This episode is in a more melancholic mood than the show normally is, which makes for a fantastically apt ending to the series. It also features a tour de force of direction by C.K, something I haven’t really talked about in these write ups because I was waiting for this episode. If there’s any proof [...]
This, the penultimate episode of the first season of Louie, highlights all the things that makes it good and one of a kind. Nothing major happens in the episode, and the things that do happen have happened many times before (stand-up sections, the love-hate relationship he has towards his kids, incredibly dirty sex talk, and [...]
Hmm. Where to start with this one. The blurb for the episode reads: “While attending Catholic school, the young Louie is subjected to a frightening medical lecture about the gruesome nature of Jesus Christ’s suffering”. Doesn’t really shout “half hour comedy” does it. That’s because this is, of all the Louie episodes up until [...]
This episode serves as a breather, sandwiched between the two tent poles of the first season, the previous episode “Bully” and the next episode “God”. It uses the standard sitcom trope of putting your favourite sitcom character into different situations, and hilarity will ensue. And while it’s a little more sitcommy than the standard Louie, [...]
Here it is; the episode of Louie that ranks up there with ‘The Contest’, ‘Pier Pressure’, ‘Last Exit To Springfield’, ‘Basic Alan’, ‘The Fight’ and ‘Chinatown’. What I’m saying is it belongs in the same group of classic episodes of comedy that when people want to get their friends to watch the show they refer [...]
Remember in episode 4 when Louie tells Pamela that when his youngest daughter turns 18 and no longer needs him, he’s going to kill himself? This episode shows us that that might not have been an exaggeration. It shows what his life is like when his kids are staying with their mum, and it is [...]
Is unconditional love of family members assumed and inherent? That’s what this episode is asking, with Louie’s answer being a resounding no. He makes a compelling argument, for the episode explores how important and damaging parents can be, and reaches a level of poignancy that is rare in television. This episode marks the beginning of [...]
This episode’s two pieces are thematically linked by Louie’s position in show business, i.e from the outskirts. In the comedic domain, he is king, but comedy in the hierarchy of show business is several pegs lower than films, where he is nothing, and therefore he treats it (and they treat him) likewise. The episode starts as [...]
There have been many representations of the American South on television, and as an Australian who has never been there, they’re all I have in forming an opinion of the place. The general consensus in these depictions has been that it is a strange, backwards place. Given Louis C.K’s penchant for doing things differently, I [...]
“I don’t believe that you have to hit this arc structure of a story, where you have to tell everybody why you told the story, you have to tell everybody how it ended and what the conclusion was and start again with a whole new problem next week. It’s been run so many times in [...]
