Thats almost definitely good news for his mental health and a nice bonus for his employees, too.
Thats where we wanna be.
Zak (Ray Romano) says hes coming too.
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But you hate L.A.!
I hate everywhere, Zak shrugs back.
Is he running away from the Great Bat Mitzvah Disaster of 1971?
Is it wrong that Im excited for a change of scenery?
This trip could give us some real Don-Draper-in-the-Golden-State possibilities.
Does it say how you might get unfed?
Cuz Id like to be unfed by you.
Can you tell me when you get to that chapter?
(I partly see your point, Richie concedes on the last one.)
And the whole time hes demurely sipping Coke, not shoving it up his nose.
But that doesnt mean he doesnt miss it.
Instead, he manages to walk (or cannonball) away.
God bless a peace pipe!
(This is a tragedy, he moans.
F JFK, MLK, Vietnam.
I cant, man.
Rock and roll has died tonight, my friend.)
Then the girls are making out, and is Zaks threesome dream actually coming true?
But are you gonna die King?
He can do whatever he wants even make a whole album of spirituals with Pops Staples!
Elvis is smelling what hes cooking.
Also, that threesome?
So now theyve both been screwed, twice in one night.
And Zaks devastation might be the most genuine pathos weve seen all season.
Hes wrecked, but also so touched that Richie forgives him and is standing by him.
and took the money back down to the casino, betting it all on No.
18 because it was a symbol he kept seeing everywhere and thought it must mean something.
But it doesnt, of course.
In other words, hes still as Richie as hes ever been.
And now hes downing Smirnoff on the airplane like its a magic roofie that will let him forget.
