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Alongside evidence of a tween crush on David Schwimmer and the remnants of ill-advised dreadlocks, they also discover a vintage JonBenét Ramsey Beanie Baby and an envelope full of money that Abbi had raised for a classmate named Alice Ackerman, who was hit by a bus. Abbi’s dad - TONY DANZA! ABBI’S DAD IS TONY DANZA! - is planning to turn her childhood bedroom into an infrared sauna, so Abbi and Ilana trek out to gather up her belongings. The same way it’s fun to see how Ilana is entirely the product of her mother, it would have been nice to see how a childhood spent growing up “west of Philadelphia” turned Abbi into Abbi.īut I digress. It’s a particular sort of experience, which can only happen when you’re not far enough removed from your childhood to be entirely different from who you once were. What makes a hometown visit special is a hyperspecific type of regression. But a lot of the events within the episode could have been transposed to New York it doesn’t feel all that different. Yes, the trip to Philadelphia is plenty fun. While these details hint at a lingering fear - Abbi worries that she wasn’t a good person when she was younger - the story line doesn’t really find ways to explore and exploit this insecurity. “Philadelphia” takes place in Abbi’s hometown, introduces us to her dad, and gives us further insight into her shameful past as a jam-band devotee.

Nevertheless, it seems odd that this episode doesn’t come with higher stakes for Abbi as a character. Though Abbi and Ilana live within ever-changing circumstances - they are, after all, the platonic ideal of early twentysomethings - Broad City isn’t too interested in having its characters change, and I’m just fine with that. Can someone please give Broad City’s casting director a raise? That said, the episode does reveal that Abbi’s dad is Tony Danza, so it’s tough to complain too much. There’s plenty to enjoy in “Philadelphia,” but as I watched, I found myself wishing for what it could have been.

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