As her girls responded to the tale with giggles and ribbing, a ridiculously convincing Rothwell had Kelli stare out the car window and apprehensively mutter, “Is everything I do a joke to y’all?” Snarkiness confirmed said fears - at first. ![]() Pining for sympathy, the Emmy-nominated producer’s alter ego relayed a story of former marching band buds reductively recalling her kale allergy and failing to pay tribute. Hollow recollections of generic purse-carrying and Stanky-Leg dance moves, however, morphed Rothwell’s usually mirthful face into a sulkiness so heavy, all she could do was palm her chin and roll her eyes in disgust on Kelli’s behalf. Self-deprecating laughs softened the blow when Stanford initially mistook Kelli for dead at her 10-year college reunion. This is what happened to Natasha Rothwell‘s Kelli during the Season 5 premiere of Insecure. HONORABLE MENTION | “Funny friends” feel pain, too. He then used that lingo to attack Albert Brooks for hoarding COVID supplies: “A shanda!” We find ourselves wishing for more Hamm appearances on Curb, but maybe it’s best that they’re rare - and therefore all the more delectable. The Mad Men alum was at his deadpan best as he told Larry about the poor reception his movie character based on Larry received (“The word that kept reappearing was ‘repugnant'”) and annoyed him with his freshly learned Yiddish lingo. HONORABLE MENTION | It was great to see Larry David back again, of course, as Curb Your Enthusiasm returned for Season 11 this week, but it was even better to see Jon Hamm return for an encore of his hilarious guest spot last season. It’s not easy to figure out something fresh to say about a story as overexposed as the Lewinsky scandal, but that just points to what a talented performer Falco is: She took a tale we’ve heard a thousand times and found a way to tell it to us for the first time. In the episode’s final moments, Hillary walked down the steps of her vacation home to stand on the beach alone and gaze out at the waves, and Falco managed to convey decades of pain and resentment without saying a word. ![]() ![]() But later, she unloaded on Bill, tossing a vase of flowers at his head and cursing him out: “You’ve made me look stupid, and I hate you for that.” (Their domestic strife recalled another great Falco performance: as Carmela Soprano, trading savage barbs with her husband Tony in the classic Sopranos episode “Whitecaps.”) When the Clintons traveled to Martha’s Vineyard to celebrate Bill’s birthday, Falco held her face deathly still while Bill told a story about Hillary, as if she refused to admit how hurt she was. But when Bill confessed that he “slipped up” with Monica Lewinsky in a private bedroom scene, Hillary exploded on him, with Falco dissolving into tears and recoiling at his touch. The episode flashed back to show us how Hillary had stood by Bill when women accused him of sexual misconduct in the past, with Falco summoning up a steadfast loyalty as Hillary methodically defended her husband, her legal training on full display.
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