I can't recall which epsiodes were in which season, but it's all been of a consistently high quality as far as I'm concerned.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
the 3 "Late Show" eps were my favorites yet
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
first ep was p great, second one w the rich model sort of petered out
― stadow shevens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like the same types of gags are circulating over and over--quirky weird authority figure (Lynch/Grodin), sluts-and-nuts scoring-above-my-level, etc....
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I felt that way about the rich model storyline as it was unfolding, but the resolution and scene with the lawyer were pretty hilarious. Loved Seinfeld being an utter dick to Louie as well.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
Has he been in it before? Can't remember.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
yeah. Seinfeld was p great
― stadow shevens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Yeah not a ton of laughs in these first two. Scenes with the kids are great (loved the "carry my backpack" bit), but the manic pixie model stuff was kinda pointless, and not really funny. Maybe he should REALLY embrace the zero continuity aspect of the show and destroy his life in a different way for each episode...
― schwantz, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
he should die at the end of every episode
― stadow shevens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
/become destitute/end up in a Turkish prison etc. etc.
― schwantz, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
ether drift louie
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
I did like some of the touches in this one...at the cafe with Tom Papa with all the zombie-like teenagers on their phones in the background - it would seem very cliche and kinda dumb if he focused on it more, but as a background detail it was neat.
i love how rather than getting up in arms about it, louis kindly helped to herd the teenager absorbed in his cell phone around his chair so he would not hurt himself. it's like he takes their zombie-ness as a given, and just works with it.
― espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
This last one, ep 2 The Benefit, is some masterful shit. I loved the ending.
― calstars, Friday, 9 May 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
idk I was bored as shit by that episode
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 May 2014 03:55 (ten years ago) link
but "chickens are dumb"
― Number None, Friday, 9 May 2014 08:02 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IFSUyiJ.png
― 龜, Friday, 9 May 2014 08:04 (ten years ago) link
UUUGHHNNN this show is so fucking good
― schlump, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Did not like the rich model episode. Have not seen the "fat girl" one that Lefsetz is raving about as being brilliant, in his email/blog thing.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
"fat girl" one is less than brilliant but its good, the diffused end particularly
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
Opinion seems to be split on last night's. Some people are all "yes, Louie, yes!" and others are all "thanks, white MAN for hijacking a woman's platform you jerkface!"
I haven't watched it, but I already know both sides have a point.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
i didn't like that one mostly b/c i don't like when louis works in character monologues to get across a moral/ideological/cultural point. it always feels super clumsy to me whether or not i agree with the content.
― Clay, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Like to think Louie was throwing some material out to give the thinkpieceratti something to do before season finales started coming thick and fast.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
thought the second elevator episode was more entertaining actually. was the russian girl from Stranger Than Paradise?
― Darin, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
oh wow!, it was
― schlump, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
liked both of these. Vanessa's extended rant/monologue was good and definitely novel otoh it seemed to go on forever. Elevator bit was great. Subway bit was also great. That was yet another actress as his ex-wife right? Funny that he's carrying on the (unacknowledged) interracial conceit. Would be funny if he brought back Vanessa for another episode but had her played by a skinny actress.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
It was the same actress...
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
huh for some reason I thought someone else played her in that episode where he went to Miami
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
didn't enjoy being lectured by a fat chick
― calstars, Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
i think several women have played his ex-wife (over the course of the whole show) but the same woman has been playing her for a while.
― espring (amateurist), Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:29 (ten years ago) link
naw
― schlump, Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
"didn't enjoy being lectured by a fat chick"
Am I missing out on something here? or are you just a pathetic little prick?
― xelab, Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:04 (ten years ago) link
The former
― calstars, Thursday, 15 May 2014 07:23 (ten years ago) link
I thought both were really good
I like that he's comfortable pairing two discrete ideas into a single episode, it's like an Animaniacs cartoon or something
― 龜, Thursday, 15 May 2014 10:11 (ten years ago) link
otoh it seemed to go on forever.
This was definitely by design - the single take, the floating camera really situates you in Louie's discomfiture
Also when she nearly breaks the fourth wall, when she goes "imagine somebody over there saw us two right now" and points at the camera
― 龜, Thursday, 15 May 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
I loved that during the whole thing a constant stream of a hundred joggers is passing by.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 15 May 2014 11:03 (ten years ago) link
Yes both in the scene by the water and in the subway I was very conscious of the other people around and the camera, which seemed to pan nimbly at moments when the extras could have been in the sh. I guess those were extras? Or the general public?
― calstars, Thursday, 15 May 2014 13:22 (ten years ago) link
He's a good director, the subway scene was actually very tense.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 15 May 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Yeah also losing your child in public is I think every parents nightmare but I don't know if it's treated a lot in media
Like the only comparison I have is minority report
― 龜, Thursday, 15 May 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
heavy rain
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 May 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
this reminded me of the scene in that Jeff Bridges country-singer movie where he stops into a bar for a drink and his granddaughter (?) wanders away.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 May 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
did appreciate the disembodied hand on her shoulder/voice asking her if she's lost
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 May 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
― 龜, Thursday, May 15, 2014 8:39 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this scene made me so anxious, yikes
― espring (amateurist), Thursday, 15 May 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
and i don't even have a kid
― espring (amateurist), Thursday, 15 May 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
― Mordy, Friday, May 16, 2014 2:06 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
Plot device was very effectively deployed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og
― 龜, Friday, 16 May 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
wtf is that
― display name changed. (amateurist), Friday, 16 May 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
Here's the scene Mordy was talking about fwiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfSGyiqis1c
― polyphonic, Friday, 16 May 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
creepy as f
― calstars, Friday, 16 May 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
i don't understand; is some gamer "playing" that character?
i haven't played a video game in 15 years, I have no idea what is happening there.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Friday, 16 May 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
what does it mean when the ghosts are blinking
― j., Friday, 16 May 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Man, didn't know Michael Haneke made video games.
― That's So (Eazy), Friday, 16 May 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link