Atlanta – Robbin’ Season Recap: The Art Of Taking An L With Earn Marks

***Atlanta is back for season two, ROBBIN SEASON and we couldn’t be more excited. While not a traditional recap for us, Nicole and William get together each week to talk out the great, the innovative and the utterly bizarre of the latest episode. All the spoilers ahead.*** William: So there’s a story I’ve heard a few times about a bunch of new Bastketball players out kicking it one night. They leave one spot at 2am and while folks are looking for taxis home, there’s one dude that’s still amped up and asking where the next spot is. And then one veteran puts his hand on his shoulders and is like bruh, just go home, nothing good ever happens at 2 in the morning. This is a pretty colorful way of saying: quit while you’re ahead. Earn never learned this shit fam. When the L’s keep coming, you don’t stay at the table and keep gambling. Nicole: This episode could’ve been so short. Van complains to him that her friend/co-worker is stuntin’ on her by buying VIP tickets to a Beyoncé concert. She says something like “Not everyone has $350 for a concert ticket.” Here is the win you are so desperately searching for, Earn. Buy her the ticket. Hell buy a ticket for yourself while you’re at it. That’s the win. Take it. Savor it. Frame it. But no, instead he just had to Earn (verb: to persevere in losing as if it were your higher calling.) William: Yeah, and lets be clear too, when Earn just “has to Earn” they tend to be my least favorite episodes of Atlanta. There are entertaining aspects of …