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New episode of Ted Lasso is A+
unless you are a fun hater who hates fun

Yeah, it's basically Couch Beard's "After Hours."

lol the episode is literally titled "Beard After Hours."

it’s a bad movie but the flooded miami setting is great and it does feature one of the most beautiful women in the history of film

Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie Newton, or Angela Sarafyan? could be any of them. Also yes this movie is fucking terrible.

Too true, it's part of of the reason I'm even remotely interested. One more day left on HBO Max

Anybody else watching the French-language show Läetitia on HBO Max? It's about a girl who gets murdered, and her fucked-up family and childhood. I'm two episodes in (I think there are six overall). Super bleak, but interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZcLLAx30Pw

Looks great, though curious to hear how McDormand does Shakespeare.

Fun Emmys the other night – it was great to actually know some of the shows up for awards, and to see my faves get a few wins (I May Destroy You; Hacks).

I saw Francis McDormand do Macbeth (with someone from GoT) on stage in Berkeley several years ago. She was excellent if overall the production was a bit unimaginative. So I'm looking forward to this.

I thought the Emmys were better than most people seemed to think they were, but why they spent any time doing a fly-on-Pence's-head sketch and thought it was a good idea is a fucking mystery that will never be solved.

Yeah that was the worst (and indeed, a total wtf)

I wish awards shows did zero (0) comedy bits, beyond perhaps the (very) occasional "funny" speech or schtick by prudently chosen presenters. For exmple, Amy Poehler's little thing was just right.

the schitts creek cast thing worked too

LOOKOUT!

Gen Z Republicans have their own streaming service now. pic.twitter.com/qYsBsqymFA

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 22, 2021

is it shudder?

Paramount+ is doing an add-on Showtime bundle (for a few bucks more), so I signed up to try it out. There aren’t a ton of movies in the SHO app, but the selection is somewhat interesting… it feels “curated,” at least. They also have a bunch of somewhat “edgy” original series, and a thin section called After Hours (you know, the “Show-Me-Mo’ Time” material).

The app’s UI is cool, very different from the others… it feels like actual design went into it.

Fear Street '94 wasn't bad but really just made me want to watch Scream

That Today Is America app looks like CBS trying to make right wing content with leftover pretty people from casting calls

I've seen I think three episodes of the Steve Martin/Martin Short/Selena Gomez series and continue to enjoy it. It works as a great satire of podcasts, and while it's more amusing than funny, the third ep made me actually laugh out loud at least twice, which is more than most overtly funny shows manage.

A friend mentioned that show earlier - a cast like that, and I hadn't even heard of it! (Sadly, we're a non-Hulu household.)

i like it so far

It's on Disney+ in the UK.

I'm four episodes in and concur

Man Growing Terrified Something Happened To Dad After Not Receiving ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Recommendation https://t.co/BaFpp5S5k6

— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) September 23, 2021

there are a lot of these threads

from many months ago:

Is Mare of Easttown really any better than the last six or seven "depressed middle aged detective solves murder in small town, blowing up multiple secretive local relationships in the process" shows that I've watched on Netflix? It seems like the only differences are a) Kate Winslet and b) not in Swedish.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, May 31, 2021

Just finished it, it was too pat in the end but I like these kinds of shows. Plot-wise it reminded me a little of Happy Valley. I haven’t lived in Eastern Pennsylvania but everyone’s accents seemed really convincing

I'm about three episodes in; still not sold.

Also giving Succession another try, for some reason.

nothing in Succession will ever top Boar On the Floor, I think s2 ep 3

Finished season 1 of Succession. Admire the writing and acting (enough to get thru S1) but ugh really don’t like the characters or their ultra rich rule the world setting.

that has been my reservation too

I hate them all but love the show

otm

loathing the roys and enjoying watching them eat one another alive is part of the point of the show

Ted Lasso is an unending source of joy in my rather flat life. Havent seen the latest one yet but "Beard After Hours" was amazing. It is interesting how divisive an episode it was!

i love it too, look forward to it every week

i thought this was the last episode but I guess it's a 12 ep season

They made two extra bonus episodes, The Xmas one, and the Beard one just mentioned.

I'm usually tolerant of this kind of stuff, especially in the context of Ted Lasso, which I love, but the Rick Rolling in the most recent episode had me Rick Rolling my eyes. It was some hoary, hacky, low-hanging fruit, very Richard Curtis. Which of course is also very on brand for Ted Lasso, but it still bothered me.

(Acting and timing and writing were all still largely ace, fwiw.)

Would have been better if they sang "This Charming Man."

had sung

They really could have sung anything and it would have been a less irksome choice. "This Charming Man," "Wonderwall," "Enter Sandman" ...

lol

Once again highlighting the show's on-the-noseness, just as the Coach Beard "After Hours"-inspired episode was called "Beard After Hours," this episode was apparently called "No Weddings and a Funeral." Again, love the show, but sometimes even when it has a strong hand it just lays its cards out for everyone to see.

I hear you.

Also, just found this: Rick Astley C/D

ok the Ted Lasso funeral was not rick rolling! it was established in the ep that the mum played the song every morning because it made her happy & whatsername sang it for her dad’s eulogy because they had just been fighting about his cheating & it dawned on her why her mum liked the song so much - ie the lyrics are a counterpoint to his cheating etc

it wasnt just a dumb opportunistic grab unless you refuse to see all of the context for it

and it was a lovely moment

imo

That song is innately a punchline at this point, in any context, but even given new narrative context they hammered that punchline into the ground. First she wakes up to the song, which is a Rickroll punchline (ha ha, Rick Astley). Then it turns out her mom likes the song, which is another sort of punchline (ha ha, the mom likes Rich Astley). Then she explains why, which, sure, provides some context, sentimental though it may be (aww, mom likes Rick Astley because it makes her happy). But then they bring it back at the funeral, which is not only the hoary Richard Curtis sort of move (ha ha, this solemn moment is being subverted by Rick Astley!), they then have *everyone sing along,* which is a pure hacky Hollywood move (ha ha, all these soccer guys know the words to Rick Astley!). And *then* there's the videotape gag, which is more or less *literally* a Rickroll.

Again, they could have used just about any popular song and it would have had the same narrative effect, but using that specific song is the easiest, laziest route they could have take to the same destination. I'm shocked that Rick Astley did not make a cameo.

I was surprised as well

ted lasso s2 is awful, jason sudeikis' big emotional scene was 100%

https://i.imgur.com/BVPFS1b.gif

One of the Little Redds (well not so little these days) said "This is only Season Two!"

TBF this *is* made by the guy who did Scrubs, so.

I admit that I am rejecting any suggestion of rickrolling out of sheer stubbornness but - while i concede that it is part of it, it’s not the whole point of using it in the episode. the song doesnt exist JUST a meme - it was a massive worldwide hit & there is genuine nostalgia for it

and I trust Bill Lawrence to appreciate these layers :)

(esp as the man who hid Colin Hay in various closets singing “Overkill” to JD)