Loot Season 3, Episode 3, “Lady Molly,” takes the team to England to put Molly’s efforts for total transparency to the test. This episode, written by Jeremy Beiler and directed by Rebecca Asher, showcases the show’s comedic skill set, which sharpens with every season. “Lady Molly” goes pretty broad, and the cast never misses a beat in making essentially every joke land. Not to mention, Loot’s soundtrack keeps getting better – all the flowers to music supervisors, Charlie Haggard and Kerri Drootin. The “BAND4BAND” needledrop is too good.
Otherwise, “Lady Molly” runs away with poking fun at the English aristocracy. The jokes are predominantly tongue-in-cheek digs at finger sandwiches. However, as the show is wont to do, the script injects honest sincerity and relevant messages in between them. The same is true with all that revolves around the AI video at the start of “Lady Molly.” It’s (sort of, but not really) funny until it’s a scary breach of autonomy and privacy. By the way, Maya Rudolph is particularly exceptional at selling that entire concept – her physical comedy!
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They’re Figuring It Out…at Cricket
Regardless, the AI video becomes a great catalyst for the episode’s events. It mostly works for Molly, despite every member of the team winding up in the video. The feelings of embarrassment and uneasiness that it instills in Molly translate to her feeling like an outsider in England. Despite being among those who are also rich, Molly clashes with them more than she likely would have three seasons ago. Meanwhile, “Lady Molly” uses the cricket match to adequately needle Arthur, Howard, and Nicholas. Molly and Sofia carry most of the narrative weight in the A story, but there’s real substance in this B story.
It pushes forward the problematic context of Arthur and Molly’s relationship. “Lady Molly” solidifies that power imbalance as an actual obstacle, which Arthur tries not to dwell on for too long. Given that it’s three episodes into its 10-episode season, Loot is effectively using its time to give that story longevity. “Lady Molly” has the same awareness in the progress it makes with Nicholas unpacking his dedication to Molly. Losing that K-Drama acting job is a reasonable turning point for that story. It’s also a productive way to follow up on the second season’s cliffhanger of whether Nicholas will take it.
Howard’s part of that story falls a bit short because the show needs to spend even more time with Howard and Molly as cousins. Loot Season 1, Episode 8, “Spades Night,” is still when their relationship shines the most. Meanwhile, it tracks for Aisnley to become immersed in her environment. She does the same in Loot Season 2, Episode 7, “Camp Wells,” while stuck in an airport in Dubai. Like with Molly and Howard, hopefully, there’s also a chance to get to know Ainsley better in Season 3.
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Molly and Sofia’s Partnership Is Everything
Alternatively, Loot rarely misses with Molly and Sofia’s dynamic. With only three episodes so far, this season already reinforces it as one of the strongest relationships on the show. The progress they’ve made since Season 1 – interpersonally and within the foundation – means that “Lady Molly” can have this trust exercise. It makes sense that Molly wants to believe billionaires can change. Not only has she, but she hopes that others will.
Folding on that sentiment undercuts her efforts to convince more rich people to donate their money. On the other hand, Sofia makes it clear in Loot Season 3, Episode 2, “Would Hit,” that she thinks people are who they are. However, that episode shows her inclination to see beyond that, so her back and forth with Lady Olivia works for Sofia. Loot sets up that conflict well, so it feels like a win to see Molly and Sofia try and succeed at working together to do the right thing.
Unfortunately, it just so happens that some billionaires, like Lady Olivia, are “homophobic colonial monsters,” per Molly. It’s nice to see “Lady Molly” answer what Molly will do now when she finds herself in the room with people like that. She uses her platform in a way that creates shockwaves beyond the billionaires making AI videos. Molly spends a lot of the first two seasons trying to find support where there isn’t any to show other billionaires that there’s another way and gain more funding for the Wells Foundation. “Lady Molly” sees her breakthrough to the people she’s trying to help, and that has to mean more.
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New episodes of Loot Season 3 stream on Wednesdays on Apple TV.
