Baconsaurus Rex
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Well let's just say it's an acquired taste. Very fatty and soft. Very tasty.
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Louie Season 4 |OT| He's finally back, Mondays on FX [S5 premieres Apr 9]
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Oh yeah I'd agree. I try to temper film comparisons, because often people use terms like "cinematic" when they mean "good" (just as people describe a movie as "novelistic" as a compliment), but with Louie it's unavoidable because the narrative structure of episodes like Duckling or multi-parters like Late Show or even one-offs like Model is more reminiscent of film's self-containment and pacing.
Cornballer
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- Promo for next week's episodes (please spoiler tag any discussion)
Louie will air on Memorial Day.
Louie will air on Memorial Day.
bobbyrawlins
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People don't remember Pamela?? For shame! I hope she shows up more during the rest of the season. I love her character.
Funniest part of the two episodes for me was Doc's stupid 4-legged-dog joke. I don't know why, maybe Grodin's delivery, but I had to pause for a few seconds to collect myself.
Funniest part of the two episodes for me was Doc's stupid 4-legged-dog joke. I don't know why, maybe Grodin's delivery, but I had to pause for a few seconds to collect myself.
firehawk12
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Did they actually date? Or did his neurosis over fat girls take over and he dumped her after their little walk together? It's fine if he just isn't attracted to her, but there's no real mention of her after that big blow up.
it has been 2 (or 3) years.
That's just how Louie's continuity works. He's had multiple sisters and a niece come in and leave with no explanation, a brother who disappeared for forever then came back without a word, ex-wives of different ethnicities, life-wrecking consequences that are immediately dropped (the Model debt), different dads, different moms.
None of the stories told with those characters are any less for not picking them back up later. Same goes for Louie and Vanessa. The end of So Did The Fat Lady clearly has Louie learning something (I interpreted it as him realizing he really does want to be with Vanessa, I've seen some say he was just pacifying her because he was uncomfortable hearing the truth), and then that story is over. That's it. There doesn't need to be any further mention because the conclusion was reached.
Louie needs to be largely restored to the square 1 Louie persona for each vignette/episode/multi-part because drawing in every past event could draw focus from what his aims are in that individual work. It wouldn't allow C.K. to explore those ideas in such a great way.
firehawk12
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My problem isn't plot continuity - this is a show where woman rapes Louie and nothing happens after that episode. It's just strange to have what feels like a message episode (or an after school episode), and then have it dropped completely. Maybe if there was an episode in between the two stories, I wouldn't have noticed it as much.
The Hermit
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I just saw last episode... when I saw the three legged dog I said out loud "you have to be kidding me"
That's because yesterday I saw a three legged dog pet with and my GF said "at least he has two owners". Its the same message basically. Some dogs are worse other are better. But that dog was happy enough with his life, running with the remaining legs.
Fucking Louie
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adoring this season. 
Huh, full listings for the rest of the season are online and currently they say that after elevator part 6 airs on the 2nd, we get
Part 1, then on the 9th we actually have
Parts 1 and 2, then return to
for Parts 2 and 3 on the final week. Which is different from what everything said at the start of the season, but will probably be a better structure anyway.
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Fair. I'm comfortable with it due to the compartmentalization of episodes, but I get what you're saying.
I'm not sure about in Elevator, but she is definitely definitely back for at least 3 episodes this season.
Cornballer
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- Louie Selected Scene - Episode 5 (Louie & Jane talk on the bench, youtube)
the scene on the bench floored me. i've seen plenty of great subtle child performances but few that are both very animated and convincing.
Cornballer
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- the Violin scene from ep 6 (youtube)
chris121580
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- Onion A|V Club's Internet Film School feature: Louies dreamlike reality
QuantumBro
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Yep, three more episodes to go.
blame space
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and why isn't god on the news?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I think this is true, but I think it's also notable that she's still very much a child--when she blusters about the futility of the school system and the mediocrity of her teachers, she's actually covering for an embarrassing social situation. The exact kind of misdirection that a child typically uses.
The violin scene certainly suggests that she's an extremely talented musician for her age, given that she picked up what Amia was playing by ear, perfectly, in only a few seconds and plays along.
Battersea Power Station
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It could be just a surreal interpretation of what the moment sounded like to Louie.
i took that whole scene as a sort of dream sequence, a non-literal expression of louie's feelings about jane and amia and how he images them interacting based on that
Cornballer
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- One more 'selected scene' from this week (Charles Grodin and the three legged dog)
Stumpokapow
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The show leaves basically everything deliberately ambiguous; did Pamela really kick him in the ass, or was it just that it felt like a kick in the ass? Did Jane actually ask "why isn't god on the news?" Did Louie really knock a model's daylights out or is it an expression of the fact that he's incapable of coping with an unexpected windfall and reacts by shutting things out? Did he really bomb so badly at the benefit, did Jerry really make fun of him quite so much, or is it just a manifestation of what it feels like when you're caught off guard and not at your best? Did the doctor really describe his back pain as boring or was he just a typically unhelpful GP?
Absent scenes that are explicitly fantastical like the garbagemen rummaging through his room or the scene where he swaps up the piss-cola-whatever-gross-water on the subway a few seasons ago to rapturous applause, it's all sort of ambiguous. I think that's fine. It's impressionistic. No need to sweat the details.
Diprosalic
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kid is talented as fuck, she actually plays the violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6he3WbVbB4
she's going places.
Delta Assault
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How do you handle the bones? It looked like they just ate em...
Cornballer
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Two new episodes tonight:
That's too bad. I think Louie is at his prime right now. I think most people don't realize just how brilliant Louis CK is and just want the fart and cunt jokes.
Watching the show gives us a small, small window into his mind and I appreciate his comedy even more after watching the TV show.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Besides the tail where you hold the fish there aren't any
Cornballer
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5 minutes until Louie.
Cornballer
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Holy shit this hurricane forecast. :lol
lazybones18
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$800 to kill Jane?
Shit, you would have to pay me triple to off her. She's so awesome
Shit, you would have to pay me triple to off her. She's so awesome
lazybones18
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I'm asking the same thing myself
Jason's Ultimatum
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The hell? One pump chump.
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