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Too Much Recap: Long Distance


What is up with Felix’s inability to say “I love you”? He’s so expressive in every other respect!

It’s not really fair to show up ready to move into your sort-of-girlfriend’s house after meeting her “I love you” with “I can’t say it back.” Either way, Felix and Jess get some much-needed distance from each other — even the whirlwind romance needs to die down a little in order not to destroy everything — as she goes on a work trip to scout locations for the Christmas ad. There’s Jess and Felix and their off-course explorations with Jim, the director of the Christmas commercial, and Polly; there’s Kim and Josie, who finally go on a date; Boss gets a moment of real connection with Raven, another one of the company’s producers. Dunham alienates Jess from them through her kooky behaviors, like when she buys bunny ears at the service station, the jokes she tries to land in the van on the way to the countryside, or by showing us how ostracized she is at the Hoxton Grove Estate; but these other characters’ own stories, limits, and missteps connect them to her.

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