This episode's main story involves the power struggle associated with Poppy's "new" position (albeit not really new considering the promotion took place halfway through season 1) as co-creator. It's approached intelligently and honestly refreshing (from a 2021 perspective, that is).
The true beauty of this episode comes from it's -almost- dominating, and much anticipated, B-story: the beginning of Rachel and Dana's relationship! The writers did a good job of highlighting the unique difficulties of exploring a new relationship in the modern day, particularly when Rachel has a dialog with the head of HR about "not wanting to offend Dana", regarding her sexual preferences. Ironically, in the end, (SPOILER:) the two meet in a garage and Dana passionately kisses Rachel without consent or warning.
I was happy to see them finally start the relationship we all knew would materialize since the pilot episode, but I couldn't help but think of the double-standard of an unprovoked, sexual advance like that in a post "Me Too" era. I suspect that, because Dana is a female it's okay that she didn't need consent.
Although, from a creative standpoint, it begs the question: What if Rachel was NOT okay with it? What could have happened to the dynamic, or relationship then?
The true beauty of this episode comes from it's -almost- dominating, and much anticipated, B-story: the beginning of Rachel and Dana's relationship! The writers did a good job of highlighting the unique difficulties of exploring a new relationship in the modern day, particularly when Rachel has a dialog with the head of HR about "not wanting to offend Dana", regarding her sexual preferences. Ironically, in the end, (SPOILER:) the two meet in a garage and Dana passionately kisses Rachel without consent or warning.
I was happy to see them finally start the relationship we all knew would materialize since the pilot episode, but I couldn't help but think of the double-standard of an unprovoked, sexual advance like that in a post "Me Too" era. I suspect that, because Dana is a female it's okay that she didn't need consent.
Although, from a creative standpoint, it begs the question: What if Rachel was NOT okay with it? What could have happened to the dynamic, or relationship then?
