S01.E12: Da Club

[Bort]

When Abby lands a meeting with the New York City district attorney to talk about her ideas for reform, Dan invites himself along to share his expertise in the art of "backroom dealing." Gurgs teaches Neil a lesson in confidence.

Airdate: April 4, 2023

[AnimeMania]

Originally Episode 8.
Kurt Fuller as Jeff, the New York City district attorney

[Annber03]

Hey, Kurt Fuller from "Evil"! 

I liked Abby's red jacket she had on this episode. And it was fun to see her and Olivia working together. 

[DanaK]

So the episode got interrupted. What happened in the last 10 minutes?

[callie lee 29]

Well that was annoying. Guess I'll be watching the last few moments on On Demand.

[Irlandesa]

Oh I'm sorry for those who got interrupted.  I thought it ended pretty well. 

I don't remember the particulars but basically, when Abby was talking to a bartending Neil (who got that fake job after declaring he wasn't a waiter at the club), she was reminded of a situation upstate when someone kept losing to another person until they got blackmail material and used it.

In the end, Olivia mentions that she noticed he seemed flirty with the nurse wife of the big donor while they were in the courtroom and that when she interviewed witnesses for the incident, it was noted his wife wasn't there.  Neil discovered, through talking to  people at the club in his role as a bartender, that the DA had been there the night of the incident with a young woman resembling the wife of the donor.  They threatened to tell the big donor that the DA was sleeping with his wife if he didn't give up his plan to use Abby as part of campaign for reelection and didn't look at Abby's plan for better justice.

1 hour ago, Annber03 said:

Hey, Kurt Fuller from "Evil"! 

You say "Evil," I say "Psych!."

[DanaK]

You can stream it on Peacock if you have that. I don’t know exactly when episodes become available there, other than the next day

[voiceover]

Well, definitely a much better second half.  And I agree with @Annber03 — nice to see Abby & Olivia in sync.

And Neil put himself out there, finally. Of course, then they had him shrink back to his shell.  Hey, Writers!!  If you want us to ‘ship these two, give this man an impassioned speech!   (Then put them in an elevator)

OT p.s.:  A teary-eyed “Thanks!” for the support last week.  Bless my mutuals; you know who you are.  It was a cheery light cast into my darkness, and I am truly grateful.

[HyeChaps]

Talk about timing!  The real Manhattan DA was all over the news today and he couldn't be more different from this actor's portrayal.

Edited April 5, 2023 by HyeChaps
Grammar

[Yeah No]

I'm sorry if this continues to bother me but Abby still makes references to living upstate like she's new to and clueless about NYC.  Meanwhile she had to live there growing up if her father was a judge there.  It just doesn't add up.  Although I do think the two most recent eps. have been an overall improvement.

[TeapotWakeen]

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Abby still makes references to living upstate like she's new to and clueless about NYC.  Meanwhile she had to live there growing up if her father was a judge there.  It just doesn't add up

I thought the story was that Abby lived upstate with her mom, and she didn't grow up with her dad in the home full-time? I'm more irritated by the fact that where she grew up (by the Finger Lakes) is considered Central NY, not upstate😃😃

[chediavolo]

46 minutes ago, TeapotWakeen said:

I thought the story was that Abby lived upstate with her mom, and she didn't grow up with her dad in the home full-time? I'm more irritated by the fact that where she grew up (by the Finger Lakes) is considered Central NY, not upstate😃😃

Anything north of New Rochelle is called upstate 😊And the further you go the more unidentifiable as NY it gets!

[merylinkid]

Abby grew up with her dad.   But it is possible that he left the bench adn was teaching full time by the time he married Abby's mom.   

It bothers me more that they act like "Upstate" is all farm country and country bumpkins.   The freaking state capital is Upstate.   Buffalo is Upstate.  Etc.  Skaneateles is not exactly podunk.   Except to NYC writers.

[cinsays]

1 hour ago, merylinkid said:

Abby grew up with her dad.   But it is possible that he left the bench adn was teaching full time by the time he married Abby's mom.   

It bothers me more that they act like "Upstate" is all farm country and country bumpkins.   The freaking state capital is Upstate.   Buffalo is Upstate.  Etc.  Skaneateles is not exactly podunk.   Except to NYC writers.

yeah, the portrayal of the upstate country hicks is way overdone and, as someone originally from near Albany but more rural, it's just insulting

[Yeah No]

3 hours ago, chediavolo said:

Anything north of New Rochelle is called upstate 😊And the further you go the more unidentifiable as NY it gets!

Ha, did you see me say this last week?  Except I said to a NYC-er anything north of Yonkers is considered "upstate"!  😊

2 hours ago, merylinkid said:

It bothers me more that they act like "Upstate" is all farm country and country bumpkins.   The freaking state capital is Upstate.   Buffalo is Upstate.  Etc.  Skaneateles is not exactly podunk.   Except to NYC writers.

I agree, but to this NYC native I somehow doubt these writers are from NYC.  I didn't want to say they were portraying her like she was a "country bumpkin" because people might think I'm thinking that but I don't.  I have known many people from way upstate and that is definitely NOT the case!

[greekmom]

16 hours ago, Yeah No said:

I'm sorry if this continues to bother me but Abby still makes references to living upstate like she's new to and clueless about NYC.  Meanwhile she had to live there growing up if her father was a judge there.  It just doesn't add up.  Although I do think the two most recent eps. have been an overall improvement.

 

13 hours ago, TeapotWakeen said:

I thought the story was that Abby lived upstate with her mom, and she didn't grow up with her dad in the home full-time? I'm more irritated by the fact that where she grew up (by the Finger Lakes) is considered Central NY, not upstate😃😃

I thought the story was that Harry met Abby's mother when she got out of jail and went upstate to teach because it would have been awkward for a judge to be married/involved with someone who he put in jail.  So they both left together and Abby was born and raised in upstate. 

Meh on the storyline but I loved Oliva's outfit.

[TeapotWakeen]

On 4/5/2023 at 6:12 AM, chediavolo said:

Anything north of New Rochelle is called upstate 😊

Maybe to people in NYC, but I married into a CNY family (Syracuse, Finger Lakes area) and boy did I get the looks/comments/retraining on this one! Central New Yorkers are adamant that "upstate" is for the eastern part of the state. What did I know, I'm from Central Illinois, aka "downstate" despite being only 100 miles south of Chicago! 😄😄

[WendyCR72]

Upstate NY to me is the Capital District area, which is Albany and surrounding cities, the area where I was born, raised, and still live, actually!

Buffalo and Syracuse are just "out west" and NYC and surrounding is "downstate".

[chediavolo]

4 hours ago, TeapotWakeen said:

Maybe to people in NYC, but I married into a CNY family (Syracuse, Finger Lakes area) and boy did I get the looks/comments/retraining on this one! Central New Yorkers are adamant that "upstate" is for the eastern part of the state. What did I know, I'm from Central Illinois, aka "downstate" despite being only 100 miles south of Chicago! 😄😄

I’ve never heard this. Believe me, I’ve been there central NY is upstate. 

[chitowngirl]

6 hours ago, TeapotWakeen said:

What did I know, I'm from Central Illinois, aka "downstate" despite being only 100 miles south of Chicago! 😄😄

I’ve heard Rockford referred to as “downstate” despite being northwest of Chicago! 😆

[cinsays]

3 hours ago, chediavolo said:

I’ve never heard this. Believe me, I’ve been there central NY is upstate. 

yeah, i'm from about an hour north of albany and went to college in rochester and nyc was always known as the city and everything else was upstate

[RobertDeSneero]

This is two solid episodes in a row.  It feels like they've figured out these characters.  Was this written after the first episodes were filmed?

[benteen]

Very fun episode that utilized the whole cast. Been a fan of Kurt Fuller for a long time, who is almost always playing a slimeball so it was fun to see him and Dan interact (though Dan has cleaned himself up). Always entertaining seeing Dan in his element. Some funny lines, the delivery of the front office guy about nobody wanting to see Neil's neck made me laugh in particular. 

[AncientNewbie]

I really enjoyed JL getting to be a little bit of old Dan in the club scenes. 

[Gharlane]

On 4/4/2023 at 10:15 AM, kariyaki said:

"Da Club". When Abby lands a meeting with the New York City district attorney to talk about her ideas for reform, Dan invites himself along to share his expertise in the art of "backroom dealing." Gurgs teaches Neil a lesson in confidence.

This one was OK, but I'm getting tired of Neil pining after Abby. Why did Jeff seem familiar?

[roseha]

On 5/9/2023 at 9:18 PM, Gharlane said:

This one was OK, but I'm getting tired of Neil pining after Abby. Why did Jeff seem familiar?

Kurt Fuller played the looney coroner Woody in Psych.

[Annber03]

2 hours ago, roseha said:

Kurt Fuller played the looney coroner Woody in Psych.

He also plays Kristen's therapist on "Evil".