Purposefully cringeworthy moments are aplenty as Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman) takes centre stage in Smash. Writers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky provide dialogue that is amusing as Tricia Brock and the writing team behind Smash take the show into fresh territory.

As last week’s episode of Smash looked at developing relationships, this week takes a look at the failing elements of the professional and personal lives of several characters. In some way or another, most of the characters deal with some form of rejection throughout the episode.