Who outfitted the casino’s non-ambulatory gamers with wristbands so they never have to hit the ATM (or leave the slot machines)? It’s Ashman! And whose idea was it to manipulate a sense of time with circadian lighting? Ashman strikes again! Last week, he seemed like an ineffectual loser, but on the pit floor, he’s more like an evil genius. It’s fascinating to see him in a new environment without Dougie’s sneering and Whitney’s constant corrections. So Asher reconnects with his old buddy Bill and invents reasons to drop by Whistling River. The problem is it’s locked away in the casino’s back offices.

(Side note: This week’s teleplay was written by Office alum Carrie Kemper.)īut Monica needs hard evidence of the tribe’s wrongdoing. He’s promised her a story about Whistling River Casino preying on gambling addicts, but what he’s delivered so far is a combination of readily available information, creepy self-recordings, and enough Cornell name-dropping to satisfy Andy Bernard. Most of the action belongs to Fielder’s Asher, who still hasn’t managed to get Monica to squash the brand-compromising interview he gave last week.

Without word from HGTV about whether Flipanthropy is getting picked up, “Pressure’s Looking Good So Far” sees our central trio at loose ends. I did not intend to leave myself any loopholes, and yet this week, in Bill’s casino office, I instinctively muted my computer when the Gatorade showers began. I would take the excruciating awkwardness of every Nathan Fielder choreographed moment like a pro. After letting myself down viewing The Rehearsal and Nathan for You, I made a promise to myself: No pressing pause for the duration of this series. We are, so far, a slight contingent (a subset of the people who subscribe to Showtime - already a select group), but what we lack in numbers we make up for in cringe endurance. Photo: Richard Foreman Jr./A24/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME

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