Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Recap: Kimmy Is Bad At Math! (Season 1 Episode 8)

I completely relate to a title like “Kimmy Is Bad At Math!” — especially as someone who majored in English.

It seems that Kimmy’s GED study group isn’t showing up, so it isn’t looking good for the upcoming test. Math being her worst subject, she seeks out her classmate, Dong. She agrees to help him with his Chinese food deliveries if he tutors her in math. He agrees, and his English improves as a result of hanging out with Kimmy… as well as developing a little crush, too.

Jacqueline is coping through her new separation, even though Julian is trying to win her back with fun things like a bouquet of puppies. Kimmy accompanies her to an initial meeting with her lawyer, where she finds out the details of the divorce settlement, and doesn’t know if she can go through with it for the amount of money she will be receiving.

Kimmy tries to support Jacqueline by bringing over her friend Mimi Kanasis (guest star Amy Sedaris), which backfires pretty horrifically, pushing Jacqueline more towards staying with Julian. Then, Kimmy finds out that Jacqueline is actually going to get 12 million in the divorce, not the “peanuts” that she lead Kimmy to believe. It takes some serious convincing on Kimmy’s part, including a trip to her apartment as an eye opener, and writing a compound interest formula on a window.

It finally comes down to Kimmy telling Jacqueline that she is actually a mole woman, and her confession is heartwarming. Women are strong, and if Kimmy can get through her ordeal, Jacqueline can get through her divorce, and so she signs the papers.

Meanwhile, Titus has taken to his new job, being a Franken Wolf at Professor Dracula’s Spooky Laboratory and Bar and Grill.  However, he finds that when he travels around town in his costume, he gets treated better as a werewolf than a black man. And in the words of Titus, that’s messed up.

So, he actually decides to just live his life as a werewolf. But as things with Titus always go wrong, the adhesive starts to peel off, and he is back to his regular self by the end of the episode.

The perks of being a werewolf can’t last forever!

Favorite Quotes:

Titus: I went to public school in Mississippi. They told us dinosaurs went extinct because an asteroid turned them gay.

Kimmy: I need Dong.
Titus: Trust me. That is not going to solve all your problems.
Kimmy: Dong is the name of the Vietnamese guy in my class. He’s good at math.
Titus : That’s racist.
Kimmy: But he is good at math.
Titus : I don’t make the rules.

Dong: Delivering Chinese food all day can be depressing. Like when people yell out ‘Foods here!’ like they have a family, but I know they are alone.

Titus : Be wary of a rich man’s interest. Odds are, it’s a prank.

Jacqueline: I am doing this new workout where I carry furniture up and down stairs. My trainer is this Israeli guy who owns a truck. Wait a minute… it’s a moving company.

Dong: The only place I can’t find is the opening from my favorite TV show, Six White Complainers. I believe in America it’s called Friends.

Kimmy: Well, Dong just cheered me up.
Jacqueline: I bet it did!

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is available for streaming on Netflix.