Wow — absolutely everything is tainted with Barry’s past no matter what he tries. Following his dreams, finding a father figure, having a family with Sally, catching up with friends. Everyone around him suffers while he frantically tries to hold things together. So relatable on one level, and so distant and… Read more
America is BIG. And in the Midwest a lot of it is flat. And obviously, that wasn’t shot on a soundstage. There are a non-zero number of residences that appear, if you frame it right, ‘in the middle of nowhere.’ But there’s also probably a paved road within a couple hundred yards, leading to a main thoroughfare a… Read more
Currently, in the real world, @Tyler on Twitter is Tyler Winklevoss. Who knows what will happen in 8 years, though. Made me chuckle. Read more
Excuse my city-mouse ignorance, but do places like Barry’s house exist? What looks like a completely modern factory home plunked in the middle of nowhere, not even a farm or anything, just miles of flat emptiness... what market do homes like that serve? How does even get utility coverage there? I expect he could have… Read more
“THOMAS EDISON MURDERED AN ELEPHANT”
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Great Kim Wexler comparison! Read more
At the start of this episode, I was thinking maybe it was too much darkness without enough humor. Then Barry showed his son videos of kids dying in little league, and I just fucking lost it. Read more
He talks about responsibility and thinking about others here to his son, but he’s just as selfishly monstrous sans the violence. He knows his wife and son are miserable, but, poignantly too, thinks this is the only way to curb his violent tendencies. Read more
So I guess Gene did in fact kill his son. Read more
I was totally getting a Kim Wexler vibe too! Read more
They’re in Hell. (You thought Kim Wexler had a rough go of it--meet Sally.) I’ve never rooted so hard for Barry to go back to being a hitman. He talks about responsibility and thinking about others here to his son, but he’s just as selfishly monstrous sans the violence. He knows his wife and son are miserable, but,… Read more
“The doubling of characters and resetting identities through a filter of filth and decay evokes Twin Peaks’ final episode” Read more
Speaking of Gene’s bread adventures, I’m pretty sure he was also trying to cut through the plastic bag, instead of taking the loaf out first. Read more
I liked Camilla as a morally bankrupt civic leader. and Hope Davis was great and far more diabolical than I thought Davis could pull off. No wonder she barely flinched bee-bagging. Initially, I thought the father Lydell was going to be the one pulling strings because Paul Raci just sucks all the wind out of a… Read more
This show absolutely kills it. It hilariously parodies the self-absorption of acting, both literally with the worlds of Cousineau and Sally, and subtly with the ham-handedness of Hank and Fuches, all the while crafting some of the most brilliantly conceived intricate direction and writing in generations. But none of… Read more