That was weird, indeed. However, when he tried to do that to Pamela, she simply said cut it out and he stopped. Then she said that he can't even do that right.Saw it mentioned above but was still disappointed that they didn't address the almost rape.
Season was amazing thoughI like to think that this season was intentionally bad/boring just to make that unexpected button gag funnier.
- Andy Greenwald for Grantland: The Internet Has a Louie Problem (No, its not the other way around)
- Alyssa Rosenberg: The tragedy of Louie
I don't know if it improves Pam 2&3 for me but it's certainly a smart read.Instead, in ways large and small and in scenes satisfying and not, Louie suggested that the most powerful thing one human being can do for another is simply to be present. Thats what Maron was yearning for in Pamela: Part 3 (Do you remember when we were best friends? he asked. We were doing comedy and we sucked at it, but we loved it and we were there for each other), what the hand-holding at the end of Fat Lady was about. And presence was the lesson at the end of the brilliant, melancholy In the Woods, too, when, in lieu of a lecture, Louie reached out and offered his daughter a hug. Talking is not only cheap, its also overrated. Its listening that takes real skill.
Accepting this sounds easy, but its not. It requires a sort of patience that is hard to come by, particularly online, where reflection has mostly been replaced by reflex. To be present really, truly present in art and life requires empathizing with uncertainty and wrestling with risk. It means sitting next to the hole instead of trying to fill it be it with ice cream, pot, or a hastily typed-out THIS>>. What if Pamelas flippant behavior is actually awful and abusive? What if what Louie did to her was far worse? What then? What is our responsibility to these fictional characters and to each other? We may be conditioned to expect answers to these questions, but its not Louis C.K.s job to provide them. He doesnt owe us tidiness. He doesnt need or expect us to like him. (As Pamela said in the closing moments of the season finale: Can this just be OK?) Not everything needs to be favorited. Sometimes its enough just to have it be heard.
I like to think that this season was intentionally bad/boring just to make that unexpected button gag funnier.
I just somehow really dislike Pamela.
Pamela reminds me a lot of the girl who took my virginity in high school.
Pretty sure that's an episode of Californication.Did she punch you in the face and make fun of you while you had sex?
Deconstructing Louie
Friggin excellent essay about the 4th season for how it explores communication issues, double standards, and reimagining masculinity "as a flawed version of humanity".
For Louie, FX has ordered a seven-episode season from creator-producer-star-everything Louis CK. The show will return next spring. Louies fourth season was once again groundbreaking. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking always thought provoking, said Landgraf. The show went to narrative and cinematic places no comedy has gone before and we look forward to seeing what Louis comes up with next.
- Louie renewed
For Louie, FX has ordered a seven-episode season from creator-producer-star-everything Louis CK. The show will return next spring. Louies fourth season was once again groundbreaking. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking always thought provoking, said Landgraf. The show went to narrative and cinematic places no comedy has gone before and we look forward to seeing what Louis comes up with next.
7 episodes sounds about right. Season 4 was way too bloated for its own good.
Basically, that was the most Louis CK felt he could make and still hit the next Emmy eligibility window.
Re: shorter “Louie” s5, John Landgraf also told me C.K. was exhausted from making s4, and also needed time to make a film. “If Louis asks…"
Landgraf explained to IMDbTV that “Louie’s” shorter fifth season is FX’s way of giving Louis C.K. the creative space he needs to make an independent theatrical film he’s been developing. Plus, Landgraf added, “He’s exhausted.”
This probably won't win me any fans in the thread but I honestly hated most of season 4. In fact I disliked it to the point that I'm not even that excited for another season.
I...I actually feel the same way. Season 4 was my least favorite season by far.
I am still looking forward to season 5 though.
I just hope it's more like seasons 1-3.
A couple of tidbits from Sepinwall on the short length and timing:
EDIT: From IMDB's report on the TCA panel:
People didn't like Season 4? I thought the Elevator 6-parter had some beautiful scenes in it. I rewatched "In The Woods" last night too, and I think it's one of my favourite episodes.
People didn't like Season 4? I thought the Elevator 6-parter had some beautiful scenes in it. I rewatched "In The Woods" last night too, and I think it's one of my favourite episodes.
It's currently listed as TBA on tvshowsondvd.comAmazon just canceled my S3 blu-ray order, anyone else? Has there been any news of a blu-ray release of 3 / 4 beyond the initial S3 POD stuff? So strange that this is hard to get on disc.