Minx Season 2 Episode 2 Review: I Thought the Bed Was Gonna Fly
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.
Minx begins a new chapter on Minx Season 2 Episode 2, “I Thought the Bed Was Gonna Fly.”
This time Minx brings into perspective the controversial 1972 film Deep Throat to center a conversation about porn going mainstream. The audience is treated to a glamorous night that feels like a dream, but it also shows some cracks forming within the team.
Lights…Camera…Is This Real?
Having an event of this caliber at the center was a little strange considering that the first episode opened with Joyce dreaming about the first female porn billionaire.
While the series has never shied away from exploring Joyce’s aspirations the similar imagery so close together felt like we might pick up a variation of the dream. Perhaps one where Doug felt slighted by herself and Constance.
The realization that they were still in the present day and that they were throwing a party three weeks after Constance bought Bottom Dollar Productions felt grandiose.
If it hadn’t been for the hijinx caused by the missing film reels, this entire episode could have been a dream sequence playing out as either complete euphoria or a nightmare depending on the character.
Joan Didion in the Bathroom
One example of this is Joyce’s interaction with Joan Didion. The fact that she planned to read her piece in The Paris Review almost feels like she conjured her up. I believe in synchronicity and manifestation, yet with the time jump this felt like it was too much, too fast.
The bathroom interaction also echoes Joyce’s dream interaction with Gloria Steinem from Minx Season 1 but has a much more positive outcome.
While it seems dreamlike, it’s this type of progression that will put Joyce on the path of being the first female billionaire in porn. Joan’s insistence that Joyce writes the piece for Minx shows that she’s on a level playing field, and Joan can realize that Joyce clearly has more to say on the subject.
Is This Really a Promotion?
On the flip side, we have Richie, Bambi, and Tina who are all reveling in their new titles but not actually getting to practice them. While I want to revel in the success of Joyce, Doug, and Constance, these three have much more relatable roles.
How many people have given everything they have to a company only to not get the experience they were looking for?
Seeing Bambi realize that she’s really just a waitress at the party is heartbreaking. It’s hard to realize that you think you’ve come far, but that maybe you’re not as far as you thought you were.
Tina is one character I feel especially bad for. She’s giving up business school to be the managing editor and yet she’s still Doug’s assistant. That’s a low blow, and I truly hope that whatever fallout is coming is treated with the nuance it should be given.
Who Has the Bigger Office
The question of office size comes up a lot on “I Thought the Bed Was Gonna Fly,” and rightfully so. There’s been contention over the control of Minx since the first season.
Having Doug realize that he’s given Joyce the bigger office space is crucial to him beginning to realize that he may be getting forced out and starting that tension that began on Minx Season 2 Episode 1, “The Perils of Being a Wealthy Widow.”
Not to mention that he actually pulls out a tape measure and measures the offices fits the theme of Minx so well.
Overall, Minx Season 2 Episode 2, “I Thought the Bed Was Gonna Fly” is a decent follow-up to the first episode. The time jump does the series some disservice, but overall, it propels the series forward.
Stray Thoughts
- I really loved Bambi’s moment where she comments on the Joan Didion piece. It’s a nice jab at Joyce’s superiority complex and I genuinely want to know what Bambi thinks. When is she going to write for the magazine?
- “It’s better to give them some Deep Throat than no Deep Throat,” is a sentence I never thought I would hear uttered on a television series and it may be my favorite line.
- On that same note: no one will ever know the pain of multi-part media. Having the moment where Doug screams “find reel four!” brings me back to the days of playing the wrong side of the cassette tape.
- Lenny’s dentist jokes are going to get so old after a while. Please don’t carry them into another episode.
- Why do I feel like Constance is just going to be an underutilized resource throughout the entire season? It feels like they missed an opportunity to bring her in, but also like we don’t know their relationship enough to justify how little we see of her.
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Lauren Busser
Lauren Busser is an Associate Editor at Tell-Tale TV. She is a writer of fiction and nonfiction whose work has appeared in Bitch Media, Popshot Quarterly, Brain Mill Press Voices, and The Hartford Courant.