"The Black Rabbit was never Jake Friedken's dream, but it ended up seducing him anyway. An older brother's demands will do that. Black Rabbit's second episode trades the introductory flash forward for a classic flashback, set in motion by a slightly less unkempt Vince, now sporting a mullet and handlebar mustache in place of his twitchy Manson look from the present timeline. "Restaurants are the nightclubs for adults," he tells a befuddled Jake. Funny, I thought nightclubs were the nightclubs for adults, but I get the vision here."
"Cut back to the present, where Jake has brought his absent older brother's dream to fruition. The gang is toasting to their glowing New York Times review, coining the Black Rabbit as the hottest night spot in town, recalling "the decadent court of Mick Jagger and his jesters." Sort of a boomer-ish reference for like a 2011 sneaker-ad-lookin-ass joint owned by a failed 50-year-old Gen-X musician. Then again, it's exactly the kind of missive Vince would have dreamed of when he first hatched the scheme for this place."
Jake Friedken reluctantly joins his older brother Vince in turning a risky restaurant-nightclub concept, the Black Rabbit, into reality. A flashback shows Vince's charm and vision—mullet, handlebar mustache, and talk of VIP rooms—seducing Jake into leaving his manager job for a precarious venture. The present timeline shows Jake delivering on Vince's dream: a celebrated, stylish hotspot praised in the New York Times and compared to the decadent court of Mick Jagger. Performances convey corrupted interiority beneath surface miscasting. The success carries boomer-ish affectations and suggests inevitable turmoil as Jake prepares to expand with a new Pool Room venture.
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