Not in a million years will I recover from the chaos of the family dinner scene in the first episode of usher. It is so funny. Everything is so unserious regardless of how serious the topic is.
Breaking it down per person at the table.
Roderick trying so hard to be supportive of Mori’s cakes, really hyping her up more than he’s ever hyped up any of his actual kids. Then proceeding to place a 50 million dollar bounty on the head of one of his kids - he doesn’t know who it is but hey if one of the others work it out they can have his millions!!
Madeline, perhaps the only fully serious person at the table trying to explain that these NDA’s are in fact consequential and that she will literally kill the mole and will not care as she does it.
Juno who spends the whole scene drinking wine, her only line of dialogue being in response to Camille who is MOCKING HER MARRIAGE
“Speaking of prenups, how are things Juno?”
“Going great,”
SPOKEN WITH GREAT EXHAUSTION please give this girl a break
Arthur Pym who spends the entire scene in silence but while handing out NDA forms bashes Tamerlane in the head and doesn’t even apologise
Freddie being Freddie…..so oblivious and silly
“By neutralised do you mean sued into oblivion, taken out of the board, on the streets?”
“Neutralised. Like dead.”
Please Frederick it’s almost as if you’ve never met your aunt.
But then towards the middle of the scene when Vic is like “if any of us really were collecting or uttering of family secrets, I think we all know who that is.”
AND HE JUST ASSUMES ITS HIM AND HES LIKE “fine!!!! Watch me sign it then!!!!”
Tamerlane (and Bill) taking her one opportunity to mock Frederick, “how DO you spell Fraudrick?”
Bill trying so hard to be polite and make conversation with Ali, “have you gotten to sign an original Pym yet? It’s a rite of passage, just wait until you see the prenup.” He is trying his best go bill go!!
Vic remains shockingly tame throughout this scene
Ali asking to let her guys look at the NDA and immediately regretting it
NAPOLEON USHER THE MAN THAT YOU ARE 😭
“I bet it’s cake.”
“Waaait. Is this also cake?”
“Debutant balls, is that what you think I do?”
I hope he knows how funny he is because he was truly the star of this scene although Camille is genuinely hilarious
Camille…..
“Oh! Paperwork from the Pym Reaper, always a blast.”
“You guys, we really should get together more often, it’s just a balm for the soul.”
“Speaking of prenups, how are things Juno?”
NOT EVEN LOOKING UP FROM HER PHONE AS ITS HANDED OUT.
Perry doesn’t have any lines either 💔
But all of this being backed by dramatic violin music that sounds like it should be playing at the start of the apprentice takes it
This scene is so good. The chemistry between all of them is hilarious I truly wish they’d all been in more scenes together before kids started dying left right and centre
