Problems Bigger Than A Seagull Cup

2 Broke Girls, S02E18

Caroline and Max were far enough behind on their rent that they were given an eviction notice and were tempted to be rid of their problems by a company that wanted to buy them out for $25,000.  Caroline refused to sell their business so quickly and thought to go ask her aunt whom she hadn't mentioned because she hated Caroline.  Although her aunt refused to invest in them, Caroline didn't give up and tried to convince her a second time, not taking no for an answer.

 I think there are many reasons to hate Caroline, but I didn't really like any of the reasons her Aunt Charity had for doing so.  I mean, she was jealous of someone barely a decade younger than her---it was pretty pathetic.  Picking on a little girl because you want attention as an adult is sick.  I sort of wish that Caroline would have really stood up to her and let her know how messed up she was.  It wouldn't have been to her benefit business-wise, but that bitch Charity (ironic name) wouldn't have given her a dime anyway.  Maybe Charity did want Caroline to earn things in her own right or whatever, but she still took her seagull cup from fifteen years ago in spite of Caroline.  If that lady is going to hold a grudge for that long and still hasn't grown up, she's way overdue for someone to tell her like it is.  Too bad Max was too high on morphine lollipops to add any real attitude to the situation.

It was pretty gross when Caroline was trying to feed Charity a cupcake while her face mask was partially peeled off.  Well, that face mask stuff was just gross in general, but I didn't want to see someone who looked like their face had been melted off trying to eat anything.  I just had hoped something good would have come from them badgering Charity for the second time.  It had looked like they had gotten the money they needed to not be booted out of their shop, but Charity was too smart of a bitch to not put a stop payment on that.  Damnit.

I can't believe they had to sell their business already!  Damn!  I know they aren't going to stop making cupcakes, but it's sort of sad.  They just started...  I mean, it is realistic because they haven't been having steady customers for more than like a week or so.  It wouldn't have made sense that they would have been able to keep up the rent.  I just wonder what step they'll take next to further their dream.  The buyout money has to go to the people they borrowed from, so they don't have anything left to start from scratch.  After all that trouble.  Especially when you think about the nod they got from Martha Stewart and all.

Who the hell drove through their shop, anyway?  I hope that's not just going to be glazed over and not discussed in the next episode.  Like, that person would surely have to pay them for the damages or something?  Or maybe not because the girls didn't have insurance, as we learned during their battle with Andy Dick.  Guess they just get to walk away and not worry about it because it's not their shop anymore.  Not their problem.

I liked this episode.  It was one of those rare times where I felt like I could have Caroline's back.  Usually I would love someone who hated Caroline, but if they're not hating her for a valid reason, I'm not down with that.  Charity basically just hated that Caroline was breathing, which is hardly acceptable.  She called Caroline spoiled and bratty, but it was really Charity, with her seagull-cup-stealing ass, who was the real princess.  I would have liked to see Caroline tell her off with more vigor, but as long as Caroline didn't cower in front of her aunt, I'm sort of satisfied.  Maybe it was a blessing that they didn't get any money from Charity.  If this is the last we have to see of that hair-pulling bitch, the girls will be very much better off.

Leslie Hacked, Ann's Request, And Andy's Charity

Parks and Recreation, S05E15

Leslie had her jokes stolen by an enemy at the Pawnee Sun, and she asked her friends to help her fight against the woman hacking into her emails.  Ben asked April, Andy, and Tom to help him pick a charity at his new job, and April got angry at him when he didn't choose Andy's pick, which could have cheered him up about failing the police academy.  Ann asked Ron for help on how to ask Chris to be sperm donor.

Leslie's jokes for the Correspondence Lunch weren't that great, but it was still annoying that Kim had hacked her email and stolen all her ideas.  What a bitch.  I don't know what Leslie's done to her to make her the butt of every joke in her paper.  Actually, opposed to Leslie's jokes I liked the one that Ron suggested to her that she didn't use:

[Ron] I have a joke for you.[Leslie] OK.[Ron] The government in this town is excellent and uses your tax dollars efficiently.[goofy laugh]
[Leslie] That's not really a joke.[Ron] I disagree.  I find it hilarious.

I liked at the end, thanks to Donna's plan, Amy brought up a rumor from a fake email Donna had sent, revealing Kim's guilt.  That stupid bitch.  It  was funny that they had brought up a fictional thing from Stars Wars, making Kim look like an even bigger idiot.  It's too bad that people there didn't boo her or something.  She couldn't have enough humiliation in my book.

One of my favorite parts about Ben's story was when he told April and the others why he had brought them there.  April quickly let him know she hadn't come to help:

[April] Pass.[Ben] You came down here to pass on helping me?[April] Yeah, I wanted to see what your face looked like when I said no.  It was totally worth it.

Ben's job at Sweetums Foundation is insane.  I can't believe how fancy it is around there with the expensive food, massages, and office space as if Ben was the CEO of a global corporation.  Tom was soaking it up like he was duck in a pond (no surprise there), but I can't believe that Ben didn't feel the irony of having to settle for one charity while they wasted so much money on fringe benefits.  What I did like is that Andy, even in his depressed state, could see that as plain as day.  He's pretty sharp when it comes to certain things.  Since Ben eliminated all of the wasteful spending on pampering the employees, I wonder if there will be enough money to do the music program that Andy wanted.  It was so cute when Andy hugged Ben after he finally realized that Ben was hiring him as his assistant at the foundation.  Yay!  Andy might have found a new calling.

Ann made an awkward mess out of asking Chris to be the father of her baby.  She could have easily just pulled him somewhere private at work and asked him, yet she beat around the bush so much that Ron forced her to do it where someone like Perd could listen in.  Luckily, Chris wasn't repulsed by the idea so much as he was a little shocked.  However, he seems like he may eventually say yes to her.  Here's hoping--I think they would have a really adorable child together.

What I liked most about Ann's story best was her talking to Ron in his office.  I loved what he said to her when she first ran into his office for help:

 I wish this office had only walls.

You really got a sense that he didn't like anyone just stopping by his office, no matter what their business was.  Ann later came to praise Ron for his advice, but he didn't even want to hear that:

[Ann] I gotta tell you Ron.  You were absolutely and totally right.[Ron] I know.  Stop talking and get out.[Ann] Yep.

Ann barely sat down before Ron essentially kicked her out.  I wish I could cue people to leave with just a few words like that with no further questions nor complaints.

Oh, I also liked at the very beginning where Leslie and Ben were dishing out presents from their honeymoon.  They gave Ron a Hawaiian god of anger who looked like Ron when he was at work.  It really did look a whole lot like him, even though Ron doesn't bare his teeth like that.

This was a good episode to follow that amazing one before it.  It helped get the excitement of their wedding out of your system and return to the usual stories of lesser importance, but still with the usual comedy.  Chris might be soon fathering Ann's child, and Andy will soon be working for Ben to help people in a different, but still useful, way than he would have if he became a police officer.  I'm not so sure how well Ben and Andy will work together, but it could turn out to be funny.  After all, Ben is a riot when working with April and Tom, so him and Andy might be another hilarious pair.