The women of ‘UnREAL’ take action and score some decisive victories
The women ofUnREALare taking decisive action.
Rachel is still reeling from her confrontation with the man who sexually abused her as a child.
She doesnt get to speak to him.
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And Quinn also has August to deal with.
He threatens Quinn with a sexual harassment tease, to which she declares war.
We have to destroy August, she tells Rachel.
We do not negotiate with terrorists.
With Quinn out, that leaves Rachel to the sabotaging.
Serena chews August out, satisfied, and needless to say, hes humiliated.
Quinn is enraged and says shes shutting downEverlasting, effective immediately.
Theres some st I will not eat, she makes clear to Garys secretary.
Quinn returns to set, unplugging every cable from the control room and demanding that production entirely shut down.
The men are confined to their rooms.
Now its decision time.
Youre a snake, Quinn says to her, desperate if also impressed.
She asks for some of her venom.
Quinn calls it the motherload and so, so bad.
(Shes a sociopath, Rachel reasons.)
I knew I had failed as a father, he continues.
I found myself on the top of a bridge looking down.
She decides to take him with her to theEverlastingset.
Her mother catches them on their way out, crying and begging for Rachel to leave him.
Just getting my father away from his jailer, Rachel responds.
Rachels storyline is hewing toward the bizarre and the disturbing, well beyondUnREALs sweet-spot of soap and social commentary.
Its getting to be a little much.
Fortunately, we have Quinn, whose material this season remains aces.
Gary agrees to everything and leaves, shrunken.
But you chose easy, she adds, in a beautifully underplayed moment by Constance Zimmer.
Quinns high wont last too long, though, as trouble lurks back onEverlasting.
He wont be, as that honor goes to the jockey, but he doesnt know that.
Its valuable information for August, who had previously been in the dark.
Owen informs him of the news, and August weaponizes it.
At the elimination ceremony, Serena throws decorum out the window.
She cuts the procedure off midway and glares at Jasper.
From this moment forward, the only rules are the rules that I make, she declares.
Serena then reveals she wont be cutting anyone and storms off set.
Quinn wants to celebrate.
theEverlastingcrew holds a little champagne-popping soiree for Jays first pickup.
Only Madison is game.
She tells Fiona she doesnt know what to do with it just yet.
They cheer to $9 million.
Alas, its back to darker, less interesting matters before long.
But shes in a state of delusion.
This cant be good.
