Not content to
merely work out the submerged marital issues between Max and Annie, the film sets up arcs for its other party guests: There's a
potential romance between dimwitted lothario Ryan (Billy Magnussen) and the British coworker (
Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan) he's platonically brought along to help him win, as well as a lovers» quarrel between Kevin (New Girl's Lamorne Morris) and Michelle (Kylie Bunbury) concerning a celebrity hookup.
The «hoax» argument is not
merely applied against a view that «
catastrophe» is certain; it is also applied against the view that ACO2 presents a
potential risk.