BenjaminBirdie
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TOTALLY agree. It's taking a lot out of the momentum when it just resets to one at every episode end.
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TOTALLY agree. It's taking a lot out of the momentum when it just resets to one at every episode end.
Everyone except Dinesh.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
The final episode of season one was an enormous "win" moment for Pied Piper; they certainly took a massive turn with everything in this season.
Lmao that was great, I was expecting it and damn he pulled it off so good.
Also Richard's pissing me off now, just the way the actor is, it was fine at first but it's just really annoying now.
With what money, though?
:lol
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Not sure whether or not what Gilfoyle did counts as hacking and is illegal, however they called it black hat hacking so maybe, and if so, the guy would've been able to tell officials about it even if he signed an NDA. An NDA can't be used to keep a whistle-blower from going to the police, unless it's about the security of the nation, however even then in most countries, not the US, you can do it.
Imperial Hot
Banned
Sounds accurate. He gets bought out of his contract by Hooli...then goes back to Pied Piper with all the money. Otherwise I don't see why they'd keep his subplot going.
higgsboson1997
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I personally can't enjoy comedies when absolutely nothing good happens to the characters that you are following. How is them repeatedly messing up meant to be entertaining? It's one of the reasons why this season has been a total dud for me so far. Hope it picks up soon.
That would an amazing way to reintegrate him into the main cast, lol.
Anton Sugar
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I mean, it's one thing for the team to "never win". Arrested Development's entire schtick was the family being too stupid and/or greedy to ever get something good out of it, and if they did, it was almost always silver lining.
It just depends on how it's handled. Here, it feels a lot more like spinning wheels or going through the motions. They're lucky the show is as funny as it is, but even I found myself not laughing at a some of the jokes and callbacks from last night.
Zomba13
Member
I just feel like if in the next episode they have Richard try to hang himself or something then it'd fit right in. Shit is so bad for them, always getting worse, Richard is already suffering because of all this and I can totally buy that guy thinking about ending it if another bad thing happens to them.
The only thing that keeps me from feeling the same thing is that we get to follow along with the shit-show at Hooli. If all we had was the Pied Piper perspective, I would completely agree with everyone who keeps talking about what a downer this forward and back dance is.
Edit: did Jared do ANYTHING this episode besides open the door for Russ?
Well, yeah. But not in this episode.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's like he was the bottle of three commas that held down the delete key!
Kung Foo Kid
Member
I really did not enjoy this episode. (first one in a while that I can say that) There was some funny moments with Russ, but the failures and Richard are really starting bother me.
Ninja Scooter
Member
So with the Tres Comas thing this guy is definitely some combination of Mark Cuban and the Girls Gone Wild guy. Is creating your own Tequila just like a douchy rich guy thing to do lol?
Hysterical episode but worrying plot wise. oscillating between Pied Piper pulling wins out of asses and digging themselves into ludicrous inescapable holes is way too volatile. I liked it better when they were fighting tooth and nail for little things, taking a fraction of a fraction of a step forward each episode.
Bro it was the best Tequila. The best.
Infernostew
Member
So much this! Probably my least favorite of the season. They really need to get rid of Monica and her weirdo boss. They're so useless at this point.
Eh? In what way?
Cornballer
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TJ Miller won the Critic's Choice award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series last night.
NY Mag has video of his acceptance speech.
NY Mag has video of his acceptance speech.
I agree, I think last night's episode was the worst this season, coming off the backs of two of the best.
The protagonists having epic wins and fails is kind of subversive, in a way. You don't expect either one. But when the show is Win-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Win or some slight modification of that, it becomes a little too formulaic and takes away from the moment to moment jokes. Of which there were less last episode.
The 'person swearing in front of kids' schtick was done better in Curb, where Larry would sing the Officer Krupke song a little too loudly. But it was funny there because he's too oblivious to properly defend himself and the kicker was he wasn't actually swearing.
There's also the minor problem of holding down a delete key probably not being an actual catalyst of deleting FTP processes already in progress. For a show that gets its technical jargon so close to the mark, this entire scene was '2 idiots 1 keyboard' bad.
The protagonists having epic wins and fails is kind of subversive, in a way. You don't expect either one. But when the show is Win-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Fail-Win or some slight modification of that, it becomes a little too formulaic and takes away from the moment to moment jokes. Of which there were less last episode.
The 'person swearing in front of kids' schtick was done better in Curb, where Larry would sing the Officer Krupke song a little too loudly. But it was funny there because he's too oblivious to properly defend himself and the kicker was he wasn't actually swearing.
There's also the minor problem of holding down a delete key probably not being an actual catalyst of deleting FTP processes already in progress. For a show that gets its technical jargon so close to the mark, this entire scene was '2 idiots 1 keyboard' bad.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
That would be absolutely amazing
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
This is incredible.
TheOctodad
Member
I love this show, but last night as frustrating for me. I don't like the constant failure and lack of progression. It's funny to have them run into issues, but SOME forward progression would be nice. The constant stupidity of Richard is reaching obnoxious levels. Right now it feels like a sitcom that doesn't know where it's going to end and is just trying to keep the wheels spinning for eternity.
I really like this show and have sold many of my friends on it, but it needs to make some movement ASAP.
I really like this show and have sold many of my friends on it, but it needs to make some movement ASAP.
It came from a 500 year old family run distillery. Only the best.
I loved how he seemed more offended at the insult to the tequila than the insult to his person.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
he fucks
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
I agree with others that say its tiresome where only bad things happen to the characters. Hate it when shows do this. Partly why I gave up on Life & Times of Tim and Increasingly poor Todd Margeret.
If it happens every episode, its just not "fun" anymore. Definitely is a weird thing to say or to expect from a comedy, but good comedies have a balance imo.
TheAbsolution
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Taken from Reddit and sums up my feelings exactly.
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