Ari wanted to be a good mom, if she was a mom. She knows she'd ultimately be the 'cool mom' while poor Josh was being stuck with being the disciplinarian. And part of her honestly does want to give parenthood a real shot. But not to the point where she's afraid she'll fuck it up. As for comedy, she'd studied her heroes for years. Belushi, Pryor, Radner, Tomlin, Silverman, Cho, Schumer.

She wanted to think with all confidence that she belonged in that rank, but it was harder and harder to convince herself that she did after so long doing whatever open mic night would have her with no real results.

"Oh, I'm dedicated. Except for the six months when I kinda sold out and did corporate improv. The salary was great, but it involved selling my soul and it turns out, I liked my soul."

"There's an entire school devoted to fighting? I can't decide if I'm surprised or not surprised at all."