2 Broke Girls, S01E21
Caroline kept coming down on Max about her messy and randomly ordered purse. Her comments didn't convince Max to get a new purse, but did convince her to shun her help with her taxes and pay someone else to do them. Max nearly had her taxes done by someone with little knowledge of what he was doing and nearly gave up filing them for the first time at all. After the girls had to dig in the dumpster to find Earl's tax forms that Max had mistakenly thrown at, Max had a change of heart about putting off filing her taxes and rushed to do them before the post office closed. They just barely managed to submit the envelope before it hit midnight.
As a girl who doesn't have a purse where everything is always in the proper place, I identified with Max and her style of organization. If Caroline wanted to help Max, especially with her taxes, she didn't need to make so much fun about how the contents of Max's purse on any given day were a mystery. Since they are friends, I would expect her to rag on her a little bit and then get on with it, but Caroline just went on and on about it. For someone who has never done taxes in her life, instead of trying to discourage her about her bad habits, Caroline should have applauded her for trying. Because according to Max's cycle of giving up on her taxes, she basically gave up each time before she even started. But then again, it's not Caroline's fault that Max kept putting off filing each year. Still, Caroline just needs to shut up sometimes and see things from others' points of view.
I didn't think it was so gross that they were in the dumpster. Caroline described some of the stuff she was standing in, but at least the trash wasn't all wet and had been sitting out in the sun. And neither complained of insects or rodents moving around in there. I was hoping that their trash fight would get more intense, but it each of them got one toss at each other and they were done. And wasn't even that bad of stuff. Some noodles and I don't even know what Caroline dumped on Max, but it was solid enough that she could just brush it off. Can't believe they were going to shower after that with the clock ticking. I would have just toweled off and frebrezed myself so I could make the post office deadline.
I liked that Max reconsidered doing her taxes on time after seeing that her drug dealer, a single mother, and a blind man could all do their taxes within the time frame (albeit at the last minute, but still on time). And it was cute that everyone was helping her fill out the forms and cheering her on. I thought the all-business postal worker was going to throw Max's non-stamped envelope back at her, but she was nice enough to cover for her. Aww. Guess that lady was sweeter than she looked. I really like that this show has a pretty much guaranteed happy ending. Or at least one where things end up on toward the upside.
This wasn't one of my favorite episodes, due to Caroline talking too much, but it wasn't too bad. I wasn't too interested in what was going on with Sophie and Oleg (ugh), but that story was so small that it really wasn't worth mentioning until now. I just wonder with Max filing her taxes for the first time if there will be another episode where she has to endure penalties or something. It would be nice if they just overlooked that for TV's sake, but I worry that the more she starts to act like a proper, contributing adult, the more she is going to have to pay money that she doesn't have. I guess, though, that will make for some interesting stories later, but since I like Max the best, so I'm always concerned how things are ultimately going to affect her.
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