You’re the Worst Review: The Last Sunday Funday (Season 3 Episode 6)
Once again, it starts with a brunch.
Sunday Funday is here again, and it seems like what was once Gretchen’s “fabricated drinking holiday” has now become mainstream. In order to make Sunday Funday their own again, Gretchen, Lindsay, Edgar and Jimmy embark on a scavenger hunt. Goal: to find a secret speakeasy located somewhere in Los Angeles.
After last week’s more serious episode, You’re the Worst Season 3 Episode 6 “The Last Sunday Funday” returns the show back to its more comedic roots and the kind of content that we have learned to expect from it.
So far this season, with the exception of last week’s Edgar-centric episode, has been mostly about Jimmy and Gretchen, and the ups and downs they have gone through as a result of Jimmy’s father’s passing, as well as about Lindsay’s struggle to find happiness with Paul.
While all of the above elements are present in “The Last Sunday Funday,” the episode also gives us more interaction between Gretchen and Lindsay than has been seen in a while.
Lindsay: Here’s a book for you. It’s called how not to be a bitch for no reason on Sunday Funday.
Gretchen and Lindsay’s friendship has never really been depicted in a way female friendships are usually portrayed on television. They are not shown having heart-to-heart conversations about relationships and their personal lives.
Rather, they drink, pop random pills, and party. They support each other in their reckless behavior and while they do and say questionable things, at least they seem to have fun together.
The fun and games that we are used to when it comes to Lindsay and Gretchen are still present, even though they declare very early on in the episode that they are now in a fight. A lot of laughs, or at least chuckles, can be gained from witnessing the physical manifestations of their fight, like hitting each other on their boobs, pulling each other’s hair, and parroting what the other is saying.
They act like little children, and for some weird reason, that is really entertaining.
The fight starts when Gretchen tells Lindsay that she is not doing herself any favors by pretending to be in love with Paul. Lindsay, who does not react well to criticism even when it is constructive and could actually help her, declares that the fight is on.
By the end of the episode, Gretchen and Lindsay seem alright and the fight seems to have shown Lindsay that she needs to make some changes in order be happy.
Lindsay: I have to Gone Girl myself and start over where nobody knows me.
The relationship between Lindsay and Paul continues to be extremely interesting, and hopefully, at some point in the season, we will be given a Lindsay/Paul-centric episode that digs deeper into the state of their relationship.
The troubles Edgar faced in the previous episode have not been swept under a rug, and it is evident from the very beginning that Edgar needs the Sunday Funday to happen in order to keep up with his routines. Once he starts smoking pot, he mellows out and actually talks about his problems to Lindsay (who surprisingly takes the time to ask how Edgar is doing).
Sound design was one of the best parts of last week’s episode and interestingly in “The Last Sunday Funday” the sounds that freaked Edgar out in “Twenty-Two,” like sudden bangs and loud noises, now seem to do nothing to him. Once again, the way the sound design connects different sounds and Edgar’s reactions to those sounds to his state of mind is done subtly yet extremely effectively.
Edgar’s immersion therapy montage is one of the strongest and most memorable moments of the episode, and seeing Edgar content is something that brings tears to my eyes. The fact that his friends help him out, probably without actually knowing what Edgar has been going through, brings up a moment of warmth and happiness, which is something the previous episode was almost devoid of.
For a moment, it also makes it seem like these people are not actually the WORST people out there.
After last week’s brilliant “Twenty-Two,” “The Last Sunday Funday” does not manage to stir up quite as many emotions. Nevertheless, it is a good episode that returns the show back to its more comedic roots and offers several interesting aspects that could be developed more in future episodes, particularly the new arrangements Lindsay and Paul agree to.
Stray observations:
- The scavenger hunt and the clues from rare books, pictures of sheet music, and more brilliantly move the characters around the city while giving us the chance to see characters familiar to us from previous episodes, like the hip-hop trio Sam Dresden, Shit Stain, and Honey Nutz.
- Lindsay continues to dazzle with her one-liners!
- Will this really be the last Sunday Funday?
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You’re the Worst airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on FXX.
Milka Väinämö
Milka is a Master of Arts with degrees in Film, Theatre, and Media Studies. She is obsessed with American sitcoms, ice hockey, pizza, coffee, and all things true crime. Her favorite shows include Parks and Recreation, The Office, Community, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, and The Gilmore Girls.