Kimmy Goes Outside!
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| "Kimmy Goes Outside!" | |
|---|---|
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Tristram Shapeero |
| Teleplay by | Tina Fey Robert Carlock |
| Featured music | |
| Cinematography by | John Inwood |
| Editing by | Ken Eluto |
| Production code | 101[1] |
| Original air date | March 6, 2015 |
| Running time | 24 mins |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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"Kimmy Goes Outside!" is the first episode of the first season of the American streaming television sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The episode premiered in the United States on Netflix on March 6, 2015. The show's teleplay was written by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, who are the creators of the series. "Kimmy Goes Outside!" was directed by Tristram Shapeero.
In this episode, Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) and three other women are released from an underground bunker where they had been held captive by Reverend Wayne Gary Wayne (Jon Hamm). Kimmy decides to start her life over in New York City and she becomes roommates with aspiring actor Titus Andromedon (Titus Burgess). She also befriends Titus' landlady Lillian Kaushtupper (Carol Kane) and gets a job working as a nanny for rich socialite Jaqueline Voorhees (Jane Krakowski).
Plot[edit]
After being held captive for fifteen years, Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper), Gretchen Chalker (Lauren Adams), Cyndee Pokorny (Sara Chase), and Donna Maria Nunez (Sol Miranda) are rescued from an underground bunker run by Reverend Wayne Gary Wayne (Jon Hamm). After an interview on The TODAY Show in which Kimmy is asked what her plans are, she decides to start a new life in New York City under the name "Kimmy Smith." As a parting gift, Cyndee gives her part of the money the four women had collected from the "Mole Women Fund." While wandering the city, she sees a boy, Buckley Voorhees (Tanner Flood), stealing candy from a kiosk and she catches him. After she returns the stolen candy, she sees an ad on a billboard for a room she can rent in East Dogmouth. She meets the landlady Lillian Kaushtupper (Carol Kane) and Titus Andromedon (Titus Burgess), who would be her roommate. However, Titus turns her down because she does not have a job. Lilian tells her to find a job and then to come back.
Kimmy goes into a candy store to apply for a job and sees Buckley stealing again. She follows him home to reprimand him and meets his mother, Jaqueline Voorhees (Jane Krakowski). Jaqueline hires Kimmy as a nanny and Kimmy meets Buckley's tutor, Charles (Andy Ridings). Kimmy returns to the room for rent and Titus allows her to stay, mostly so she can pay for his expenses. Titus and Kimmy decide to go dancing at a club to celebrate but Kimmy's backpack, containing her $13,000 from the "Mole Women Fund," and she walks home in despair. She oversleeps and misses her first day working for Jaqueline, which promptly gets her fired. Kimmy reveals to Titus who she truly is and he advises her to leave New York and go back to her hometown Durnsville, Indiana. She packs up her belongings and goes to a gas station to buy supplies when she has a flashback to a moment in the bunker. She remembers a moment when she found a living rat in the air filter and she stood up to the reverend. This encourages her to remain in New York, get her job back, and kiss a boy at some point. She finds Titus handing flyers out in Times Square in a knock-off Iron Man costume as a way to make money. She tells him to live out his dream of playing Rafiki in The Lion King on Broadway and they sing "The Circle of Life," though their voices are overpowered by the sounds of traffic.
Production[edit]
Conception[edit]
The show was created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock when NBC executives asked them to develop a show for Ellie Kemper.[2] Fey stated that they found an "innocence" about Kemper's face, but also noted there was a "strength" to it.[3] One idea was for the show to center on Kemper's character waking up from a coma, but this idea was abandoned in favor of the cult-survivor storyline.[4] The show was initially under development for NBC under the title Tooken.[5] However, this was later changed to the current title.[6] Eventually, NBC sold the series to Netflix.[7] Fey has stated that this was in part due to NBC "not feeling confident about watching comedies". Prior to the network switch, NBC planned to air the series as either a mid-season replacement or as a summer series.[3] The show was sold to Netflix and originally given a two-season order.[8]
Casting[edit]
Casting announcements for the remaining roles were held in March 2014, with Tituss Burgess cast as the role of Titus Andromedon.[9] Also cast was Carol Kane as Lillian Kaushtupper.[10] Shortly afterwards, Sara Chase and Lauren Adams joined the series as Cyndee Pokorny and Gretchen Chalker, respectively.[11] Jane Krakowski was later cast in the role of Jacqueline Voorhees. Megan Dodds was originally cast before she was replaced with Krakowski.[12]
Reception[edit]
Robert Ham of Paste Magazine said "And with a smaller cast than their previous sitcom, Fey and Carlock can zero in on each character. Inspired by Kimmy’s spirited enthusiasm, Titus starts re-asserting himself toward a goal of being a stage star, while also staging a revolt of the various Times Square performers against the company that rented them their off-brand costumes. We also get to see more fully the desperation behind the actions of Jaqueline, as she throws herself at the mercy of a dermo-gynecologist to be ready for the return of her absentee husband. There’s some actual tenderness in the eyes of Krakowski and she opens up to Kimmy about her fears that she’s lost him."[13]
AV Club noted that "Now, abducting women and holding them captive doesn’t really sound like the stuff of a comedy, but that’s what makes the Kimmy Schmidt pilot such a surprise. It’s a relentlessly upbeat sitcom that also has a lot of smart stuff to say about the way we treat people we perceive to be victims, surviving, and reclaiming your identity. The trauma experienced by these women is never mocked. Instead, it informs the characters in believable and powerful ways. The pilot immediately, directly, and repeatedly challenges the notion that Kimmy is a victim"..."Kimmy Goes Outside!” does everything a comedy pilot should, setting a clear tone for the series and also letting us get to know its main characters quite intimately in a short amount of time. The conversation between Titus and Kimmy about his past in Mississippi contains a lot of exposition, but you hardly notice it because of Burgess and Kemper's comedic chemistry."[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Shows A–Z – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tina Fey & Robert Carlock On Netflix And Their Modern Princess Tale". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 D'Alessandro, Anthony. "'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tina Fey & Robert Carlock On Netflix And Their Modern Princess Tale". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tina Fey & Robert Carlock On Netflix And Their Modern Princess Tale". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 1, 2014). "'30 Rock's Tituss Burgess Joins Tina Fey & Robert Carlock's NBC Series 'Tooken'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gray, Ellen (March 5, 2015). "'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' an escape-from-cult comedy". Philly.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Development Update: Wednesday, March 19". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. April 5, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Reed, Kayla (May 12, 2014). "Jane Krakowski joining Tina Fey's New NBC Sitcom". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 1, 2014). "'30 Rock's Tituss Burgess Joins Tina Fey & Robert Carlock's NBC Series 'Tooken'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gray, Ellen (March 5, 2015). "'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' an escape-from-cult comedy". Philly.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Development Update: Wednesday, March 19". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. April 5, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Reed, Kayla (May 12, 2014). "Jane Krakowski joining Tina Fey's New NBC Sitcom". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Review: "Kimmy Goes Outside!"/"Kimmy Gets A Job!"". pastemagazine.com. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- ↑ "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: "Kimmy Goes Outside!"". TV Club. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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