Rachel Sennott is to my generation what the cast of Friends was to the previous one in many ways. I suppose one could argue that it\u2019s easy for a white woman like Rachel to do what she does, but I don\u2019t think it can be brought down to something so little. What Rachel does is put her heart on her sleeve, or should I say, on the screen. Her writing is comedic, yes, but underneath the annoying accents and glamorous setting, there\u2019s just a girl talking about her insecurities. I\u2019ve only seen the first episode of I Love LA, but I think this is the best way to describe the show that focuses on young people who want to hold the world in their hands but struggle even to get a promotion. I may know everything I know about LA from TV and movies, but I can still feel drawn to a show that makes the city a part of its storytelling. Also, the girl knew exactly what she was doing, casting Josh Hutcherson and Leighton Meester in this show. Yes, I AM the target demographic. Okay, with that said, let\u2019s jump into the first episode of I Love LA.<\/p>\n
Spoiler Alert<\/p>\n
Why Is Maia Mad At Tallulah?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Episode 1 opens with Maia turning 27 and getting nasty with her boyfriend, Dylan, all during an earthquake (yikes). Still, this is LA, so nothing\u2019s amiss as long as Maia feels precious on her birthday. She complains about her wrinkles and how her face looks older the second Dylan says the picture her work friend posted made her look like a baby. Crisis is averted when he tells her that she\u2019s efficiently skinnier, and he knows she loves that (well said, my man).\u00a0 Maia heads out to meet her two best friends and immediately gets hit with yet another wave of emotions when she sees that her ex-best friend is still posting about a campaign that they worked on together a whole year ago. Tallulah used to be Maia\u2019s best friend, and Maia managed her until the former decided to ditch her for a big management company. Now Maia\u2019s stuck in LA, living the dream they were meant to live together, only she\u2019s nearly miserable and thinks Tallulah\u2019s living the life back in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, Charlie, Maia\u2019s gay best friend, suggests Maia block the girl because she shouldn\u2019t be dipping in and out. It\u2019s Maia\u2019s day, so she decides to go ahead and block the girl, all while the third of the trio, Alani (real life and I Love LA nepo baby), says it\u2019s a bad idea. Additionally, Maia is so ready for a promotion at work, and she thinks today\u2019s the perfect day to talk to her boss (and principal), Alyssa. But that doesn\u2019t go well, especially when she brings up that she used to manage Tallulah, who is now an actual IT girl but doesn\u2019t follow her despite Maia claiming they\u2019re best friends. Clearly, Maia is desperate for this promotion, but nothing\u2019s working because to be a manager, you need to have experience as a manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But to make things worse, when Maia goes home to tell Dylan what a bad day she\u2019s had and crash, she\u2019s hit with a shocking surprise: Alani\u2019s flown Tallulah to LA for a little birthday surprise (ouch). You know when an introvert and an extrovert walk into a room and the latter instantly grabs all the attention? That\u2019s the vibes you get with these two even though Maia herself is such a magnetic personality. Dylan immediately tells her he\u2019s there for her, but he\u2019ll let the girls catch up (he knows). You can tell from Maia\u2019s face that she\u2019s utterly disgusted that Alani would pull such a stunt, but it appears that she just can\u2019t say no to Tallulah. When the latter suggests they go partying, Maia\u2019s immediately wrapped up in a new outfit and ready to head out to a club where apparently no one dances because the 19-year-old LA crowd is boring and prefers to stand and listen to music (eww). Oh, and Tallulah gets them into the club in like half a second, because she happens to meet the owner right then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite repeatedly saying no to drinks, the next day, Maia wakes up with a terrible hangover, even though that was supposed to be the day of celebration. Charlie\u2019s salmon bagels being left untouched is giving me such pain, but when the two of them are alone, Maia admits that Tallulah has hijacked her birthday, and she\u2019s not having it. Alani tells her something about how she\u2019s a karmic connection, and she did this for her before Tallulah shows up in a fresh bikini, ready to go to the beach. Now, because of Tallulah\u2019s plans, Maia has to ask for a table an hour later than what she\u2019s reserved, which is really annoying, so she cancels on the beach, claiming work, and it\u2019s only Alani and Tallulah who end up going anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why Do Maia And Tallulah Become Friends Again?\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Maia and Dylan arrive for dinner (looking hot, might I add), all Maia can do is complain about this girl who stole her thunder, but Dylan, being the green flag voice of reason (for now), tells her that Tallulah\u2019s just insecure and that\u2019s why she\u2019s trying so hard. I mean, this isn\u2019t entirely true, but kind of. However, they\u2019re surprised yet again when Tallulah moves their party from a dinner table to a room. It\u2019s supposed to be an exciting surprise, but instead it just leaves Maia sour, and she finally breaks when the cake comes out and it says mallulu on it because they had to pretend it was Tallulah\u2019s birthday. Oh, might I add, Alyssa and another friend from work are there too, specifically because Maia\u2019s been saying Alyssa and she are basically best friends (uff).\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the end of I Love LA episode 1, Tallulah follows Maia into the bathroom and says she\u2019s been mean to her ever since she arrived. Maia finally bursts then and admits she\u2019s jealous because she\u2019s poor and in LA and can\u2019t even get a promotion, while Tallulah\u2019s rich and happy. Oh, it\u2019s funny how Tallulah focuses on the fact that she lied about the promotion, but make of that what you will. Anyway, this is when Tallulah breaks it to Maia that she\u2019s not rich, her rich boyfriend was a creep, so she left him too, and so now she\u2019s basically been living out of a bag. This is when it hits her that she can just stay back and they can work together like old times. When the girls come out smiling and excited, Alyssa\u2019s enjoying some time with the stripper who was called for Maia. Tallulah tells her that if she wants her, then Maia needs to get that promotion because she\u2019s her manager now, so I guess it\u2019s all happening, but will it last? Why do I feel like the pictures Maia\u2019s taken of Tallulah with the stripper will come back to bite them, but maybe I\u2019m just overthinking it? Anyway, the episode ends on a high note, but I can\u2019t imagine it\u2019s going to be all fun and games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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