Raise Your Hand If You Watched This Week's Younger, Unless You're Sutton Foster & Physically Unable to Do So

Buckle your seatbelts and strap on your statement necklaces (two of them, if you’re Miriam Shor), because it’s time for this week’s Younger recap. Liza’s come down from her pot pop high, and although she can’t lift her arm, she’s orchestrating a master scheme to get rid of Jade, win back the lost advance, screw over a competitor and partake in some Bing product placement—all at the same time. Let’s navigate the sneaky plan.

SEASON 2, EPISODE 6: "Un-Jaded"

Emoji Update

Liza and Josh wake up (almost all of the cold opens this season take place in a bed, often post-coitus), and Liza can’t move her arm above a 90-degree angle. At the doctor's, they learn she’s suffering from adhesive capsulitis, a.k.a. “40-year-old shoulder.” Charles and Diana (mostly Diana) woo Hugh Shirley (David Wain), an author whose stance on feminism includes wearing a tampon to understand a woman’s experience. Kelsey and Liza track Jade’s Instagram; as you may recall, Jade is publicly blowing her advance from her book that doesn’t exist—the last grand went toward a diamond pacifier. Liza hatches a plan: write the first chapter of Jade’s draft using her social media to build buzz and sell the account. Maggie finishes her Durga-inspired sculpture, and Lauren plans to have it featured at Hector and Dorf’s store. Liza, Kelsey and Lauren get their nails done (in a throwback to Jane Krakowski last season, the manicurist immediately picks up on Liza’s secret), and Lauren leaks the fake chapter to The Cut as part of Liza’s plan. At a business dinner, Diana is repulsed by Hugh’s well-intentioned but half-assed attempts at feminism, but ends up making out with him (who are we to deny someone of their thirst?) before he sends her off in a cab. Kelsey sells the book (which—again—doesn’t exist) to a rival agency. All of this is somehow legal. Hector and Dorf use the sculpture's many arms to hang coats. As for Liza's arm, she still can’t move it, but at least Josh is there to give her a shoulder massage.

Biggest OMG Moment:

When Liza pulls up Jade’s posts, pics and tweets by BING SEARCHING “jade winslow [sic] social media posts.” Listen: We’ve done our fair share of stalking people’s Twitter and Instagram accounts. But we don’t search “social media posts” when craving Bernadette Peters’ most recent musings on dogs and Mozart in the Jungle, and we certainly don’t use Bing to do so. Does anyone?

Millennial Glossary:
Squad:(noun) A small assembly or “posse” of friends. While the word is by no means a millennial brainchild, its usage, particularly as part of the phrase “squad goals,” i.e. a squad which one aspires to join, is popular. For examples of #SquadGoals, please see here. Or here. Or here.

Moment That Made Us Go:

When Liza, Kelsey and Lauren discuss the “Marie Claire enema retreat,” one of Jade’s exposés. Suddenly, our team retreats to Marie's Crisis sound much more normal.

Diana's Statement Jewelry Update!


After a two-week absence of statement necklaces, Miriam Shor finally upped her game with two exquisite pieces this episode. First, she rocked this emerald-hued ensemble—with just over a month to go until St. Patrick’s Day. And with that coat, she’s like a snow leopard leprechaun. A leoparchaun, if you will. A few scenes later, she served “Dark Side of the Moon” realness with a hefty assortment of balls and shafts. Yep, not suggestive in the slightest.