Warning: This article contains spoilers about season 2 ofThe Politician.
When Payton goes to watch her debate (moderated byJake Tapperas himself because why the hell not?
), she shocks the audience by announcing her key platform: California should secede from the union.
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The platform is what carries her to a landslide victory.
To live in his NYU dorm.
He becomes a double agent, also working for the Standish campaign.
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What makes it particularly delicious is that the bugs are hidden in iconic Chinese Lucky Cat clocks.
By the time she does it, William has moved on to Hadassah.
And William has to feign still being a part of the throuple for political reasons.
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But it’s no political act.
Not to mention, he’s still married – to a woman in a coma.
We love the environment too, but this seems a bit intense.
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Sadly, their production ofGuys and Dollswas canceled because Miss Adelaide shanked Nathan Detroit.
Jesus, Payton is virile.
Never mind the fact that River (David Corenswet) is still his one true love.
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But Astrid makes the choice that’s right for her.
Kudos to Astrid for making the choice that was right for her.
And to Alice for being a support system while she made this difficult decision.
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Until she steals a ballot box from a precinct full of old people she assumes are voting for Dede.
Election fraud, it’s timely, I guess?
Somehow we feel like, if there’s another season, this will come back to bite him.
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The election ends in a tie – and the tie-breaker is rock, paper, scissors
That’s it.
That’s the bullet point.
Stephen Schwartz and Stephen Schwartz alone won this election.
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In this timeline, Georgina has won the presidency.
Can we consciously uncouple from this plotline?
Dede is her Vice President, but that’s not all.
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Dede will run after Georgina finishes her term – and she wants Payton to be her VP.
Will he say yes?
Well, probably, but we’ll have to wait for season 3 to find out.
