Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the third and final season of The Other Two.
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Max’s Stellar Satire Season 3 The two others has ended. With the first season focusing on little brother Chase (case walker) Bieber-esque rose to fame and the second season launched Mom Pat (Molly Shannon) to stardom through her talk show, it was only natural for older sibling Brooke (Helen York) and Cari (Drew Tarver) to finally take a break. But show business turned out not to be as rewarding as they had hoped, as it impacted the Dubeks and their loved ones, forcing them to go to dark places on this outing. Despite this, the critically acclaimed season ended satisfactorily.
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Previously in “The Other Two” Season 3 (and before)
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Trying to maintain the momentum of his acting career, Cary enters a downward spiral that costs him his best friend Curtis (Brandon Scott Jones) and makes him stay with Lucas (Fin Argus), his famous boyfriend of whom he knows nothing. Brooke, determined to prove herself good, uses Chase for a fake charity event, then goes to great lengths to prove her ex-boyfriend Lance (Josh Segarra) can’t be SO good, ending up setting his apartment complex on fire. Meanwhile, Pat’s fame makes her want to return to Ohio, only to realize that she now feels disgusted with this life, then tweets about it thinking she was texting Streeter (Ken Marin).
The Season 3 finale, aptly titled “Brooke & Cary & Curtis & Lance,” begins with a flashback to simpler times, when all were nothing. Cary and Curtis have a picnic with items stolen from the restaurant where they work. Brooke arrives and introduces them to Lance. Dabbing shirtless sweetheart’s future is set by Brooke asking how he’s doing Peopleis the sexiest man alive. Fast forward to the present day, Cary is in the same park but alone, while smoke from the fire started by Brooke is seen in the distance.
Cary and Curtis in ‘The Other Two’ season 3 finale
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Cary’s perception of time is completely altered and thinks his manager Mackenzie (Nadia Dajana) ignores his calls. Her desperation takes her to her brother’s house in the Hamptons, where she tells him that it’s only been 36 hours since their last conversation. He eventually pulls through and cries realizing what he has become – a savage hungry for glory.
After a good night’s sleep, Cary wakes up renewed. He calls Pat to tell him, to his great relief, that he won’t need funding for his movie. A news report details that Lucas was found walking naked and disoriented after finishing his latest film. Having no new role to dive into his acting method left him empty. He further reveals that he has a husband, automatically ending their relationship.
Cary realizes he has to work things out with Curtis and visits him during a week-long birthday celebration. A relieved Curtis accepts his apology, as he wanted Cary to be more than a temporary friend. But Curtis has learned to set boundaries, and since Cary was also rude to his friends, he tells him he can’t stay and spoil the mood. To make up for it, he shows her a picture of his new boyfriend’s dick.
Brooke and Lance in the Season 3 finale of ‘The Other Two’
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Brooke, along with Chase and Pat, are on their way to the Peabody Awards, for which her fake charity event was nominated. She fails trying to avoid red carpet interviews before someone brings up the fact that she’s not a good person. Fortunately, they only ask her to be Lance’s ex-girlfriend. It turns out that those grilled by the press are Chase, for exploiting mental health issues, and Pat, because of his derogatory tweets about his hometown.
Streeter and Shuli (Wanda Sykes) go into emergency mode to handle the situation. Once again, Shuli proves she fully understands how the industry works and tells Chase she’ll break her fingers if he opens NotesApp to write an apology. With everyone considering scapegoating Streeter, Brooke goes ahead and gives an interview taking all the blame for both of them. She learns to make the ultimate sacrifice for her family and ends up doing good.
When she’s finished, Lance is waiting for her and they finally have a semi-honest conversation. She admits to tracking his email (not to mention that she snuck into his apartment). Lance admits to hiring a publicist to do the cover of People. They recognize they miss each other and agree to start talking without rushing. But it’s The two othersand of course, they start dating again immediately, amidst a rainy kiss of cinematic reconciliation.
“The Other Two” end with a nice family dinner
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One of the season’s biggest jokes is revisited, as Applebee’s staged dinner is repeated (along with the peas and carrots talk) because Pat couldn’t find his prosthetic nose to go into. a real restaurant. Brooke and Lance seem to have made peace with their differences and continue to love each other despite them. When Cary shows up, he tells them how he spent time with himself (standing by the sea and reading an entire book) and decided to take things slow, ultimately canceling his Oscar movie. In a post-credits scene, Brooke is shown talking to Streeter and getting upset because all artists want her to represent them and be the bad guy when they make bad decisions. The second post-credits scene spotlights the famous first Dubek, with Chase making one of his temporary tattoos permanent: the breasted piglet.
Even though this season pushed them to the limit, the finale reconnected the other two incumbents on some level with their human side, giving them a generally happy ending. Yesterday it was announced that The two others will not return for a fourth season, turning the last episode of season 3 into the series finale. While it’s sad to see the shows you love end, it’s gratifying to know that they ended on a high note and on their own terms. Max’s original will go down as one of the funniest, sharpest comedies with the best celebrity cameos (we call the Shang-Chi marvel star Simu Liu From now on). Here’s hoping it doesn’t get swept away haphazardly when Warner Brothers-Discovery wants to cut costs.
2023-07-04 10:04:18
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