"In the second episode, Rachel Sennott's Maia and Odessa A'zion's Tallulah meet with the latter's rival from New York, a polished blonde influencer who claims Tallulah stole her Balenciaga bag. The visit is meant to mend fences; naturally, it devolves into a cocaine-fueled nightmare caught on video. The footage leaks online, and Maia's gentle teacher boyfriend, Dylan (Josh Hutcherson), learns his coke-snorting face has become a meme, "Coke Larry," while chaperoning the school carnival."
"("Because I'm doing coke and they say I look like my name would be Larry," he tells Maia desperately.) As his dowdy principal approaches, Dylan braces for the inevitable: getting fired, fighting with his girlfriend - the classic spiral. "Are you Coke Larry?" the principal asks and Dylan sheepishly confirms. "I've got a ... golf trip next weekend?" his boss stammers. "A couple of high-school buddies of mine. I don't want to let them down ..." The beat stretches, the principal is eventually pulled away ("Great job on those snickerdoodles!"), and Dylan realizes he has to procure coke for his boss."
The pilot offers a muted introduction while a later episode centers on a viral scandal: Maia and Tallulah's meeting with a New York influencer spirals into a filmed, cocaine-fueled debacle. The leaked footage brands Maia's boyfriend Dylan as "Coke Larry," turning a private mistake into public humiliation. A principal's awkward response and a boss's request that Dylan procure cocaine highlight satire of Los Angeles social hierarchies and casual decadence. The series focuses on young characters whose optimism and ambition collide with social-media exposure, peer rivalry, and recurring ethical compromises.
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