I like the show.  I like the show a great deal.  I think it's filled with some brilliant moments and character observations.  I tend to find it sad and wistful more often than "funny" — but I'm fine with that because it's still compelling and completely unique.

I like the show.  I like the show a great deal.  I think it's filled with some brilliant moments and character observations.  I tend to find it sad and wistful more often than "funny" — but I'm fine with that because it's still compelling and completely unique.

The LOUIE universe is strange that way.  From the episode, it looks like Maron still lives in an apartment somewhere in Queens.  And he's also quietly aggravated because he can't afford pants.

The LOUIE universe is strange that way.  From the episode, it looks like Maron still lives in an apartment somewhere in Queens.  And he's also quietly aggravated because he can't afford pants.

Louie's brief conversation with his daughter before being interrupted by Never-Mom — does she ask if they're going to meet up with Parker Posey's character?  Suggesting that Louie continues to date her…?

Louie's brief conversation with his daughter before being interrupted by Never-Mom — does she ask if they're going to meet up with Parker Posey's character?  Suggesting that Louie continues to date her…?

I noticed that, too.  I appreciated the logic behind Oktoberfest evolving into a more sober affair.  It actually makes some sense.

I noticed that, too.  I appreciated the logic behind Oktoberfest evolving into a more sober affair.  It actually makes some sense.

I caught a few minutes of DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE on cable last night — John McTiernan's 1995 return to the franchise he started.  A good old-fashioned R-rated action movie. I was watching the scene where McClane is forced to walk around Harlem wearing a sandwich board that says something… incendiary.  Sam Jackson's…

I caught a few minutes of DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE on cable last night — John McTiernan's 1995 return to the franchise he started.  A good old-fashioned R-rated action movie. I was watching the scene where McClane is forced to walk around Harlem wearing a sandwich board that says something… incendiary.  Sam Jackson's…

A split-second before I clicked on the play button, I already knew what this would sound like.

A split-second before I clicked on the play button, I already knew what this would sound like.

Season 1.  "Dogpound".  Louie smokes pot with his crazy neighbor Josh Hamilton.  There are many other examples but, generally, his character seems to have a constant yearning to try things that are just slightly outside of his comfort zone.  Tape Recorder Liz seems to be the embodiment of that.  This first date is a…

Season 1.  "Dogpound".  Louie smokes pot with his crazy neighbor Josh Hamilton.  There are many other examples but, generally, his character seems to have a constant yearning to try things that are just slightly outside of his comfort zone.  Tape Recorder Liz seems to be the embodiment of that.  This first date is a…

There was something in the way her demeanor shifted toward the end that definitely gave that impression.

There was something in the way her demeanor shifted toward the end that definitely gave that impression.

Most of these recaps are littered with typos.  I figure with the pace they need to crank them out, they don't much care about the little things.  ("…
fear of making the wrong decision and rendering his daughter’s fatherless…")

Most of these recaps are littered with typos.  I figure with the pace they need to crank them out, they don't much care about the little things.  ("…
fear of making the wrong decision and rendering his daughter’s fatherless…")

Frog scene from E.T.

Frog scene from E.T.