In her report of Dalton, Woods never shares Whitney’s name and assures her that a mistake made in her youth shouldn’t be anyone else’s business. Coach Woods agrees that Whitney, just barely an adult, is a victim. That said, any college student knows that many Title IX offices are notoriously unhelpful, so, you know what, burner phone away.īut thankfully, it’s not necessary. I do love the procedural-drama energy, but I’m not sure that casual subterfuge is necessary since Whitney is, after all, a victim. So she tries to throw Coach Woods off her trail, pointing fingers at other players, wiping her hard drive, and buying a burner phone to call Dalton, who never picks up. Understandably, Whitney is terrified about what the now-open information could do to her future, especially since, the show thoughtfully notes, escaping a publicly shaped narrative is a privilege few are afforded. There will be no hangouts tonight.Īfter spotting her husband search “is it illegal for a coach to sleep with a player,” a normal thing that all of us have surely Googled at one point or another, Dalton’s wife discovers he has had an “inappropriate sexual relationship,” as Coach Woods (Jillian Armenante) puts it when she brings Whitney in for questioning. Her co-worker, Canaan, is now definitely into Whitney, and he flirts with her at Sips, hoping to hang out again, but no one predicts that bacteria-free Whitney’s world is about to get rocked. Kimberly settles on a bag of sour candy for a gift, which, sure, okay. I have to commend Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, who has had maybe 15 lines in the season so far but still manages to be one of the funniest actors on the show.
“They just let their thoughts fade away, it’s what makes them hot.” So true, Lila. Lila suggests “something erotic, like a cock ring” Whitney suggests a journal and Lila scoffs at the idea of a hot guy journaling. For her part, Kimberly holds her pee and moves the conversation to more fun things, like what she should get bacteria-ridden Nico for his birthday. The latter is likely because she doesn’t pee after Nico repeatedly sticks his charger in her USB-C port, and Whitney calls UTIs a “right of passage,” but they really don’t have to be. She’s badly failing econ, continues to miss classes for Nico’s solid gold balls, and she has a UTI. I was very wrong about a plot twist, by the way: No ethical non-monogamy here, just some good, old-fashioned cheating.īut even before Maya comes into the picture, Kimberly is already halfway through her downward spiral. Nico continues to pillage both pussy and my heart, oblivious to the fact that his hot, long-distance girlfriend is about to attend his surprise birthday party and ruin Kimberly’s life.
Luckily, the rest of the episode is a little more subtle, continuing the more emotional turn the series started to take in episode six. But sometimes I wonder if we’re all watching the same one. “When I say ‘Es,’ you say ‘sex,’” screams a shirtless crowd member, “Es! Sex! Es! Sex!” I had to rewind this scene several times to fully take in the image of a packed bleacher fist-pumping and gut-screaming “sex!” I know many people are starting to love this show, and I am, too, in my own way. We need to talk about that cheer everyone does when they’re all in the stand at Whitney’s soccer game.