When You re the Worst Took a Hard Look at Marriage
One of the series most unnerving and enlightening episodes, LCD Soundsystem sees Gretchen stalk a seemingly picture-perfect married couple.
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This essay is part of our series
Episodes, a column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. This entry looks at the anti-love story You’re The Worst and its formative episode “LCD Soundsystem.”
Love is for suckers. At least, that’s what Gretchen (
Aya Cash) and Jimmy (
You’re The Worst. Forget a meet-cute: the two start dating after recognizing a mutual ugliness in one another at the wedding of a woman they both despise. Gretchen is an impulsive, irresponsible publicist, while Jimmy is a narcissistic, mean-spirited novelist. The two are a match made in hell.