Broad City: 2016

March 17, 2016 1:28 AM - Season 3, Episode 5

Ilana finds her new calling; Abbi must deal with going to the DMV.
posted by Pendragon (10 comments total)

Guest appearances from Cynthia Nixon, Alan Alda and Rachel Dratch ? YES !!

Oh, and some politician also shows up :-)
posted by Pendragon at 11:15 AM on March 17, 2016 [3 favorites]

God dammit, Broad City, don't just go and tell everyone about the appointments! You're gonna ruin it for the rest of us!
posted by Itaxpica at 5:06 PM on March 17, 2016 [2 favorites]

I usually loath political cameos but Ilana and Abbi's enthusiasm really sold this for me. I loved Ilana as the bike messenger.
posted by betsybetsy at 6:24 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

maybe they just really like Alan Alda? he had no problem being portrayed as a rascist, mysoginist, cantankerous crank on louis ck's "horace and pete"
posted by JimBennett at 9:55 PM on March 17, 2016 [5 favorites]

Something that I noticed during this episode is that this season feels a lot more like Abbi and Ilana having separate adventures (even last week, when they were both at the party, they weren't around each other that much) than we've seen previously. There has always been some of that on this show, but it just feels like, other than the first episode, they've been spending a lot of time apart. I don't know if that's trying to say something about post-college friendships or if it's just easier or what. I guess, though, as fun as this season has been so far, I miss Abbi & Ilana getting into trouble together.
posted by darksong at 3:55 AM on March 18, 2016 [4 favorites]

What I thought was really funny was at the beginning of this episode, my husband said Ilana's outfit was the least weird thing she has worn all season (she had the grey jacket over her outfit), then she gets on the subway and nope! just as weird as the other stuff.

I loved subway routine so much. She really went all in. I laughed soooooo hard.

Think Hillary may be trying to connect with young women?
posted by LizBoBiz at 6:47 AM on March 18, 2016 [4 favorites]

Was that the first time a presidential candidate was ever involved in a pegging joke?
posted by bondcliff at 1:10 PM on March 18, 2016 [5 favorites]

"I pegged."

And then I died.
posted by General Malaise at 9:44 PM on March 19, 2016 [2 favorites]

Alan Alda. So great.
posted by Brittanie at 11:59 AM on April 7, 2016

Wasn't the most laugh out loud one I've seen so far but I did enjoy the coconut bra and the pegging...
posted by latkes at 3:49 PM on April 9, 2016