Something Baaaaad Is Happening on Younger this Week with Sutton Foster & Matthew Morrison

Look out, Dr. Dillamond: This Younger recap is going to be traumatizing. Glee favorite and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Matthew Morrison had a little romance with Sutton Foster this week, and as you’ll see below, things went a bit too far. Let’s check in on the newly single Liza Miller.

SEASON 2, EPISODE 9: "The Good Shepherd"

Emoji Update

Liza resorts to baking pies as post-breakup therapy (between this and Waitress, we could really use a pie emoji, Apple). Millennial dream team Kelsey and Lauren stop by and reveal they’ve set Liza up with a Tinder profile. Only a few swipes in, Liza receives Josh’s profile and immediately swipes left. She then heads to the farmers market for more pie-related produce, and like a 40-something Red Riding Hood, encounters a hairy, mysterious being. It’s not a wolf; it’s a scruffy Matthew Morrison playing a character named Sebastian. Liza buys a warm blanket made from the wool of one of his sheep and takes a pamphlet featuring some Walden-esque musings that catch her fancy. She takes them into the office, and Kelsey thinks Liza might be on to something. Speaking of Kelsey, her pals seem hesitant about her engagement; is Thad really the right guy for marriage? Touched by what he wrote in the pamphlet, Liza drives to Sebastian’s farm, where there are lots of sheep. Liza woos him for a book deal over dinner, where they run into Josh with Greta, the woman who profiled him for the Times. Thad reveals to Kelsey that he hasn’t told his parents about their engagement, preventing her from going Facebook official. Liza drives back to the farm, gets Sebastian to sign the contract, makes out with him for a little rebound action, and walks in on him going full The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia on a poor, defenseless sheep. So much for that. Kelsey and Thad finally update their Facebook relationship status, and we get a brief but surprisingly delightful montage of the subsequent “likes.”

Biggest OMG Moment:

This one is a given, right? We’ve seen our fair share of “OMG” moments this season. Miriam Shor breaking David Wain’s penis comes to mind. We’d take a broken penis any day over Matthew Morrison in a bestiality arc.

Millennial Glossary:
Uber Rating:(noun) A relatively under-the-radar system Uber drivers use to rate passengers. Just one more metric for millennials to freak out over their self-worth. A lower rating can affect wait times as they can see your score before confirming you as a passenger; e.g. this recap writer has an Uber score of 4.5/5 and was likely docked half a point for insisting on talking to drivers about Miriam Shor’s statement jewelry.

Moment That Made Us Go:

Kelsey’s thirst for Instagram likes had us shaking our heads, and we say this with full awareness that it would bother us just as much if our avocado toast got more likes than our engagement ring. Still, there are more important things in life, Kelsey. Like wondering why all of your friends are apprehensive about said engagement.

Diana's Statement Jewelry Update!


We got two necklaces this week: a platinum horseshoe and a steampunk heart. Careful: Miriam Shor may be after your Lucky Charms. Between this and all that emerald, we’re not convinced that Diana Trout isn’t a leprechaun. Wait. Did we just solve Younger?