S01.E02: Second Date

[AnimeMania]

John and Jane are all dressed up with somewhere to go: a sinister black tie event! But first, the Smiths need ground rules at home: NO S-E-X! But when their wily target Eric Shane turns things topsy turvy, will they be able to set things right? It's John and Jane's: SECOND DATE! Bark bark!

Premiere Date: February 2, 2024    Prime Video   

[Raja]

By telling us the ground rules of no sex you knew that where it was going.  What I didn't expect was that  after debating if the employers want them to consummate their "marriage" they do. At which point comes the  message the next morning that if they fail again the partnership will be broken up. 

[meep.meep]

I thought the message said they had failed the mission and that they only had two more fails.

Leading me to think that the couple in the start of Episode 1 had 3 fails.

What I can't figure out is why a mysterious agency would want anyone to deliver a bomb cake to a random couple or to give "truth serum" to someone who had just bought an expensive piece of art.

[janie jones]

Well and what if someone else had been the highest bidder? Were they targeting John Turturro specifically or just whoever bought it?

Yeah, I saw two more fails also. Like a 3 strikes thing.

[nameless slob]

I am glad the "hihi" said the mission was a failure.

A LOT of witnesses. What happens when people notice this very rich and apparently known man is missing, and the last time he was seen alive there is video footage of Jane and John escorting him out, bring also the last two to be seen with him alive!? 

Wasn't t that very big fuck up?

Their employers must be aware of it by now.

Plus, they were suppose to give only 1 dose of the truth serum.

Did anyone else notice, when scooping Jane's laptop, it appeared she had a page opened in the "10 places to visit alone", the same as the lady in the first episode?

[shelley1234]

Donald Glover loves two things....not wearing a shirt and wearing teeny tiny shorts.   Got both of them in this episode.  

I like anything Donglover is a part of, but I am really enjoying this.   It is a fun ride and can't wait to see where it goes as their relationship develops and they find out more about this mysterious place they work for.  

[Anela]

I'm enjoying this. The first mission reminded me of Point of No Return, when Bridget Fonda thought she had a really simple, harmless job, and then it turned out to be the opposite.

[aghst]

On 2/6/2024 at 8:16 AM, Raja said:

By telling us the ground rules of no sex you knew that where it was going.  What I didn't expect was that  after debating if the employers want them to consummate their "marriage" they do. At which point comes the  message the next morning that if they fail again the partnership will be broken up. 

Yeah they make a pact, no sex, walk away, go their separate ways after they make enough money.

For a second after John Turturro dies, they seem glum, but is it because he died or they failed to follow the mission instructions?

They immediately decide to dispose of the body.  John gets sick after they break the limbs.

Later in another episode they joke about her probably eating body parts from the garden.  Joke is cute but they seem to easily get over the loss of victims.

But after they come down from the roof they get down, break the no sex pact?

Is it chemistry — it was clear they were attracted to each other despite the pact — or it was the charged nature of what they went through together which made them horny?

[sskrill]

I am really stuggling to get in to this.  The movie had a lightness to it that this does not.  Not that it has to be the same, but I'm feeling like this is just too dark and if it doesn't get lighter I won't continue.

I'll try one more episode.

[moonorchid]

If this is too dark for you, 6 and 7 will be apocalyptic. 
I considered eps 1-4 to be the lightest ones lol. 

Edited May 5 by moonorchid

[sskrill]

Ah, thank you, then I won't continue.

Not saying its bad, I'm just not in a place where I can appreciate this type of thing right now.