Troubleshooting
Alex endures his first day on the job. He's replacing Eric, who everyone loved, big shoes to fill. He doesn't get off to a good start. After he blows off some steam and find an ally, the COO, it looks like maybe he will stick around. At home he is learning to deal with his new roommate who is more popular than he is, cosplays, and hosts Magic the Gathering games at his place.
Val is confronted by the girlfriend of Theo, a barrista with whom Val had sex. She didn't know he had a girlfriend until the girlfriend showed up enraged at her office. Val goes out for a drink with Jennifer whom she hasn't seen in quite some time. This leads to Val giving Jack a call after Jennifer lets it drop that Jack is a sex addict. They agree to meet for lunch. The lunch goes well until Val asks Jack about his addiction. Next thing Val knows Jennifer is acting like she doesn't want to talk to her again.
Val seems to be the one in the downward spiral this season. How irresponsible and stupid of her to ask Jack about something that she was told in confidence, about him, by someone else. Despite all that, the episode ends with Jack and Val texting about giving lunch another try.
Unlike Val, Alex seems to be making his life better. I suppose there plenty of time left in the season for him to mess things up. It is refreshing to see him on what (I hope) is an upward spiral, for once.
Laura goes to work for Casey, as an unpaid intern. It turns out that the work is very similar to the job she just gave up. There is a lot of door-to-door canvasing for signatures. Laura gets bored and winds up having sex with the guy who is showing her the ropes. The sex is very unsatisfying for her.
Overall a very good episode. For the first time that I can remember the three leads did not interact at all with one another in the episode.
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