You’re the Worst Recap: French, Kiss
Gretchen has the emotional maturity of a muppet.
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Gretchen and Jimmy fling themselves in the direction of the worst decision possible.
Gretchen has the emotional maturity of a muppet.
This season is a hot mess.
It’s like an episode of Full House, if everyone on Full House were sociopaths.
When did this show get so predictable?
Gretchen indulges her worst, most hideous impulses.
An actual, honest-to-goodness plot twist!
It’s taking an awfully long time for this season to gain momentum.
Becca and Vernon should really get a divorce.
Jimmy is back and Gretchen is furious.
Do Jimmy and Gretchen deserve happiness? Forgiveness? Love?
The world is absolutely lousy with people and I hate them all. I hate everyone but you.
What does it actually take to make a relationship work?
"The Inherent, Unsullied, Qualitative Value of Anything" is a terrific episode.
You're the Worst is right: Mindfulness is just being a baby.
"I can't get sick. I lick weird stuff at the hospital all the time."
Gretchen would be an absolutely brutal mom.
Sorry, Ben Folds: Everyone knows what "Brick" is really about.
"Oh no! They've corporatized your cloying, fabricated, feckless drinking holiday?"
In this tremendous episode, Edgar finally attains protagonist status.
This is a great way to deal with grief. It definitely won't be a problem. Nope, not at all.
Have these people gotten worst…er?
"What if I started calling you Mommy? How weird would that be?"
"When you say, 'I love you,' it's supposed to be romantic and/or highly sexual."
See you next season, dumb-dumbs.
There's a reason why this show isn't called You're the Thoughtful, Considerate Boyfriend Who Sticks Around No Matter What.
"I feel nothing. About anything. Dogs, candy, old Blondie records, nachos, you, me, us."
Is it just us, or does the darkness-to-funny ratio feel a bit off?
A rule in life: Anything that seems impossibly cool upon first glance will eventually reveal itself to be not nearly as cool as you thought.
Jimmy tries to fix Gretchen.
Gretchen explodes. Or implodes. Can you explode and implode at the same time?
The worst: Aecht Eau.
“You’re not writing recaps, are you?"
I thought Gretchen was the worst, but then we met Jonathan.
Gretchen has friends besides Lindsay?
So readily apparent is the winner/loser of the title of the Worst this week.
The premise of these recaps is simple, yet vital: We will determine what is, above (below?) all else, the worst thing in the episode.
Maybe Gretchen and Jimmy will finally find comfort and peace (probably not).
Despite some bright spots, most TV shows still don't understand mental illness.
"[One of our writers] said she doesn't wash her legs. We all were like, what are you talking about? That's insane."
If all this comedic angst has a home, it's here.
As “serious” TV has become plot-obsessed, it’s comedy that’s now plumbing the depths of human character — and owning the era.
It's not the worst.
Sadly, neither are a Lindsay spinoff.
"I just felt like it was the magic secret."