You Gotta Be "Ruthless"

2 Broke Girls, S02E09

Caroline and Max hired an intern to help them set up their shop, but Max's reluctance to be a hardass boss made their intern lazy and take advantage of them.

I'm surprised that Caroline and Max have gotten as much done as they have, even when one of them isn't showing up to work on time.  I would have never guessed they would try to hire an intern, but in theory, it was a great idea.  I liked the idea more when Andy suggested it as well, making it seem like he and Caroline are a great match.  I thought they would get a lot of crazy people answering their ads, but it looked more like Caroline and Max were the crazy ones, making young girls work in their rat-infested store.

Speaking of rats, they were quite funny in this episode.  The first one we saw, Caroline beat the hell out of it with a paint roller, to my surprise.  She may be annoying, but at least she can kill a rat.  I need a friend like that because I would have left that store right then and there.  Before Caroline squashed it to the floor, there was a funny line from Max after Caroline asked Max why she thought the rat was male:

He looked at me kind of rapey.

That, along with the rat coming in and of doors made it really creepy!  So much so that you didn't feel that bad when Caroline was murdering it.  I'm really surprised that after that powerful beating she gave it, she didn't have blood and paint on her face.  Go figure.

Later, when they were collecting the chairs from the junkyard it was hilarious to see Max flinging the rats off of Caroline.  Wow.  I'm not sure what I would have done in that situation (besides run for my life), but I'm pretty sure that touch those nasty things would have been at the very bottom of my list.  I have to give Max more credit, even though I give her a lot already.

Ruth (who I guess I recognize because I watch SNL) was a good character just because she made Max so powerless.  I would have expected Max who gives her customers the business for wearing Bill Cobsy-esq sweaters would be able to tell a college girl to get off her damn phone and set up some rat traps.  But I get that Max didn't want to be a tool.  It's a shame that it took her lifting up a heavy object and throwing some rats before she had the conviction to kick Ruth to the curb.  I would have liked to see Max be powerful through ordering around the intern from the beginning.  It's not often we get to see Max in a position above someone else.  Maybe they'll hire someone else (maybe with big boobs Max can identify with, haha) and Max will get a second chance.

I liked this episode.  It somehow feels exciting to see them working in their shop and picking up ghetto chairs that they'll have to restore.  Usually I'd be getting annoyed with the slow process, but I'm enjoying it.  I wonder what they'll have gotten done by the next episode.