I didn't get a wink of sleep last night. It wasn't for any particular reason, like I was worried about how America would do in javelin during the Olympics, other than I simply couldn't fall asleep. I wasn't doing myself any favors, either, when I watched last night's Louie around 2 a.m. That's not something I'd recommend, especially when it's an episode like part two of "Daddy's Girlfriend," which was as surprising and uncomfortable as it was tender and fantastic. At the time, I remember thinking if what I was seeing was "real," particularly during the walking scene that's shot in such a lonesome way that you only see one person at a time on-screen, and not just some lack-of-sleep dream that had our hero, the Fatty to Parker Posey's No Tits (who delivered an Emmy-worthy performance), put on a sparkly dress and take a snake-cursed homeless person to a motel. That actually happened — and "Daddy's Girlfriend," which ended with a brilliant rooftop scene that shows just how mentally ill "Liz" is, is one of the strongest two-part episodes of any recent show that comes to mind.
No bullet points this week. Straight to the soul crushing.
I'm not including this as a soul-crushing moment, but seriously: ???
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I just can’t believe Jerry from Three O’Clock High ended up homeless.
I guess Buddy Revell fucked him up worse than it looked.
So…is that it? Is she gone? I postulated that once she told him her real name, that she was done with him because in her mind, the illusion was shattered.
I didn’t get it. She was nuts, he seemed to like her more the more nuts she got. For a comedy, there wasn’t really a payoff.
And how comes there’s no Wilfred love here? That show is very funny and is more reliable in the “lol” moments.
BEAR!!!
I always thought it was the other way around. Whenever we’ve written about Wilfred, we’re usually greeted with indifference. Happy to see that’s a wrong assumption. It’s been top-notch this season.
“Bear called me the the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my life. I am not a butt head, Bear”
That show is all sorts of fantastic.
poor guy maybe thought he was going to her apartment. he was putting up with all her shit, looking for the payoff, and it never happened.
Can I bring up a point up about Wilfred here? Is it just me, or has he gone from being a lovable rogue to being an out and out dick this season?
Yeah, it seems like the 1st season he was sorta helping Ryan work through his life. This season he is a dick that fucks everything up, but things always work out at the end.
I think he’s trying to get Ryan to be more honest with himself and with others. If that requires him to be a dick, so be it. It’s a means to an end.
I don’t think so. Wilfred’s had a harder time with himself. Ryan’s life has gotten more complicated with Jenna and Drew getting married, and the problems with his Job. Is any of this worse than Wilfred putting Ryan’s wallet in that drug dealer’s trash?
The reason why I love this show so much is the same reason I feel so uncomfortable watching it some weeks, it’s too damn real. I have known a few girls in my time that were exactly like Tape Recorder, free spirited loonies that you want to help but you can’t because they don’t want help because they feel like that they are normal.
Thanks Louie, thank you for the uncomfortable reality that is your show.
agreed. this week’s episode was eerily life like
Manic/Depressive Pixie Dream Girl
I watch Louie, and it’s pretty good at times, but I think you exaggerate how awesome it is. It’s a nice little show.
I think people around these parts like it because it’s so different from (just about) everything else on TV these days That in itself doesn’t make it good, and I think you’re probably right…but it’s nice to see a “sitcom” that isn’t all fart jokes.
Meh, thats probably the worst episode of Louie that’s been done so far. Really wasn’t enjoying it.
Louie is literally the only show on television where I thought that girl might actually jump/fall off the roof.
Plus Louie is more of a dramady than a straight up sitcom