I'm sorry, I can't find it, but I swear I read or saw him making such a statement. That is was just meant as a comedic beat.

" In context, this plays more as a joke on Michael’s bad luck. Knowing
what the rest of the series would teach us, it seems pretty clear what’s
going on."

When she made the line about rape, it did make me wonder if that was coming from Louis C.K the writer, and not Pamela the character. Obviously Louis the writer can make Pamela the character say whatever he wants. But that line in particular almost read like he was specifically talking to the audience. That he…

I see what you're saying. My reaction to the Amia scene wasn't as visceral (would that be the word?) to the Pamela one, although you're right, they are essentially the same. But I didn't find the relationship to be healthy. I think mostly I was interested in how that relationship commented on his scenes with Vanessa,…

Well, I'm not American.

Fair enough.

I don't have a personal connection to the subject matter. Do I have to in order to be repulsed by what he did? And I don't think it's "glorifying" the act either. But did you feel that he was being portrayed as despicable and reprehensible in these final two episodes? Was the show making any sort of judgment towards…

Exactly, thank you.

Maybe I'm mixing up the geography of his apartment. SO where is he pushing her? : http://photos.vanityfair.co…

I agree. It's something that could make an episode in itself, but it felt tacked on here.

I think the final episodes worked perfectly fine on their own, but that scene in Pamela part 1 sticks out like a sore thumb and it tough to get past. Like, if you were to watch that episode, and then watch the final two episodes, it would be a pretty jarring transition. And it's not just that scene, but previous…

I was enjoying the season perfectly well. I found most of it to be great. But I can't just ignore that scene with Pamela and pretend it never happened. I'm not sure I can root for Louie, yet I get the feeling that's what he wants us to do.

Which is why he was pushing her towards the bedroom. At the very least, it's assault. Maybe you guys should watch the episode again. She said no, repeatedly. She tried to get away from him, and he chased after her. He was actually getting physical with her. I've seen people try to excuse his actions as saying "well,…

Yeah, and wasn't he already addressed in an earlier episode?

This season really ended on a sour note for me. Louie damn near rapes her, yet she agrees to go out with him? There's no mention of it later. He spends much of the two episodes pouting, yet she still gives in and sleeps with him? He makes her out to be the difficult, that he has to reach out to her, and in the end, he…

My most recent favorite running gag is from American Hustle, where Louie C.K's character keeps trying to tell an anecdote from his childhood that never goes anywhere. There's no reason that it should keep popping up, and Bradley Cooper's character has no real interest in hearing it, but it's just the kind of thing you…

Yeah, I remember one that is just one long take of his downing a whole bottle. He almost falls over in the end.

I was actually up late last night trying to see if I could fix mine. They might have been a good system, but from what I've heard, they didn't last long.

I actually found some sympathy for him in the end, when he realizes he probably could have amounted to something if he had just let go of all the bitterness and embraced his new life in the Free Zone.

I feel like IT has a more natural end point for a first film, though. First film will almost certainly end with the Losers encounter with IT in the sewers. Second film picks up with the reunion. With The Stand, I'm not sure there is a big enough cliffhanger where you could end a movie on. Maybe the survivors reaching…