‘Younger’ Season 6 Episode 2 Recap: Feelings Hidden, Genders Unrevealed.

Welcome back to our weekly recap of Younger season 6, the greatest show in the world.

Finally, we’re in a post-Liza’s secret world and I am ready for extravagant drama in the form of passive-aggressive fights over champagne brunch and babies birthed in the back of an Uber. Episode 2, ‘Flush With Love,’ delivers.

And so does Irish Clare. More on that later.

Last week we left Liza at Charles’ door where we can assume he was making some kind of shady business deal with Zane, and girlfriend looks suspicious. A new publishing company? A secret hot boys’ club where they have pillow fights and kiss a little bit? We can only hope.

We kick off this week with Liza attempting to dress more professionally (in a pantsuit) to escape the office TRAMP label, the heavy scarlet letter she is presumably carrying around. “Nancy Pelosi on the bottom, Melania Trump on the top,” Maggie remarks, a deeply upsetting image, almost as upsetting as wearing a pantsuit.

Big fan of the professional pussy bow, though.

 “Even though we’re all post-gender, we’re not post-gender reveal”

That’s right, Liza and Maggie are invited to Josh and Clare’s goddamn GENDER REVEAL party. Fantastic tagline, terrible event.

For some reason Liza goes baby shopping with Josh, an extremely weird and uncomfortable thing to do with your ex you’re still absolutely in love with.

Although maybe Liza has the great idea: the baby is due in 2 weeks, Josh is freaking out, and who’s there to comfort him? That’s right it’s LIZA. Playing the subtle long game, and I respect it.

“Please, is there any way to unread something?”

Onward to professional dramas.

In an incredible focus group montage, we are made aware of the response to Quinn’s book CLAW, which by all accounts sounds fucking terrible. An insult to women and feminism, with one poor soul tearfully begging if there is a way to unread a book.

Sounds like it’s going well, then.

Not wanting to tarnish the reputation of the company immediately with a first release, Liza and Kelsey meet with Quinn over champagne to discuss her book.

Kelsey doesn’t think the tone of the book is right to go ahead as Millennial’s first release, but alas, Quinn came bearing gifts in the form of business cards in a gold case — both tacky and extremely American Psycho.

Quinn wins this round, mostly because she leads Kelsey and Liza into a bizarre cheerleading chant in the middle of a restaurant.

Back at work, Kelsey presents Liza with her solution: a screenplay of the film that Reese Witherspoon’s company is set to produce, which Kelsey wants adapted into a manuscript to become the first Millennial release.

She asks Liza to read it today, a frequent request on Younger that both baffles and terrifies me. Where are you finding the time to READ THESE MANUSCRIPTS??? You all clearly got a blowout this morning and have at least 2 outfit changes before dinner.

We’re onto some kind of glamorous party, there is always a party, where do I get into these editing jobs where there’s always a party? Whom are these writers with money?

Zane is here and he doesn’t want to be friends, suddenly there’s kissing. The usual. I wish Thad would come back from the dead at this point.

Lauren wants to submit Diana and Enzo’s love story to Modern Romance, and she’s also wearing some kind of fantastic Bjork-but-make-it-flamingo getup. God bless her. Also Diana is here with Enzo and he looks divine, a true gift from god.

Liza is here with Charles, who gives a cheers to Zane from across the room.

“What’s that all about?” Liza asks, to which Charles changes the subject to the fact Diana is giving them the cold shoulder.

Charles is losing dreamboat points by the second. He goes over and apologises to Diana for not telling her he was leaving. He heavily implies the top job only went to Kelsey because she’s a millennial, and Liza is NOT HAPPY.

Liza defends Kelsey, and Charles makes it known he would have handled the Quinn situation ‘differently,’ not worrying about the first release being a flop and blaming it on the old regime. ‘But maybe it’ll work,’ he says, and Liza is all smiles.

Liza, we love her, but she has the prime Carrie Bradshaw character flaw: allowing her romantic entanglements to take a front seat to her friendships and professional judgement. The woman needs an intervention.

And now I’m upset because Enzo is upset, despite Diana rocking a fantastic fur getup with those glittering fishbone dangling earrings.

He feels like he’s the consolation prize to Charles, or another handsome high-powered type Diana had dreamed up for herself.

Luckily, the next morning Lauren is going to walk into Diana’s office in an opulent choker and show her a gorgeous pic of her and Enzo to accompany the Modern Romance story.

Kelsey stands up to power in a black and white power suit, but Quinn wins her over by promising to be out of her hair if CLAW fails. I am getting a very strange feeling this Quinn character is not very nice!!

We are onto the gender reveal party, typically ruined by Liza as she manages to let the balloons go before they’re popped. Luckily, Clare is about to pop (eyyyyy) so an Uber is called, there’s a lot of screaming and yelling, there’s Josh being a supportive sweetheart and looking great in a winter coat. There is going to be a baby.

Meanwhile, Enzo’s employee shows him the beautiful, heartfelt ode to their romance that Diana has spoken about in the article.

“Life gives you more than you thought, but maybe not in the package you expected.” A bit rich, given that Enzo is an absolutely stunning man carved from marble.

We cut to Liza adoringly watching Josh holding his new baby. Ouch.

Enzo shows up to find Diana in a divine yellow gown, they make nice, everything is beautiful.

Liza goes home to Charles, says ‘they’re happy’ and ‘me too’ about Josh and Clare, but get this: Liza doesn’t look happy! Can’t wait to find out why!!!

This Week’s Fashion Champion:

Despite an extremely tough field (Diana in navy blue glitter, Enzo in that TUX), I’ve gotta hand it to Lauren’s leopard print dream kit at the gender reveal party.

Team Whom?

Charles is in the deepest circle of the doghouse this week. Josh steps up his game by being A) an adoring new father and B) looking super hot in a tan winter coat. But this week’s most important title goes to the scrappy outsider, 2019 is the year of TEAM ENZO.

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Lucy Valentine is a freelance writer, political satirist, podcast co-host and all round Melbourne stereotype. She is extremely online and tweeting at @LucyXIV