As one guy tells his story about how an eco-activist came to his door to get him to switch to an electric car, he subtly points out how one-sided the conversation about climate change can feel. Terry outs Arabella’s gig as a vegan, eco spokesperson to much ribbing from her friends. Someone asks Arabella where she’s currently working. All the signs of a good house party are shown in a montage that pauses for a scene in the kitchen, where a small group has congregated to talk. The party soon resumes, as does the music, and the two best friends embrace and dance together. Once the party is in full swing, Kwame brings out the birthday cake, and Terry makes an impassioned speech thanking and loving Arabella. He’s used to hiding his past from his friends, even to the point of his own discomfort. Kwame notices her reaction and saves face, smirking off the trauma and hiding it back again so as not to upset her. Kwame briefly tells Terry about his first sexual experience, involving getting in a car with two men, but her face falls from the potential seriousness of the encounter. None of his friends yet know what he’s gone through, from the assault to the botched reporting at the police station. One of them tries to catch Kwame’s eye, but he’s still not in the mood to flirt with strangers, even an attractive one. As Terry is finishing straightening Arabella’s hair, the first guests start to arrive. It isn’t of interest to Simon, who eventually walks away from their discussion, but clearly, for Terry, her actions, however well intentioned, take on new meaning in this light.īack at Arabella’s apartment, the two best friends reunite and get ready for Terry’s birthday party. Whether out of guilt or loyalty, she’s trying to deal with Arabella’s present, not what has already happened to her. “Who is this self-care for?” he retorts, but Terry stands firm. Terry tries to tell him politely not to come to her party, as it may upset Arabella, but Simon shrugs and points out that on that night, when he texted her about Arabella’s state and how he wanted to leave her, Terry said it was fine. While this is happening, Theo is looking at a chart detailing how little Black consumers spend on vegan products, and once again, show creator Michaela Coel is setting up an incisive take on contemporary culture and media.Įlsewhere, Terry meets up with Simon, the guy who left Arabella on her own the night she was drugged and raped. Arabella quickly agrees, and soon the social-media manager snaps her photo and gets her to record a few short videos. But before she can make her first call, the CEO pulls her aside and asks if she would like to work as an influencer instead for double pay. Frustrated, Arabella turns to Theo for a temporary gig at an ecofriendly vegan company called Happy Animals. She hurries off to her publisher, Susy Henny, and the outcome is the same but with an extra level of condescension: no cash for the newly broke author. Unfortunately, since her draft still isn’t completed, she can’t be paid. In an attempt to save face after yet another credit-card debacle, Arabella visits her publishing company with some fresh pages. Arabella accepts with a pained smile, then the clerk tells the group they’re going to have to put their items back where they found them. Worse, the young woman working checkout is one of her fans and asks for a selfie. On their way out, though, there’s a little bit of a reality check when Arabella tries to pay for the food only to have her credit card embarrassingly declined in front of her friends. Spirits are high at the start of I May Destroy You episode seven, “Happy Animals,” as Arabella, Terry, and Kwame shop for party supplies and food for Terry’s birthday celebration.
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