Line #7 Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark


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2	'''[[Recap/CentralPark Index]]'''\
3	'''Season One''': [[Recap/CentralParkS1E1EpisodeOne 1]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E2SkatersCircle 2]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E3HatLuncheon 3]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E4GarbageBallet 4]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E5DogSprayAfternoon 5]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E6RivalBusker 6]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E7SquirrelInterrupted 7]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E8HotOven 8]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E9LiveItUpTonight 9]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS1E10AFishCalledSnakehead 10]]\
4	'''Season Two''': '''1''' \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E05DownToTheUnderwire 5]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E06TheShadow 6]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E07ADecentProposal 7]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E08SirBricksALot 8]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E09ABoatifulMind 9]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E10BeeIsForBrandenham 10]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E11ThePaigeriarchy 11]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E12CastleSweetCastle 12]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E13CelesteWeForget 13]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E14TheBalladOfJohnnieLee 14]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E15WhereTheresSmoke 15]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS2E16TheLyinInWinter 16]]\
5	'''Season Three''': [[Recap/CentralParkS3E01AStarIsOwen 1]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E02PaigesNextChapter 2]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E03IceIceNotBaby 3]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E04ATriptychDownMemoryLane 4]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E05GoldenOwenManagerDamager 5]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E06AMatterOfLifeAndBoeuf 6]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E07SlumberDogMollyAnAire 7]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E08LunarPalaver 8]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E09AKillerDeadline 9]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E10MoneyCandy 10]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E11ThePuffsGoPoof 11]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E12AHotDogToRemember 12]] \| [[Recap/CentralParkS3E13TheBrandenpireStrikesBack 13]] -]]]]]
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8	->'''Original release date:''' June 25, 2021
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10	->'''Written by:''' Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit\
11	'''Directed by:''' Mario D'Anna
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13	->''♫ Gimme, gimme, gimme reasons it's not you\
14	Who among us went and chose the witch way?\
15	Tell me, tell me, tell me what you say is true\
16	We gotta point the finger soon, but which way? ♫''
17	-->--'''"W(h)itch Way"'''
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19	During a tristate blackout, Bitsy and Helen are trapped in New Jersey where Bitsy' hotel rivals are trying to steal her infrastructure plans. Meanwhile, the Tillerman family try to pass the time by playing a board game based on the Salem Witch Trials and things get a little too serious.
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21	[[folder:Songs]]
22	* Middle of it All - Owen, Paige, Molly, Cole, & Birdie
23	-->'''Written by:''' Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel\
24	'''Performed by:''' Creator/LeslieOdomJr, Creator/KathrynHahn, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Creator/TitussBurgess, Creator/JoshGad\
25	'''Additional Vocals:''' Angelica Cox, Emily Goldstein, & Jessica Childress
26	* Weehawken - Helen
27	-->'''Written by:''' Supercommuter\
28	'''Performed by:''' Creator/DaveedDiggs
29	* Come Into the Darkness - Birdie
30	-->'''Written by:''' Tim Dacey, Steven Davis, & Kelvin Yu\
31	'''Performed by:''' Josh Gad\
32	'''Additional Vocals:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr
33	* W(h)itch Way - Owen, Paige, Molly, Cole, Birdie, Helen, Elwood, Leslie
34	-->'''Written by:''' Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel\
35	'''Performed by:''' Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Tituss Burgess, Josh Gad, Daveed Diggs, Rory O'Malley, & Thomas Lennon\
36	'''Additional Vocals:''' Angelica Cox, Emily Goldstein, & Jessica Childress
37	* In the Dark
38	-->'''Written by:''' Creator/JohnCameronMitchell\
39	'''Performed by:''' Jessica Childress
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42	!!Tropes:
43	* ActorAllusion: At one point in "Weehawken", Helen mentions that the Burr-Hamilton duel took place there. Helen is played by Creator/DaveedDiggs who originated the roles of Lafayette and Jefferson in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
44	* AnimationBump: "Weehawken" contains some of the most fluid animation in the series.
45	* ArtShift[=/=]DisneyAcidSequence: "Come Into the Darkness" has Birdie and his busker band portrayed in different colors with the backgrounds in black and white. At certain points, the camera zooms in to Birdie's mouth to reveal another Birdie, and another, and another, etc.
46	* BigBlackout: A blackout occurs in New York City and parts of New Jersey and Birdie sings a song about how people will take advantage of the blackout. During the blackout, the several hotel owners that Bitsy pissed off try to steal her plans while the Tillermans play a board game to pass the time but it gets out of hand.
47	* TheCameo: Glorious Gary, Dmitry, Augustus, Ashley, Shart, Esposito and Zoom Abromavich make silent cameos during the opening number.
48	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Elwood doesn't get that just because a blackout prevents them from using any item that runs on electricity doesn't mean the item is dead and he starts throwing out items such as a microwave, computers, and a fridge in the dumpster despite Owen telling him not to. When the power finally comes back, he realizes his mistake.
49	* CulturalTranslation: In the Italian dub of "Weehawken", during the part where Helen sung "And that lady who sang 'Love Shack'", they replaced Music/TheB52s "Love Shack" with The Trammps "Disco Inferno" for some reason. (The Trammps are actually from Philadelphia, not Jersey.)
50	* FictionalBoardGame: Paige has the family play a board game called "Salem WitchHunt", in which the players try to figure out which player is the witch. By accident, they had left the Witch card out and all the players got the "villager" card.
51	* ForkFencing: Leslie uses three fondue forks like claws to threaten Bitsy and Helen.
52	* HonorableMarriageProposal: During a flashback of the time Paige told lies, a lie that Paige told was to Molly when she said she and Owen got married and then they had her, but since it was a lie we know what really happened.
53	* IgnoredExpert: Despite Helen being a native of Weehawken, Bitsy ignores her advice on what direction they should take. This bites her in the butt when her competitors were able to get ahead of her when she tries to head towards the waterfront by following the sign instead of taking Helen's shortcut.
54	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At the end, when it looks like Bitsy does something unselfish and gives the development plans to one of her competitors in return for not harming Helen, Helen is shocked. Then Bitsy reveals that she hid the plans in her coat, meaning that she did not do anything unselfish at all. Helen even lampshades it.
55	-->'''Helen''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, good for you. You didn't do a nice thing.]]
56	* LocationSong: When Bitsy starts badmouthing Weehawken, Helen starts singing "Weehawken" about why it's so great to her.
57	* MusicalisInterruptus: Paige begins to sing a song about how great family is before the lights go out all over New York.
58	* NoYou: After Bitsy and Helen lose the hotel competitors by hiding in a dumpster, Bitsy tells Helen this place stinks. Helen points out they are in a dumpster, but Bitsy snaps back and tells her she's in a dumpster.
59	* PokeThePoodle: Leslie reveals during the blackout of '77 he did terrible things, and that thing was pooping in a trash can.
60	* PunBasedTitle: The song "W(h)itch Way" is said as the "witch way" and "which way".
61	* RunningGag: Every time Birdie pulls out a flashlight while he narrates, he keeps attracting moths and isn't sure if they're moths or baby bats, not realizing that they are the former.
62	* ShoutOut:
63	** After Helen runs off with Bitsy away from the hotel competitors, Leslie tells Bitsy to "[[Film/TheWarriors Come out and plaaaay]]".
64	** Leslie also holds three fondue forks that make her resemble [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger's clawed hand]].
65	* ShowWithinAShow: ''Gina Tracker: FBI'', a cop procedural parody that the Tillermans, and to an extent Birdie, are fans of.
66	* SpecialGuest:
67	** "Weehawken" is written by Supercommuter.
68	** "Come Into the Darkness" is written by Tim Dacey, Steven Davis, and Kelvin Yu.
69	** "In the Dark" is written by John Cameron Mitchell.
70	* TheStoolPigeon: During the game, as proof to back up his theory that Molly was a witch and liar, Cole reveals to their parents that she lied about only going to the concert with Brendan, and is instead also inviting over two friends, Clarissa and Ronnie, whom Owen and Paige knew brought booze at a party once. He does apologize in the end.
71	* TooDumbToLive: Despite Helen warning her it's a bad idea, Bitsy decides to brag and reveal her infrastructure plans to her competitors during the Hotel Owner Association meeting and then later insults them. When a blackout occurs, her competitors team up and use this moment to try to steal her plans (which she didn't make copies of).
72	* TotallyRadical: Portergrave dresses like a hipster despite looking in his 70s in order to attempt to youth culture.
73	* TrailersAlwaysLie: The official trailer made it seem like Bitsy was showing her plans to buy Central Park, but it turns out it was her infrastructure plan.
74	* UngratefulBastard: After Helen rescues Bitsy from her competitor and carried her all the way back to Manhattan, Bitsy never once thanks her.
75	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the named hotel owners, only Portergrave and Dory Sterling take part in the mob. Marriott J. Courtyard is only seen at the convention and disappears afterward.
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77	->''♫ In the dark, nobody knows your name\
78	In the dark, everything is fair game\
79	In the dark, nobody knows your face\
80	In the dark, you're in a state of grace\
81	Can't tell if you're a lad or a lass\
82	Ain't no working, middle, or upper class\
83	At last, pass gas with impunity\
84	Grant that ass immunity\
85	In the dark, nobody knows your name\
86	'Cause in the dark, you're in a state of grace ♫''

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