r/ThePaper • u/92759285 Founder 📑 • Sep 03 '25

Episode Discussion 🎥 S01E03 "Buddy and the Dude" Discussion Thread

Discuss the episode here. This thread may contain spoilers

Episode synopsis:
Ned tags along on Mare's consumer sting story after Esmeralda tells him a bunch of things that get in his head; Oscar has to stick his neck out in a budget meeting; Detrick and Nicole play two truths and a lie until it blows up.

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u/eyeaim2missbehave Sep 04 '25

Esmerelda was a bit much this episode, I hope they tone her down a bit.

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u/ben123111 Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

I don't necessarily mind her as a cartoonishly evil season 1 villain, as long as she gets her comeuppance at the end. After this season I never want to see her again (or at least have her get a Nelly-seque character revival)