"I have so much more sympathy for Venus because I am fed up with Marcus and Kim breaking up and getting back together, breaking up and getting back together, breaking up and getting back together, like a GIF of a vase smashing on loop. We are, I assume, about halfway through this season, and this pattern is already making me more exhausted than the receptionist at the LGBTQ+ sexual-health center on the Monday after Pride weekend."
"This latest fight starts with a comment Natalie makes at work that is both obnoxious and innocuous. It's SUR's 20th-anniversary party. Well, not quite. SUR is 26 years old, and we know this because we see pictures of Guillermo at the opening and, um, suddenly I have stopped getting ads for erectile dysfunction drugs in my Instagram feed because even the algorithm knows that I am infinitely cured."
Marcus and Kim repeatedly break up and reconcile, generating ongoing drama that wears down their peers. They dramatize their relationship publicly by riding together, sitting next to each other at meals, and refusing to share private space, which creates awkwardness and attention-seeking. A SUR anniversary event brings nostalgia for long-running staff and menu items while also exposing character ignorance about staple dishes. Jason's unfamiliarity with menu lore becomes a point of ridicule. Venus is framed as a sympathetic, stabilizing presence amid the recurring relational turmoil that dominates group dynamics.
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