Why the hell did it say "to be continued" at the end? How was it different than any other episode (in terms of the level of cliffhanger)?Like the past two season openers, they made a 1-hour episode, but this time NBC cut it in half to debut the new Schur afterwards.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Sunday, 29 September 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
how to act if you don't believe the world is real?
this is a highly peculiar verbal construct. the fact that this question can be asked is no surety that it has any meaning at all, let alone any conceivable answer.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 September 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
see also a whole lot of other philosophical questions
― Simon H., Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
wait so would you believe... pizza is real?
― kinder, Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
Like the past two season openers, they made a 1-hour episode, but this time NBC cut it in half to debut the new Schur afterwards.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Sunday, September 29, 2019 11:48 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Oh. Well it seemed to wrapped up close to the same as any other episode so they didn't really have to bother imo.
― Evan, Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
Like the past two season openers, they made a 1-hour episode, but this time NBC cut it in half to debut the new Schur afterwards.that must be why it was so underwhelming
― times 牛肉麵 (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
I don't know, I thought it was great. Rampaging Simone is great and the boring lady was amazing top to bottom.
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 30 September 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
yeah, full of excellent moments, it just felt underwhelming for a season premiere.btw i have a full-blown crush on chris baker, which just goes onto the pile of crushes i have on the performers in this unfairly attractive show
― times 牛肉麵 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 30 September 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
like, if you are bi this show is properly unfair
― times 牛肉麵 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 30 September 2019 01:24 (four years ago) link
I was very glad the boring lady turned out to be a demon, as I was already worried about that (good) joke wearing thin over any more episodes
― Simon H., Monday, 30 September 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
I dunno; I’m not big on doing the reboot-cycle on Chidi for a third(or more) time
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 3 October 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
Not sure why, but I feel I’m going to be v disappointed in the series if this last season doesn’t have an emancipatory aspect to it. They’ve covered both moral development but also how an archaic & sclerotic moral system literally dooms everyone within it, and it feels like the final critical task to destroy the illegitimate system and liberate both themselves and humanity.
It seemed like they were giving hints about that at the end of the last season with the “No one is going to save you and fix things, Michael, you have to do it yourself” bits
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 3 October 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
Also how it is I’ve been watching this show for years and never twigged to the fact that Ted Danson’s character not shares both name and job as creator/architect as the show’s creator/showrunner?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 3 October 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
This sounds right.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 4 October 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
I made my cousin watch the first couple of episodes (s1) - did Chidi have his teeth fixed at some point? They look different!
― kinder, Sunday, 6 October 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed this episode - even if the shapelessness of this season is a mess.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 26 October 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
Yeah it feels like they knew how they wanted to wrap it up and could have done it in a couple of eps, but are having to stretch it out because they were commissioned by season.
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Saturday, 26 October 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
They requested one episode more than previous seasons
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Saturday, 26 October 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
Odd then that it feels like it's treading water.
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Saturday, 26 October 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
I feel like all the seasons have been shapeless since about halfway through the second season.
This year feels a lot *funnier* than last year though so I'm happy
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 26 October 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
Yeah I feel like the "let's roam around before the reveal of what this season is actually about" period is longer than usual.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 26 October 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
it’s still v funny but dramatically it’s gotten a little saccharine and a lot repetitive. how many more crises of confidence scenes can i take
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
also you couldn’t pay me to be interested in eleanor and chidi’s relationship
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
however i'm still enjoying myself so whatever
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
It seems like the funniest lines this season are almost all Jason and to some extent Derek, I feel they're kind of wasting actual funniest cast member Janet
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
treading water otm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
im not gonna complain. ted danson is an absolute gift. 72 and crushing every line.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
love ted danson as vicky
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
lmao @ the chip driver extracts
― imago, Monday, 11 November 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
i see lots of complaints about this season upthread already but i feel like this show lost the plot story-wise somewhere ... after season 2? i don't know exactly. but it's gotten so convoluted and based on special effects and moving from crazy place to crazy place. there's just too much going on now and it's too BIG in what it's trying to say. i still watch it for the LOLs and bc i keep hoping they'll get back on track. also how did they essentially take chidi out of the entire season and not tahani who actually sucks.
― na (NA), Monday, 18 November 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link
i feel like this show lost the plot story-wise somewhere ... after season 2?
correct
still really enjoyed the most recent two episodes of this season, it was nice to feel like there were stakes again
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 18 November 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
yeah this last season (and change) has mostly been a drag on the conceptual level
― Simon H., Monday, 18 November 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
yes and yes. it's out of gas but not so out of gas i'm not willing to give it about two or three more hours of my time.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 November 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
the jokes are still good, so that helps.
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 November 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
i am curious to see their answer to why humanity should continue if human society is unable to produce good people and only removing ppl from society and prodding them to be better by angelic consorts works
chassidis has good answers to this question imho fwiw first that to do good in this world (which includes the society into which we're born) is a very difficult task and so we should celebrate every act of good that is done even when compromised (if nothing else in the inevitable consent we all give to the status quo through participation in it) and second that the purpose of creation is to repair a flawed world and so you shouldn't worry about earning points in the world to come anyway the whole purpose of creation is to labor in this world. or in a general sense Rabbi Tarfon taught: "It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of perfecting the world], but you are not free to desist from it either" (Pirkai, Avos 2:16).
― Mordy, Monday, 18 November 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
what's the closest we have to a chassidic tv comedy iyo
― imago, Monday, 18 November 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
lol idk i'd have to think about it but my first impulse was to say neon genesis evangelion which def shares some themes and also prominently features a sefirah tree in its opening credits
https://evangelion.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_of_Life?file=Sephirot.png
― Mordy, Monday, 18 November 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
oops sorry if big
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/evangelion/images/d/db/Sephirot.png
― Mordy, Monday, 18 November 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
oh that's not a comedy tho (sometimes...)
― Mordy, Monday, 18 November 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
conveniently enough that is a show i have recently thought 'i should watch that' ty
― imago, Monday, 18 November 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
lj you should definitely watch eva
i feel like i've posted this before
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 18 November 2019 23:34 (four years ago) link
the funerals last week were great
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link
Very empire records I thought
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 02:43 (four years ago) link
Hoping the show becomes Universalist propaganda.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Tahani does not suck
― akm, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
she's a little one note
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
she's written that way
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
yes it's a criticism of the writing lol
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
looks like they are heading towards purgatory for everyone. kant would approve.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
only two episodes left, right?
― akm, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link