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[Cornballer]

Season premiere tonight:

Tiger Town

Spoiler

Recovering from his wounds, Gamby (Danny McBride) returns to a dramatically changed North Jackson High.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Looking forward to this one. Loved season 1. It's like a spiritual successor to Eastbound and Down with a similar vibe. Was waiting for it to return.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Season 1 was one of the greatest things. Glad this is back.

 

[Bitanator]

Forgot about this, first season was great

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I totally forgot this was coming back tonight!

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Really looking forward to this.

 

[gdt]

Holy shit it's back on tonight???!

 

[Alexander DeLarge]

One more hour.

 

[Conor_Fool]

Rewatching the last episode, almost forgot just how incredible Walton Goggins is in this. And Danny McBride's interactions with Ray, lmao.

 

[Conor_Fool]

This Hotline Miami music...no fucking way

 

[Chase17]

"I do not have a weapon"

Lost it at the roar. Pretty good episode to set up the second season. Good to have the show back.

 

[FuriousOne]

This Hotline Miami music...no fucking way

I know - I love the soundtrack for this.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

"It's the weirdest and most confusing gangbang I've been in. And I've been in a few."

That and Gamby ranting in the cafeteria were awesome.

 

[Conor_Fool]

That episode was funny as shit. This is such a strange show but I think this season is going to be phenomenal

I know - I love the soundtrack for this.

It's fantastic!

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Glad this is back. With Curb starting again in a few weeks too, the fall TV seems pretty good.

 

[Baroquemantic]

That was hilarious. So glad its back. Also, holy shit at the soundtrack. It's so good.

 

[mm04]

Love this show. Goggins and McBride friggin kill it. It's so damn over the top it's hilarious. I mean the tattoo...who thinks of that? I'm glad they also address the obvious suspects right off the bat.

 

[Cornballer]

- Onion A|V Club review
- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)

 

[Conor_Fool]

Love this show. Goggins and McBride friggin kill it. It's so damn over the top it's hilarious. I mean the tattoo...who thinks of that? I'm glad they also address the obvious suspects right off the bat.

While rewatching the Season 1 finale, I got a really strange suspicion that the shooter was Ray. I don't really know why he would do it though, hahaha

 

[SlickVic]

Strong premiere IMO. The Gamby-Russell dynamic is probably what I enjoy the most about the show. Looking forward to the rest of the reason.

 

[reelbigtink]

While rewatching the Season 1 finale, I got a really strange suspicion that the shooter was Ray. I don't really know why he would do it though, hahaha

Ray wants to be Gamby pretty badly and feels threatened by him, which is why he's so nice all the time. I could see him being the shooter.

 

[plasmasd]

I love this show so much. Perfect first episode of season 2. <mgs2_handshake.gif>

 

[Lonestar]

 

[LoserMakesGood]

"It's the weirdest and most confusing gangbang I've been in. And I've been in a few."

That and Gamby ranting in the cafeteria were awesome.

"eat your fucking mashed potatoes!"

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Thought the premiere was pretty damn funny. Glad to have the show back.

 

[Mrbob]

I watched season one and thought it was a bit hit or miss at times, though I enjoyed it overall, To me this show started to gather some footing by the end of season one and it carried into tonight. The episode tonight was the strongest yet, excited to see how this show finishes out now.

 

[dead souls]

Fun episode. Gamby's scene in the cafeteria at the end was amazing.

Glad this is back. With Curb starting again in a few weeks too, the fall TV seems pretty good.

Good? More like pretty, pretty, pretty good.

 

[Discotheque]

Oh man it's as good as ever. McBride and Goggins are so great in here im just grinning everytime they have a scene together haha

Ray is such a good dude too lol. Shea Wigham is always dope

 

[Socreges]

Lee's face when the spotlight hits him. So good

Edit- You guys always deliver!

 

[barik]

Amazing stuff all around.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

eat your mashed potatoes, jackass

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Rewatched the first season real quick over the weekend so I'd go into this with everything fresh on the mind. Great start. I just love all these characters so much. Gamby and Ray's evolving relationship is great. And omg @ Goggins' delivery on the orgy lines. What a god.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

It was a smart move to shoot this entire show all in one go a year or two ago whenever they did that. The chemistry and everything is so hot.

Also the student singing that song at his welcome back assembly and then stroking the back of his head as he got on stage LOL. Gamby's face had this quick moment of what in the fuck.

 

[Shanlei91]

It was a smart move to shoot this entire show all in one go a year or two ago whenever they did that. The chemistry and everything is so hot.

I was thinking that. Might have been the strongest season opener I've ever seen for a show because it felt like the previous season was just continuing.

Also think the shooter will be:

Because it would be perfect.

 

[Socreges]

I was thinking that. Might have been the strongest season opener I've ever seen for a show because it felt like the previous season was just continuing.

Also think the shooter will be:

Because it would be perfect.

Spoiler

Definitely her

Not sure why I'm using spoilers

 

[Nesotenso]

was the soundtrack on episode 1 really from hotline miami? I have never played the games but I just kept thinking this sounds amazing.

 

[dave is ok]

My new theory is that it was Nash and she was as obsessed with getting the Vice Principal gig as Gamby and Russell were with becoming Principal. Or some weird obsessive stalker shit - she does have his haircut

Spoiler

It was still Lee Russell

 

[Adam Sadler]

It was a smart move to shoot this entire show all in one go a year or two ago whenever they did that. The chemistry and everything is so hot.

Also the student singing that song at his welcome back assembly and then stroking the back of his head as he got on stage LOL. Gamby's face had this quick moment of what in the fuck.

Wait what? Really? So this entire show has been completed already??

 

[Cornballer]

Wait what? Really? So this entire show has been completed already??

Yes, they shot it all at once a couple of years ago. It's just been sitting there since last Fall.

 

[Socreges]

Yes, they shot it all at once a couple of years ago. It's just been sitting there since last Fall.

Was it even edited and everything?

Would be interesting to see if the audience had grown in the interim since season 1 aired. That was probably one of the benefits HBO foresaw, beyond just avoiding viewer fatigue with 18 episodes.

 

[Cornballer]

Was it even edited and everything?

It sounds like it. Here's an interview from July 2016:

“Vice Principals” was officially ordered by HBO over two years ago. Was it a long process to make?

We ended “Eastbound” in 2013 and we spent all of 2014 writing [“Vice Principals”]. We had a writers room open for a year and we wrote all 18 episodes before we shot. And then we spent all of last year shooting it all. We actually delivered the last episode of the whole series to HBO last week. For the first time I’m not thinking about vice principals fighting for a principal job anymore.

 

[alr1ght]

McBride and Goggins' chemistry is amazing. Hopefully they continue to work together after this.

was the soundtrack on episode 1 really from hotline miami? I have never played the games but I just kept thinking this sounds amazing.

No. Last season had tons of synthwave too.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Awesome first episode. Laughed much more than in any of season 1. Super glad to have the show back. It's a pleasure to watch every week.

 

[Adam Sadler]

Wow that's news to me. I didn't even know the show was only going to be 2 seasons. Feels refreshing knowing that honestly

 

[Ogodei]

Dr. Brown was nicer to Gamby than he had any right to deserve, frankly.

Still love this show.

 

[Socreges]

Need a gif of Gamby going up the stairs please

 

[sjboi]

Loved the first episode, love this show, love Dr. Brown. I hope her story continues!

 

[TraBuch]

I stood up and clapped after Gamby's little speech at the end of the episode.

 

[Kayhan]

- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)

True Detective Season 3 sure is looking good these days.

 

[broncobuster]

Lee and Ray being bros is the best.

I missed this show.