Atlanta Robbin’ Season Recap: Back in the Day, L’s Still Came Easy

***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 about the great, the innovative, and the utterly bizarre of the latest episode. All the spoilers ahead.*** Nicole: Earn has been taking the same L his whole life. William: His entire, f*ing life. I mean, that was the speculation, but this episode basically confirms it. Which I guess explains why he tries to win seemingly unwinnable situations. My assumption is that he feels every situation is basically unwinnable, so what’s the difference. Nicole: He’s become such a tragic character to me this season. William: For me, tragic? Yes. Sympathetic, not as much. Nicole: This episode basically cemented that for me. And made me so much more curious about how his college ended. I’m much more sympathetic towards him after this episode than I was after last week’s bul… you know what? I don’t even want to talk about last week.

Little dude just wants to be cool because he understands what it is as a commodity. Clothing as a vehicle is cast very specifically as racialized in this episode. This is not a kids will be kids thing. William: Right, and as relatable as the clothes, cool kids thread is, its still an Earn issue. There’s 10+ boys in that class that aren’t trying to rock FUBU to impress someone (at least in this episode). Besides his double, everyone else in his class is distinguished by strength of personal…