Vice Principals with Danny McBride and Walton Goggins

If anything I find the ex/daughter subplot a little distracting, but I guess it goes towards his motivations and whatnot.

Goggins is hilarious. Ive never seen him in anything before.

I've started up on Justified. Goggins reminds me a bit of Bruce Dern. Similar build, intensity and both have those crazy eyes.

Oh the spit bust wow

Also can we take a moment to acknowledge the awesomeness of Ray?

goggins in the hospital doing the unnecessary 360 and then shoving a clown was legit incredible

this has been weirdly all over the place tbh

Also can we take a moment to acknowledge the awesomeness of Ray?

― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Monday, August 29, 2016 2:46 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES

happy that this show has gotten better since the bitter arguments itt circa ep 2

tbh I was offended that Gamby wooed Miss Snodgrass

it's definitely gotten a lot funnier (or im more receptive the the humor) lately. the "guess the occupation" scene was really funny. and the deadpan "I'm high as a motherfucker."

still find this fucking terrible but tbh it's become a hate watch.

high point was the first 25 minutes of the episode with the shitty neighbor, felt like a good look into the brain of goggins, but the knucks save kinda defeated the purpose?

No that's the whole point, McBride had to brass knuckles the workout metal dude because Goggins, though evil, is too chicken to do face-to-face confrontations, he can only do weaselly backstabbing stuff (spiking the kool-aid with lsd, spitting in Brown's coffee--btw: deepest body squirm at when she catches him doing this after his plan to pit the union/school-board against here goes off without a hitch) and goad McBride into confrontations. crucial dynamic

a iago/othello dynamic

yup

i guess i just wish that the neighbor was a problem for more thna half an hour is all i am saying

Snodgrass falling for Gamby ruined this show.

i mean not that it was that good before.. but CMON ONNNNNN

I'm sure the rest of the series is going to be about their successful relationship

maybe, but it also feels (so far) that she's using him as a way to prop up her own ego after getting rejected by that other teacher, right?

xp!

STILL

it's fitting that woke chaki ambivalent this show cuz its sense of humor reminds so much of that of old chaki

One of the show's emerging threads is the study of unexamined white privilege, and it works great when it's implicating McBride and Goggins' assumption of Brown's incompetence. But I find the racial stuff embarrassing w/ the handling of Goggins' wife (manipulative Asian woman w/ draconian mother?) and also in the expression of the Brown family dynamic in the "Teacher Work Day" episode. In that case, the family roles are a little broad/stereotyped for my comfort, even if they aren't outright racist/ignorant.

On another tip, I think there's a lot more the show could do to annihilate the teaching profession, and skewer pretensions of public education. In "Eastbound and Down" I always liked the parts that were about actually baseball –– and professional sports –– as much as the interpersonal dynamics between Kenny and Stevie or whoever. But VP's school setting is really underused –- and the escalation of Brown's conflict w/ the crotchety old hippy teacher is interesting (so far).

manipulative Asian woman w/ draconian mother

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they get fleshed out in interesting ways in future episodes tbh, seems to be the strategy of this show so far with supporting characters

THERES LIKE 2 EPISODES LEFT

this shit aint getting renewed

there's 18 total planned iirc, idk why hbo wouldn't just let it ride

they already shot all of the episodes

OH MY BAD LOL i thought i saw a one of those ONLY TWO EPS LEFT things on hbo

Yeah this is a 2 seasons and done thing

I hope, Οὖτις, that Russell family life gets explored. It would be worthwhile, 'cuz there's a potentially funny setup there. Also wondered if in response to the weightlifter's knuckling he was going to try to revenge himself somehow.

this show is fucking good

Loved the use of Rachel Zeffira's music in the hospital scene.

huh, so

im not sure the show ever really got better but somehow i enjoyed this more and more as it went along. really curious to see where the rest of it goes, at least!

yea i laughed a lot @ this last ep, plot feels m/l incidental to me in a way but id really like to see more still

not sure how you do a second season after that ending

In an era of dark comedies, this is pretty bleak. I know who I think was behind the mask.

Behind the mask? my guesses: Mrs. Russell, Gamby's daughter, a cabal of women (secretary, Snodgrass), the jilted ex–, the theatre teacher?

Crazy neighbor guy?

wau @ finale. I think it's safe to say at this point that fears expressed upthread about how this was all about reveling in two lame white guys humiliating a black woman were very wide of the mark. I mean, she definitely gets humiliated but the payback and the consequences of what they've done are p extreme. "I'm not sure the show ever really got better but somehow I enjoyed this more and more as it went along" mirrors my own experience. This is an incredibly dark and painfully funny show, it's crazy the way they tread such a fine line between the two. All of the main characters are p nuanced - it's brutal about their failings but also sympathetic about their respective issues, I can't really think of anything else like it. It feels like much more of an ensemble show in that respect than Eastbound and Down, which was p much just solely focused on the buffoonery of Kenny Powers.

Those last 2 eps... D: and I did *not* see that ending coming.

The too-obv masked person is Russell, but it wont be him I guess. Or more, I'd be disappointed if it was him, as thats too easy.

But yikes. the takedown scene at the rail tracks was hard to watch. I hated them all so much.

why would Russell blow up his own car

misdirection

that's some pretty expensive misdirection

he burned down a woman's house for this job, man.

that dude dont care!

he just doesn't seem like the kind of guy who can afford to blow up his own car, is what I'm saying

as far as not seeing the ending coming - I was waiting most of the episode for the other shoe to drop, there was no way they were just going to get away with everything unscathed, although I was definitely surprised by the form the payback took.

this show is based in cartoon world land i dont think finances enter the picture