resolution, but there’s the slightest suggestion that this moment between them means a little more - like maybe they’re starting to understand each other a bit beyond their years-long rivalry. He mostly means just in the context of his Model U.N. Perhaps fueled a bit by alcohol, which Devi and Ben secure for an illicit hotel-room party with the other students after an initially botched heist with the Russian delegate, Ben proposes an alliance. group (it’s a blatant violation of the pact they made in sixth grade to split up all extracurriculars) - actually extends an olive branch in the episode, and she pretty much lights it on fire. Her nemesis, Ben Gross - who is at first appalled that she, at the last minute, joins the Model U.N. She acts selfishly and foolishly, and it makes for a compelling story, exposing the character’s biggest flaws. The best part of this episode of Never Have I Ever is that Devi is the worst part of it. Security Council devolves into World War III (this is also hyperrealistic). What started as a blatant but somewhat small-scale lie when her friends assumed she hooked up with Paxton and she never corrected them blooms into a schoolwide drama as swiftly as the Model U.N. overnight trip also provides the perfect setting for Devi to be confronted by the escalation of her lies. All of the details - from the outfits to the hotel setting to the secret meetings to thwarted attempts to “rebel” to the intense setting of the Security Council to the checked-out teacher chaperone who desperately wants to be cool - indicate that this was absolutely written by someone with an intimate knowledge of Model U.N., and the authenticity makes it all the funnier. story line that gets correct one of the dorkiest high-school activities there is. Just when I thought this show couldn’t speak more to me personally, it throws in a hilariously realistic Model U.N.
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