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The fake snow is falling in front of Deborahs mansion: Its Christmas in Las Vegas!
to do just that.
Today is Christmas, just for everybody playing along at home.
I love seeing Kayla and Jimmy work together,as they did on the pickleball court.
so shes also planless for the holiday.
Jimmy salvages everything by inviting Larry and Kayla tohisfamily Christmas.
He reads on the drive over, and all signs point to the script being a disaster.
Do you like the font?
I put the jokes in Comic Sans so youd know theyre supposed to be funny.
But at least Jimmys mom (Days of Our Livesstalwart Deidre Hall, playing Deidre Hall!)
takes this last-minute surprise-guest situationverywell.
Really perfect character work.
She brought Avas Abercrombie miniskirts (Theyre back in style!)
But shes hardly the guest to be worried about: Deborahs sister, Kathy, will be in attendance.
One thing Ill say for Deborah here: She is not fucking around about Christmas.
She is very invested in the gingerbread replica of her house (its to scale!
), so you know something bad is bound to happen to it.
She has an actor dressed as Santacome down the chimney!
She gives everyone a Dyson airwrap!
Should I be jealous?
Deborahs increasingly desperate attempts to form nonexistent intimacy between her and DJ are fooling absolutely anyone.
The sisters take it outside.
Deborah is apoplectic, mean, and obvious: Oh, you were always good at wrecking homes.
From Kathy, we get a different spin on the story.
I feel like that is MISSION-CRITICAL intel.
Deborahs creative cruelty in the aftermath of the affair sounds like it was really something.
That missing person prank?
(A+ for THEN WHY WOULD YOU THROW IT AT ME?)
If she had asked me, I would have suggested starting with something significantly lower stakes, like coffee.
Even families with mostly healthy, positive relationships can struggle with Christmas!
Its like the Olympics of Goyim family time!
Fortunately even without my counsel these two arrive at this healthy conclusion.
They will retry later with no six-sided crystals involved.
AND Jimmy tells Larry that his script is really good!
Larry agrees to pursue the project and attach Jack Danby on one condition: that Jimmy produce.
WHICH MEANS: Deborah is back in the mix forLate Night.
Its between her and the X-Games guy.
Take THAT, Dyson Airwrap!
Yes, And picks things up two weeks from Deborahs test show.
If this werea different sort ofPalm Springs,she could probably use time travel to sort this out.
Mina is focused and humorless, unmoved by Avas flattery.
(I loved your piece about how white people have gentrified jokes about white people.
A lot of white people liked it, which is interesting.)
Ava encourages an apology, but Deborah digs her heels in, thinking she can ride this out.
You never apologize for a joke, she says.
(Hilarious back-and-forth with Ava about this over the use of the wordthey: I thoughteverybodywas they now!
THATS A DIFFERENT THING.)
Deborah even does a keg stand while Ava holds her wig!
The night swiftly sours.
Everyone is too drunk, and Deborah finds out that the data pipe canceled her test show.
(Get me the info for that crisis-PR woman for that time I groped Elmo.)
But shes also been invited to a student town hall, which Ava supports.
Deborah attends and, wisely, says very little … but she does say sorry!
In agreeing to attend this, she bails on Pride, much to Marcuss continued outrage.
Monas article, as Monas articles go, is quite positive.
Ava is quoted and didnt embarrass herself or anyone else!
We get a greatLeo-pointing-mememoment: A hack is someone who does the same thing over and over.
Deborah is the opposite.
She keeps evolving and getting better.
The internet is aflame, and not just because of the article: Kayla tweeted that Deborah gotLate Night.
And thats because DEBORAH ACTUALLY GOTLATE NIGHT.
