It was a great talk! I left fired up!

Absolutely beyond parody

Can someone more talented than myself add the Curb Your Enthusiasm music to that zoom on Nico?

Either way, an ass is involved

True, but there’s also the empathy factor- having empathic abilities should be a weakness in that context, and it certainly causes problems for Lauren, but I think it’s also her secret weapon. It forces her to make connections in a dog-eat-dog environment.