EPISODE

1. Kimmy Goes Outside!

Imprisoned by a cult leader as a teenager, Midwesterner Kimmy is freed after 15 years. The first thing she decides to do is move to New York.

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Kimmy Schmidt ( Ellie Kemper ) has been held captive in an underground bunker in Indiana for the past 15 years by a Reverend who told her and three other women that the Earth was destroyed in an apocalypse. The women are rescued and are dubbed 'The Mole Women' by the press. The Women travel to New York City to be interviewed by Matt Lauer. Unwilling to be viewed as a victim, Kimmy decides that she wants to stay in New York City and rebuild her life. She is given $13,000 in cash from the "mole fund" and begins to explore the city. On her first day in the city, she looks for a roommate, which she finds in broke aspiring actor/singer Titus Andromedon ( Tituss Burgess ), who tells her that she must get a job first to pay the back-rent he owes his street-wise landlady Lillian ( Carol Kane ). Kimmy gets a new job when she mistakes wealthy socialite Jacqueline Voorhees ( Jane Krakowski ) for being a captive in her luxurious home, and is hired as her son Buckley's new nanny. Titus and Kimmy go to a nightclub to celebrate, but Kimmy's cash is stolen. The following morning, she shows up for her first day two hours late and is fired. After finding that she has nothing left and being told to return to Indiana by Titus, she remembers how she survived with the Reverend for fifteen years and decides to stay in New York City to rebuild her life and help Titus achieve his dreams of stardom.

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