Episode
Pretend It's a City: Board of Estimate
Overview
It's a living: Fran hates money but loves things, so she must work — though she prefers to read. Winning the lottery may be her only other option.
Details
- Series
- Pretend It's a City
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2021-01-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Board of Estimate is Episode 4 in Limited Series of Pretend It's a City. It aired on 2021-01-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 3: Metropolitan Transit
Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.
Episode 5: Department of Sports & Health
Knowing that some are annoyed that she's still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse to her.
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