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And he tried everything, okay?
Paris can solve all your problems!Just ask Emily!
Marienne, the librarian, LOL.
(Okay, but then he literally just assigned Edgar Allan Poe?
So not exactly a departure fromthe racist-dead-white-guy syllabus.)
(Williamsburg couldnever, says the once-and-foreverDan Humphrey.)
Yet socially, he is already saddled with a colleague and neighbor he cannot stand: Malcolm Harding.
But alas Joe wants MORE.
He misses having someone WORTHY of his relentless attention, blah, blah, blah.
very unhappy to see him.
But more on that second escape later.
In present-day London, Joe hears Kate rip into Malcolm for being a total fucking narcissist.
She storms out of his office, and Joe tails her to her car.
Only Joes timely intervention saves her from an even worse assault.
Joe doesnt even change out of his sweater for this supposedly fun thing he hopes never to do again.
Lets meet the gang, shall we?
Hes also an asshole Loving the whole off-the-rack vibe, and Whats your crypto?
Benji!The first guy to die in the secret aquarium!Already repeating plotlines … not ideal.
Maybe admit you have a bang out, Joe!
The only person with whom Joe seems to really click is Rhys, the author who would be mayor.
Rhys immediately clocks Joe as a fellow man with a shit childhood.
Joe spends most of the night drinking alone in a corner.
The girls ask him leading questions Gemma: Did you kill someone?
I can always tell as they force shots of absinthe down his throat.
Also, his pinkie is missing.Big Banshees energy!
!Its hilarious how quickly Joe assumes he must have done this in a drunken haze.
While the police talk to Kate (presumably about the mugging, though Joe cant be too sure!
Joe is a resourceful man upon whom the universe always seems to smile.
This brings us to the reason Joe is Jonathan.
But alas, the hitman is weary of his life, well, taking lives.
Just like Joe, he yearns to start anew.
But secretly, Joe REFUSES to do this.
Joe returns to Sundry House to drop off Adams jacket.
He finds Rhys at the bar, already back from his morning TV hit in Berlin.
This raises no alarm bells for Joe, who only wants to know if Rhys believes in redemption.
Rhys says it is possible, but only if you face it all, no matter what.
This doesnt seem like something on the table for Joe, but A for effort, Rhys.
(Phoebe insisted I invite you.)
His anonymous texter greets him in Joes standard fashion: Hello, you.
And then this person takes credit for killing Malcolm (!)
So Joe has to find therealkiller and then, I guess, kill them?
