I sussed it. When Louie drives the car through an intersection in the storm, he's in Brooklyn on Coffey St. going through Van Brunt St (the Van Brunt street sign is clearly visible.) Three cheers for useless information and Google Maps!
I sussed it. When Louie drives the car through an intersection in the storm, he's in Brooklyn on Coffey St. going through Van Brunt St (the Van Brunt street sign is clearly visible.) Three cheers for useless information and Google Maps!
What just dawned on me is that Louie didn't even listen to the advice of "enjoying the heartbreak while you can," and immediately responded to a text from Pamela (which was just a photo of her giving him the finger.)
I saw the clip of this scene online (the Slate one where they translate) and it appears the sound is coming out of the TV on the kitchen table.
It's interesting that the Slate thing pointed out that the waiter was speaking Hungarian with a Russian accent. Given where the country is located, I'm assuming that's not uncommon.
Wow. Thanks for the link. Turns out Amia's not a Catholic, she just wanted to be alone at the moment.
Good point. When he calls Louie a "classic idiot," he might be describing himself all those years ago.
Translations can go astray when idioms come up (i.e. Happy as a clam). Phrases in one language can be meaningless or quite confusing if translated literally. I don't know if that's the case here, but it is something that happens.
Was Ellen Burstyn speaking any Hungarian? (I don't think she spoke Hungarian all that much, now that I think about it.)
Louis and Dr Bigelow have developed this really great relationship. Bigelow acts as if Louie is an annoyance, but he truly enjoys dishing out advice is the most dismissive way imaginable, and Louie I assume appreciates the advice in a weird way because it's typically anything but reassuring but at least it's honest.
I think there was a real connection there though, they had enough in common to make it meaningful: single parents in their 40's (Eszter Balint is slightly older than Louis CK), lonely (it's not 100% clear but it's probable that Amia wasn't in a relationship at the time), thoughtful (Amia was there to help her elderly…
He was walking with Jane a couple episodes ago on Chrystie Street in Chinatown.
Corrected. I initially wrote east. I've been working in Manhattan for 14 years and still do that.
I get what you're saying, but I think that was part of the point, and also I think you are severely discounting the non-verbal cues we give and receive from one another all the time that make us feel good. They enjoyed each other's company, and neither of them were burdened with the baggage of their personal history…
I want to tread lightly here, because this is a delicate subject, but I wish we had more nuanced language when talking about something as serious as rape. There are all kinds of inappropriate (and criminal behavior) and it's hard to have one word cover all kinds of behavior or all kinds of situations, as it equates…
I'm sure you're being sarcastic, but yes, it sucks that the ending to the Amia storyline had to immediately be followed by an episode with Louie attempting to rape Pamela, as of course that scene would get all the attention. I wish the two episodes were separated by a week. Almost no one is talking about "Elevator…
Pamela's lines "This would be rape if you weren't so stupid" and "you can't even rape well" make it seem as if Pamela is completely playing along in some sort of sick sexual game. CK (the writer and director) and Adlon (the sometimes writer on the show, who no doubt has a hand in Pam's lines) are clearing going for…
It took me a couple viewings to get the statue. I knew he was walking on Riverside from the opening shot of the episode.
He didn't even seem to know, 4 weeks in, that the actress playing Amia (Eszter Balint) is herself Hungarian.
Louie and Dr. Bigelow were by the Ralph Waldo Ellison memorial statue in Riverside Park, 150th and Riverside Dr. (That's in the west side of Harlem for the non-New Yorkers out there.)
Good catch. Obviously the technical requirements (rain and wind machines) necessitated it being shot elsewhere.