Buster Bluth makes a return, with a kick board and beach thongs! Yes, at this point, only two episodes had aired, but let’s be serious, as enjoyable as ‘Top Banana’ was, we all missed the man-child. And secondly, Buster, growing up? Might as well call it the end of the world. With filming for the [...]
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 [...]
If you ever happen to hear Bluth fans exclaim, “There’s always money in the banana stand!” you have this episode to thank. ‘Top Banana’ had a lot to live up to after a great Pilot, and boy, did it deliver. It built on the Bluth family dynamics we were introduced to in the first episode, [...]
Kids, don’t let your friends drunkenly name your babies. It’s time for the double whammy season finale of How I Met Your Mother season seven. The creators are unsure if season eight will be the last so you could expect some cliff hangers… but if you did, you’ll be disappointed. Lily’s in labour and Marshall [...]
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 [...]
It is a sad realisation that Mitch Hurwitz’s 2003 comedy series Arrested Development lasted just three seasons. But the fact that the critically acclaimed, Emmy award winning sitcom managed to make multiple ‘Top Ten’ lists for Best TV Comedy of the last decade, with just 53 episodes, is testament to the brilliance that is Hurwitz [...]
Kids, don’t spend too much time planning where you’ll be in three years time. Its 8pm, a man looks through his binoculars down at the street while his wife tries to talk some sense into him. See, this man sees the well dressed blonde man step outside at 8pm and smile, every single night. It’s [...]
