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Season four of Louie played like a Woody Allen film written by Louis C.K. It was a strange, melancholy romantic comedy, best represented by multi-episode arcs like “Elevator” and “Pamela.” With “Pot Luck,” the first episode of Louie‘s fifth season, the show seems to embracing its once-lost identity. The iconic credit sequence is back, as […]
Louie and Pamela have always been a hard couple to ‘ship. Part of that is due to the surreal structure of Louie, and another, bigger part is that they’ve always had a curiously abusive relationship, with Louie returning time and again to have scorn heaped upon him. Jim and Pam these two are not (but […]
Louie‘s fourth season might not be its funniest – that would be season three – but I think it might be its best. “In the Woods” was Louie‘s best episode since “So Did the Fat Lady.” The two episodes share a similarly confessional theme, to the point that the events of “In the Woods” actually […]
Man, breakups suck. No matter how amiable the parting, when that man or woman leaves, a part of you leaves with them. “Elevator Part 6” is a satisfying, appropriately melancholy conlucsion to Louie‘s “Elevator” arc. Hurricane Jasmine Forsythe is intensifying, with people in the Bronx dying in fires (“The fire was too hot for their […]
What a strange beast is Louie‘s “Elevator” arc. I’d love to see someone take out the closing credits of each episode and edit them all into one long movie. I think that’s what Louis C.K. is going for. He’s making a film on primetime. “Elevator Part 4” consists mainly of three scenes, with a prologue […]
It’s been pretty well established that Louis C.K. is one of the funniest people alive, but the fourth season of Louie doesn’t seem to be about making us laugh. Maybe C.K. thinks it’d be hard to top season three’s “Late Night” triptych; maybe he’s more concerned with proselytizing (look, for instance, at Vanessa’s monologue from […]
Louie is ostensibly a sitcom, but it doesn’t always go for laughs. There are some episodes that have none whatsoever (season one’s “God” is a great example of this). “So Did the Fat Lady” has some very funny parts, courtesy of guest star Sarah Baker, but it’s one of those Louie episodes that doesn’t go […]
Louie is back after an excruciating 18-month wait, and thankfully it’s as weird, hilarious, awkward, and occasionally poignant as ever. It’s a truly singular creation; it’s structure doesn’t adhere to any traditional sitcom norms, and the closest Louie comes to serialization is the aging of his daughters, still expertly played by Ursula Parker and Hadley […]
Drive like crazy to some jams. As part of Grand Theft Auto Online’s recent Doomsday Heist update, Frank Ocean has his own radio station. Called blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM, it’s modeled after his blonded RADIO show on Apple Beats 1 radio. It features the same hosts as that show (Vegyn, Roof Access, and Federico […]
“There’s all kinds of ways to feel lonely.” 13 Reasons Why, at its best, can be pretty devastating. A terrific episode like “Tape 1, Side A” does a remarkable job of humanizing troublesome characters, which make their betrayal of Hannah all the more heartbreaking. “Tape 4, Side A” achieves that nicely as well; it’s probably […]
“Can I play you a tape?” Some shows live or die on their premises alone – look how bad The Walking Dead has gotten now that walkers have taken a back seat to the proceedings – but Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, based on a 2007 young adult novel by Jay Asher, manages to equal and even […]
We all knew that the classic animated television show Ducktales was return in 2017 to Disney XD, but today we get something really special. The new voice cast has come together to sing the original theme song. This is also the first time we are introduced to the pretty stellar cast of actors and actresses […]
