Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn one of the only times anyone’s told Molly (Maya Rudolph) the hard truth in the decades since her husband (Adam Scott) became a billionaire, she’s stuck in a private jet hangar somewhere in the middle of Oklahoma.
Having just tried essentially to airlift the staff of her foundation, which she only realized existed after very messy public divorce, to Miami for the weekend, Molly’s forced to face the fact that she’s been living in a completely different reality from 99.9% of the rest of the world.“Your life is different from everyone else’s here.
It’s completely frictionless!” explains Sofia (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez), her perpetually unimpressed foundation director. “Anything you want to happen, happens.” Our lives are filled with friction … You can’t just pack us up and move us around like we’re luggage.” This crucial scene marks a turning point for Molly, who then recommits herself to using the $87 billion she won in the divorce to enact real good.
But it’s also a bit of a neat encapsulation of “Loot,” Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard’s new Apple TV+ comedy about Molly’s attempts to remember what life was like before her personality got buried underneath jaw-dropping piles of money.
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