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Brandon Johnson comptrols for the fourth episode in a row; Jeff will finally return the following week.


Dan's Instagram songs have really taken on a life of their own (especially now that he has a self-driving car).


Dan is referencing the bizarre (and highly meme-able) story about Trump touching a glowing orb in Saudi Arabia.


The image of feeding checks into the heart monitor is so hilariously dystopian -- it really conjures up the perfect genre-based feeling.


Dan's Kumail impression still isn't great (or even good, really), but it's come a long way. Not sure when his previous attempts were, but it's definitely been a while.


I had entirely forgotten about this pug rant, but it is absolute gold. His rescue dog joke didn't land for me because I immediately thought of a pug trying to rescue someone instead of a dog being rescued. Also, Dan is referencing the music video for Blind Melon's "No Rain", which has such a heartwarming concept.


I really don't know what to make of Dan's approach of not hiding red flags but waving them like a matador. Maybe it's a good way of getting rejections out of the way early on so time isn't wasted on people who are pretty certain to not end up working out anyway.


"In his defense, he didn't know what he was doing was illegal." I love how this is just thrown away.


"Getting defensive over nothing" is such a pithy summation of Dan's M.O., isn't it? It's good that he's at least acutely aware of it here, and I think therapy continues to ameliorate this tendency.


This is such a beautiful title quote, though.


It's really incredible how "Ram Dass ain't no joke!" was set up four episodes ago in "The Final Meltdown." Brandon Johnson, you sly motherfucker.


Nothing is funnier than imagining someone narrating their own mushroom trip.


"It never gets any better than sitting under a tree, grooming each other, and waiting to die."


Fred Stoller doesn't feel to me like the best fit for Harmontown (maybe it's his particular energy or older comedy style), but he's at least entertaining. Here are My Seinfeld Year and Five Minutes to Kill.