I have contradictory feelings about this show.

I also thought it was the best episode so far this season.

Deservedly so?

Nobody watched that trailer to pass a biology midterm.

My problem with the way this thread is developing is that it seems few people would have a problem with the show if Rust had cast James Franco in the lead.

There are a lot of people here who seem to want to perform mathematical operations on the relative hotness of Gillian Jacobs (solid 9) and Paul Rust (6 on a good day).

Don't let the naturalism confuse you.

But Gus himself doesn't think it's great, precisely because it's as bland, banal, and characterless as he secretly suspects himself to be.

Their material situation was right on though.

The argument in the last episode of season one of Catastrophe came out of nowhere. It wasn't about the logic of the characters; it was about the need for a loud ending to the season.

Male sexuality is complicated. Certainly more complicated than the culture usually lets on in movies and films, where single men are eager to stick it in any available hole.

In my opinion the show turns itself around in episode 5.

Why is there a circa 1977-sounding British punk band in 1973 New York?

Yeah, it's not 1993. You weren't the first of your friends to discover Pavement.

Apparently the song that Rob's garage band played is called "Year of Glad."

This episode is undeniable.

I can't remember liking a half hour show as much as I like this one.

This is some bleak shit right here.

"I will add, as someone who suffers from depression and anxiety, when I'm in a bad place I tend to be very self-conscious and defensive. My initial reaction would likely look like Gretchen's."

I really liked the first season, but I'm not sure I get where season two is heading. A man physically and psychologically tortured by his captors — we've seen that a hundred times on television before.