Atlanta Season 3 Episode 5 Review
The following article contains spoilers for Atlanta.
In its latest installment, Atlanta continues chronicling Paper Boi’s European tour in the show’s unique fashion, showing how life on the road is changing its main cast but also keeping up with the tradition of bringing some of the most colorful characters one can come across in television.
Unlike last week’s bold depiction of the United States in a post-reparations era, this time around the comedy sets the stage in Budapest, Hungary, where the gang navigates Al’s newfound pre-show rituals and obligations, as well as a very familiar problem with extraordinary characters spicing up its development to make Paper Boi’s missing phone story all the more introspective. Of course, Atlanta bringing back Socks from the «Old Man and the Tree” episode is a welcome addition, especially considering Zazie Beetz remains MIA.
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The premise is simple, Al is about to go on stage for a Budapest show where he appears to be the main event, instead of opening up for Clark County, and it sure shows because Paper Boi is getting all the attention and pampering he could want. Naturally, Earn is partly responsible for this, as moments leading up to the concert have him constantly busy attending to his cousin’s needs, thus cementing the idea that he really wants to get better at the job he was so fearful of losing before they left Atlanta.
With so many responsibilities on his hands, it becomes obvious that Al and Earn haven’t really had time to do a lot of catching up, an element further highlighted by the rap star telling his manager he’s been swamped as of lately. While Earn has indeed been quite work-focused, there’s also a clear correlation between
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