil Dicky.

It went viral, so now the internet thinks Dave is dead.

Mike is the one who actually vocalizes the idea of staying offline overnight.

(Apparently Dave could recoup all their losses inone day.)

Dave is still slow to warm to the idea; after all, didnt he wantlessattention, not more?

What changes his mind is learning that one LeBron Raymone James followed him on Instagram.

1 album and a No.

Its a slow week for music, andBillboardstops counting streams on Thursday.

Dragging out the lie a bit longer could do the trick.

Machine Gun Kelly wrote, Im so sorry about what happened in Germany, referencing the Holocaust in general.

But before Dave can probe too far, Mike returns.

But Mike gets interrupted by a waiter from the diner, who finds Daves headphones marked LD.

Its time to abandon the plan and hole up back in Los Angeles.

That more idealistic artist hated phonies and people who sold their souls for a shortcut to fame and success.

I never change who I am just to be successful, he vowed.

Coming from Daves mouth now, the words just sound hollow.

Its a great scene, especially how it offers closure for Emmas documentary.

1 this way) and his ultimate decision (to go through with the plan anyway).

Im afraid one possibility sounds much likelier than the other.

Good for them, thats smart, Dave remarks.

Theres something so wrong and so funny about how Dave uses the word clipped when referring to Anne Frank.

Nobody came out of the Holocaust looking better than you.

You came across really well in the diary!