Honestly, this season of Younger is going to be so much fun! There’s so much drama happening within the workplace this season with Kelsey trying to settle into her new position with Quinn essentially dictating, but it looks like we’re headed for some relationship drama with Charles and Liza!
Last week’s episode saw Millennial realise Quinn’s book is a dud, but Quinn wouldn’t let them delay its release and it briefly caused some tension between Liza and Kelsey. Diana and Enzo had a brief split, however, with a romantic gesture in the newspaper, Diana wins him back while Josh and Clare became parents to baby Gemma in the back of an Uber with Maggie copping a close-up of all the action.
A Tale As Old As True Crime
The Younger gang are eating together at Liza (Sutton Foster) and Maggie’s (Debi Mazar) and they begin talking about Exonerated, which is a tell-all podcast about Audrey Colbert who was charged with murdering a couple who invited her to the Four Seasons for a three-way (fictional for the series so don’t get obsessed!). She claims she was in the bathroom at the time of the murders and Maggie responds with “I swear the only thing white women love more than Pinterest is murder.” Liza and Kelsey (Hilary Duff) says Audrey refused to be interviewed, but they scored a meeting as she’s pitching a book.
It seems Clare (Phoebe Dynevor) and Josh (Nico Tortorella) are doing well with their daughter, Gemma, however, the birth seems to have traumatised Maggie and she can’t even look at or say vagina. This then causes Lauren (Molly Bernard) to take Maggie to a trauma group for those who witnessed birth, and it seems she’s instantly drawn to the group’s leader, Beth (played by Nicole Ari Parker). Maggie returns the next day to see Beth and she offers private assistance and the pair end up kissing.
As for Charles (Peter Hermann), he’s listening to Exonerated and visiting the Rubin Museum which they mention. Liza then turns up and it seems they’re having a little roleplay moment…
A Book To Die For?
At Millennial, it seems Quinn’s (Laura Benanti) book has been a hit with it on the bestseller list for three weeks and now she would like Kelsey to do an interview alongside her. Diana (Miriam Shor) doesn’t understand the fascination with true crime and she’s not interested in joining the meeting due to Audrey’s alleged murders.
Redmond (Michael Urie) is Audrey’s agent and he’s trying to sell her, however, the girls start to think that perhaps she did kill the couple. When asked, they say no while their minds say probably. Audrey (played by Willa Fitzgerald) also has a thing for phrases by dropping “sliced” and “chopped” along with seeming incredibly strange and it only scares Liza and Kelsey a little more.
Kelsey goes to the liquor store to get a bottle of Dom when Zane (Charles Michael Davis) turns up asking for a bottle too since he’s celebrating. She wants to know where he’s working, but he says “it’s big” and since there’s only one bottle, the two end up sharing it. *wink wink*
Meanwhile, Clare falls asleep next to Josh and he seems somewhat confused. He talks to Lauren later about it and he says they’re still technically married and it would be good for Gemma, but he doesn’t think they’re right for each other. Later on, Josh tells Clare he’s happy with everything and she agrees that they’re not right together and they decide to divorce.
Book Drama
The next day, Diana arrives at Millennial on crutches and she explains that she was telling some publisher friends that CLAW will be number one on The New York Times bestseller list when she found out one of them has the scoop on a book by Audrey Colbert. Apparently she’s pitching to the major publishing houses and Diana got so frazzled she injured herself.
Kelsey and Liza call Redmond angry about the Audrey Colbert book and tell them of Quinn’s bestseller position in hopes it shows them off, but he tells them it’s a scam as bots are tweeting about CLAW so the sales aren’t real. They go to see Quinn and confront her about how she bulk-bought books to boost sales, however, she doesn’t think it matters since the money is coming in.
Liza visits Charles’s townhouse and finds a bank letter on the table which says he’s been approved for a loan of almost a million dollars when Charles walks in. He says he’s just moving things around and avoids the questions by going for a little more roleplay instead.
At Quinn’s CLAW interview, Kelsey’s a few drinks in and wants to out Quinn’s actions the next day, but Liza says it’s not the right way to go. During the interview, Kelsey asks if there’s any questions and the very first one is about why there’s a dagger next to her number one and she claims she doesn’t know and turns it over to Kelsey. She confirms that there were sales and decides to announce that Quinn is running for Senate.
The next day, Diana, Kelsey, and Liza meet with Redmond and mention Quinn’s coverage in hopes to get Audrey Colbert. He tells them they already accepted an offer from a new little publishing company called Mercury. Redmond informs Kelsey that Zane is the editor and Liza puts two and two together judging by her expression.
Overall Thoughts?
Let’s be real. If you’re a Josh and Liza supporter, you’re all screaming because Josh isn’t going to stay with Clare and hoping that Charles’s new publishing house is going to drive a wedge in their relationship and ultimately be the end of it. Yes? Thought so. Anyway, Charles and Liza have never really had the chemistry. Yes there’s been some “steamy” moments, but they seem awkward and forced while it comes across more natural with Josh? This could have been an age thing at first with Liza trying to play young, but even after the age discovery, it didn’t really change much for them. I for one am glad Josh manned up and decided that he couldn’t just be with Clare for the sake of it, but instead they’ll still raise Gemma together.
It’ll be interesting to see how Quinn begins to treat Kelsey because of her actions in announcing Quinn’s campaign, but really, good on for Kelsey. She may cause so much drama, but at least she’s trying to take a stand in the least dramatic way she can.
So, what episode will Josh and Liza reconnect? We’ll have to wait and see!
Also, Younger will be off next week due to July 4th in America, so it’ll return Wednesday July 10th at 10/9c.
