"I get off in 20 minutes."
If I were a father, for an actual human being and not just some lousy house plant, I'd constantly be worried about two things, especially if my kid was a girl: that she'd run away and that she'd end up reminiscent of Chloë Sevigny's character in "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes."
Like Parker Posey's Liz, who so memorably shook up Louie's life in "Daddy's Girlfriend," Sevigny played a Brooklyn book clerk who probably listens to ukulele tribute albums; in fact, she took Liz's job. But unlike Liz, her character felt underwritten. The concept — a manic pixie-like obsessive who gets off to other people's romances, in every sense of the phrasing, but not her own, despite (or because of) the fact that's she married — was there, but that's all she was: an idea. Or, more to the point, just a cuckoo crazy nutjob (though I did like how Louie captured the idea of falling for someone, and then meeting someone similar to your infatuation, but not feeling the same way about them). I don't think Sevigny played her wrong; there just wasn't much to play with, except for, well, herself. Which is a shame because the second half of the episode, "Lilly Changes," was fantastic, full of season-defining moments, like Jane yelling in Slovenian and Louie flipping his kids off, smoking and using his laptop while on the toilet, and tipping the cop, to say nothing of the cab bit during the credits.
Despite my mixed feelings on the first half of the episode, there were a TON of soul-crushing moments in "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes," so in lieu of any bullet points, which would all be about how amazing Jane and Lilly are anyways, let's go straight to the pretty pictures. Maybe we can get some ice cream after.
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If someone could make a Parker Posey GIF of her saying “I Love You,” that would totally make my weekend…..my lonely, lonely weekend.
Well, at least you’re not spending your weekend at work…
*swoons*
The look on his face after Jane starts speaking Slovenian is priceless. You can just see how torn he is between the panic of his missing daughter and the sheer absurdity of his daughter yelling in a foreign language. Louis always puts himself down as an actor but that was gold.
I lol’ed the hardest at “LOOK AT ME!” both in the episode and on this slideshow. What can I say, sweet, sweet schadenfreude.
The scene on the carousel was fantastic. Just a Dad trying anything to cheer up his daughter, marvellous.
Part of me was hoping he would start pulling pony tails and berating those girls that were tormenting his daughter.
The bathroom; a fathers last place in the house for solace.
I was absolutely floored by that last scene, that last bit. some of the best fucking comedy I’ve ever heard, so well-written.
I think this was my favorite episode of the season so far. A few notes on it:
1. When there was a nudity warning before it started I laughed because Louie’s ass is funny in and of itself.
2. Louie trying to shh Sevingy’s character while she’s trying to orgasm was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.
3. This was the first episode in a while to use stand up. The last I episode I can remember that used it was the first Parker Posey episode.
… and I will never be getting into another cab.
Makes me wonder….
1. Why did they blip out Sevingy’s line, “like plankton to a f…ing whale”? The entire show’s full of four letter words – or does it just seem that way…
2. Has there been an overall drop in responses to women listing Brooklyn as their place of residence on dating services? (I’d certainly think twice….
I don’t think they ever allow “fuck”, but I’m pretty sure they allow shit, on both this and other FX shows. Oddly, I thought they bleeped a shit earlier in the episode.
Ah yes, another example of that hazy gray dotted line drawn in the sand that the FCC moves at will, depending on the network, time slot, show, subject matter, use of the word, and other nonsensical metrics.
I completely lost it when the daughter walked across the screen, ignoring the cops. Another sitcom would have showed her safe and sound in the closet.
Expressed many times on here how much I hated Parker Posey’s character and how tiresome and irritating the “crazy woman” routine has become. When she started masturbating in the coffee shop, I frustratingly exclaimed “oh for fucks sake!” because it was just another nutjob woman. I don’t care what it symbolises or what the themes are to it, it’s not nice to watch.
And you’re right on the second half, truly great. Really liked how they weren’t just “the kids” who talked the same, and were hard to distinguish, they were given personalities. Plus, just everything else about it was good.
That Leno appearance spoiled the better stand up bits this season. Then I remember this happened and all is right again.