[s2e2] It's Like The Flu 【Mobile Direct】

Critics from sites like Vulture and NPR noted that while the characters remain stubbornly self-involved, the show skillfully uses the incoming pandemic to heighten the sense of impending doom for their carefully constructed lives.

: In a move critics labeled as being a "doormat," Chip Black ( Mark Duplass ) immediately accepts Alex’s request to return as her producer, despite her past betrayal. "It’s Just a Respiratory Virus" [S2E2] It's Like the Flu

: Mitch's storyline explores "cancel culture" through a tense interaction at a gelato shop. While a young woman berates him for his past actions, an Italian documentarian named Paola ( Valeria Golino ) defends him, suggesting that public shame has become a performative social media currency. Critics from sites like Vulture and NPR noted

: Hannah Shoenfeld’s family refuses to settle their lawsuit, demanding the exact amount UBA paid the former CEO Fred Micklen ( Tom Irwin ) as a "golden parachute". While a young woman berates him for his

: Cory hosts a dinner to welcome Alex back, but the reception is icy. Daniel Henderson ( Desean Terry ) refuses to accept her performative apology, famously telling her she "could have not needed a really exemplary woman to die to wake [her] up".