When you're overweight, everyone around you looks picturesque. I used to be not quite morbidly obese, but definitely fat, and whenever I'd go swimming at a friend's house, I was that guy who refused to take his shirt off. My buddies won't notice how much I weigh if I keep my white t-shirt on, was my reasoning, one that I knew was full of flaws, but I still wanted to believe it. What other choice did I have? Lose the weight and get thin? Fat chance.
You take what you want out of every episode of Louie. In "Miami," there was a lot to take, such as 1) being a straight guy who just wants to hang out with another straight guy, 2) talking to your ex-wife about your new relationship, even if it's not what she's thinking, and 3) finding out new things about something you thought you knew everything about.
But it's the early portion of the episode that I found the strongest and the funniest. Then again, I haven't hung out with a ruggedly handsome lifeguard in some time, so that "I'm straight, not gay, but don't want to explicitly come out with that, so to speak, because we have social conventions that don't allow us, as men, to say things like that, for whatever reason" hasn't resonated lately. Being fat, though, that stays with you forever.
- Lifeguard is a really literal job title, isn't it?
- I want to chase chickens
- That ridiculously attractive girl had some nerve stealing a strawberry. But ridiculously attractive can do that.
- Louie's Miami is a lot better than Dexter's Miami.
- Always forget that C.K. is half-Mexican.
- The word "pantalones" is always funny.
- That moment where a friendship with someone new gets weird.
- The "making of" end credits clip was awesome.
- Line of the night: “I know it's not popular to say, but I hate balloons."
- Next time Louie hits Miami, here's hoping he bounces in the club where the heat is on.
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I really enjoyed last night’s Louie. I kept waiting for things to get weird, and of course they eventually did, but only a little, and not in a way that left my soul feeling crushed.
It was great, but I was hoping the second half would show the “fake” Miami as a contrast
How is Louie’s wife black but his kid’s white?
I’ve been wondering that as well. I’m guessing he just really liked that actress and thought she would be the best for the role, and just didn’t give a shit about the inconsistency
You might as well ask how Louie’s agent is a 12 year old in a terrible suit.
I think that may have been a reference to his very own red-headed fair skinned half-Mexicanism. Those two girls couldn’t be more blonde and white.
I think he had the actress who played his mother in flashbacks also come back as a love interest for current Louie also, so he doesn’t seem to give too many fucks about that kind of thing.
He’s said that he gives zero fucks about continuity.
Specifically in this case, he just thought the actress was perfect to tell him to get a real job.
The stand-up bit he did about how straight guys can’t say the word “wonderful” anymore w/o sounding gay was hilarious.
I thought it was fabulous.
That last scene at the bar was so painfully awkward I had to watch it in 30 second sections with long breaks in between. This show is amazing.
Whenever I am out of town on business for Dish, I have never thought about actually seeing the cities I visit in a more cultural way. Louie always makes me rethink everything. I guess there is always an awkward moment in a friendship where that new person seems weird, but Louie has taken it to the extreme and it was hilarious. I just watched it for the third time with my Dish Remote Access app on my phone and I still can’t stop laughing.