Meet Ashley O, a disillusioned pop star played by real-life pop starMiley Cyrus.
She has a super controlling aunt-manager (auntager?
(Beebois not shaking.)
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When Ashley Too is announced, Rachel asks her dad to get her one for her birthday.
Jack prefers the Pixies and is contemptuous of Ashleys empowering pop music.
The eerie pauses Ashley Too takes to processes Rachels words before responding are definitely unnerving.
Alas, the show never actually does anything substantial with this element.
Jack isnt the only one who bristles at both Ashley Os image and her new doll.
The pop singer herself is also visibly uncomfortable by it all.
One night, she wakes up and starts writing a song about the prison of her image.
See the animal in the cage youve built/Are you sure what side youre on?
Her auntager Catherine (Susan Pourfar) overhears this barebones song and notes that its kind of a departure.
And this departure scares her because its obtuse bullst and wont sell.
They realize that upping the dosage of her medicine isnt enough.
Meanwhile, Rachels friendship with Ashley Too continues to grow.
That idea disgusts Jack, who proceeds to steal Ashley Too and hide her in the attic.
The sisters accidentally remove the dolls limiter, which allows all of Ashleys personality to come through.
Ill admit, I loved Cyrus snarky performance as Ashley Too.
It was funny and probably the best thing about this sleepy episode.
From there, things become all about plot.
Ashley Too leads Rachel and Jack on an adventure to wake up the real Ashley and expose Catherines plans.
And the episode does absolutely nothing with this!
It never comes up again.
Luckily, though, Ashley Too just ends up waking the real Ashley up.
From there, the women and the A.I.
Anyway, Rachel, Jack, and Ashley arrive in time to foil her evil plan.
