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I’ll be honest, I didn’t recognise Josh Hartnett when he was on screen

 

really? i feel like he’s looked the same since penny dreadful

 

Let’s not forget we also got a dose of Pinkerton this season!

 

my only gripe halfway through the season is walking back richie’s growth to where he was in s1, everything else seems at least of equal quality to most of the rest of the show

 

Like, no matter how hard the internet tries, they simply cannot get me to hate a season of tv where both Getchoo and In the Garage played.

 

Can't wait to see Richie and that woman from Evers get together

 

tina episode is incredible

 

agreed, she was great on Parenthood, glad she’s working again

 

Best scene of the show is Richie bumping Taylor Swift and making sparks fly out of the undercarriage of his car while he just full sends it off a hill

 

Just finished up tonight. Unusual, but thought-provoking finale. My favorites were episodes 1, 3, 6, and 8 (which is likely my new favorite episode of the whole series).

Whole season seemed to be about feeling paralyzed, uncertain, lost, and the form reflects that. I think a lot of the criticism is in response to that, which is unfortunate because it was really great to take a moment and reflect on/with these characters and their circumstances. I loved nearly every scene where a conversation occurs in its entirety without getting straight to the point. Those led to some incredibly human, vulnerable performances that make up the heart of the show. Finale felt a bit off-kilter, a lot of loose threads, but I’m willing to wait for it to come together in S4, which is clearly the intent.

People just have no patience with anything that takes its time. This conversation has happened with so many other shows. Most recently The Curse. Now this. The normals want CLOSURE CLOSURE CLOSURE. It’s always about resolving the narrative, checking all the boxes, answering ALL the questions, so folks can happily move on to the next show which they’ll likely forget. God forbid a work of art actually lives on and sustains its mystery, or meditates on its characters without pushing the plot forward.

 

Episode 8 man Jamie Lee Curtis doesn't miss

I do think her performance in Fishes vs Ice Chips sorta highlights what's different about this season

Large portions of S1 and S2 were chaos personified. The show felt very jazzy, teetering on the edge of spiraling out of control while somehow holding it together to form a cohesive story

S3 has been far more subdued. It's still really good. Its just so different it's hard to compare them.

 

def not that episode.

 

Incredibly important episode for the series as a whole, basically showcases the unraveling of trauma between parent and child. Healing is messy, confrontational, and stressful, and that episode spared nothing. I thought it was brilliant.

 

I have heard some critics say that episode "existed only to be a glorified Emmy noms reel for Abby Elliott and Jamie Lee Curtis" and you know what? even if it was the performances were so good that I wouldn't really give a shit.

 

They absolutely deserve it — those performances made true television magic. It was a perfect counterpoint to Carm’s inability to challenge his own ego and humanize his mother. I don’t understand how you can watch the same show and get to that episode and feel like it’s extraneous.

 

Yes they definitely had Abby Elliott get pregnant in real life while filming season 2 so they could write it into the show and have her give birth as a vehicle for award shows, definitely

 

I'm not saying there needs to be constant plot development but there needs to be some. and for a season that is just "a hang out show", there's almost no character interactions that stand out to me from this season other than Tina and Michael. I genuinely can't think of anything Carmy did other than yell at people, look sad and repeatedly throw food in the trash.

 

I just don’t agree with that being a fair depiction of the show I’ve seen and this season to be honest.

 

What a wild takeaway from Carmy's season arc

 

That is 100% true about Carmy this season haha

 

dude put his all into some incredible facial acting. the whole point is he's stuck in a cycle and he's left internalizing a ton of emotions. come the fuck on

 

Two things can be true

 

I'm fully willing to accept that this might all work a lot better when season 4 comes out and we view it as a whole (I really hope so) but as a standalone, it doesn't work for me. There's taking your time, and there's stalling. It feels like they're more concerned with getting seasons filmed while they have the stars available than they are with actually telling stories.

 

also, this is cool

 

Criterion shared an outtake from this on their IG talking about her love of the Criterion Channel and it's 24/7 livestream of Criterion content, and her enthusiasm might get me to put that on in the background while i get work done.