I know it wasn't ultimately Lane's first choice as a suicide method to hang himself, but that felt very public and personal in ways that the Jaguar method didn't. The failed first attempt seemed to play out partially for sardonic laffs but also for the ways that it emphasized the emptiness of what all of them had just forfeited for the sake of Jaguar (a theme driven home by Don's speeches throughout the episode). Hanging himself in the office ensured that those he was closest with would find him there and be forced to look at him, remove him, smell him (a really distressing detail...Joan's face when she can't open the door, but she sniffs the air...). Going out this way was, to my eyes, one of the most active, intentional, and fraught things Lane has done in the last few seasons, which were generally marked by his passivity.
As someone for whom Small Wonder is her avatar, this story hits me especially hard. But as Tiffany MIchelle Brissette once said, "Less is more," and by those standards, homeless Jerry Supiran is truly blessed.
Regarding #2, I wondered if it had to do with his somewhat sullied reputation as a patent troll. I thought his name sounded familiar (and not from a culinary context) and remembered that This American Life had done an entire show on what a horrible nightmare this guy has been for patent development and innovation. I'm assuming he's patented everything in his cookbook, so sorry, chefs, ya'll about to get sued.
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