I really love the way the expansive HBO budget amplifies the comedic stakes. For example, we know that they really will pay for some pretty wild stuff, such as physically exactingly recreating a section of an airport with functional restaurants inside. That adds a funny sort of credibility to little gags like the “get the dog sniffing air from the right city” bit, which they obviously didn’t really do and only needs to be communicated through a couple of quick insert shots of a truck and a guy with a hose, but your brain at least briefly accepts in a “sure, why not” way because of the context

nathan is the best thing to come out of this fake ass country in many years. give him 20 seasons

in general I think this season has alternated between “pretty good” and “pretty cringe” on an a scene to scene basis more wildly than I remember s1 doing, probably as a result of them condensing and excerpting four planned seasons down to one. I feel like it should provide the encouragement and inspiration to other people to keep fleshing out the universe in a way that isn’t just lightsaber battles but also isn’t terminally dull, unfortunately it is much more likely a fluke not to be repeated

old news. I’m sad I can no longer find and egg his house on olive ave

I did roll my eyes at the predictability of cinta’s death in this context, the only real defence I can think of is that 7/10 of these characters will presumably all be dead within the next 6 episodes anyway

I hate how much it annoys me that the video title claims he ran a marathon, seemingly he only does the 10k. valor stealing!!!

can everyone just chill out on the fuckin Thematic Anaylsis until they’re done airing the episodes

every strategist shitting on them in public and making one last pivot to obama 08 messaging…excellent stuff

I think this show stands out more than it normally would at the moment because 99.9% of current TV is absolute dogshit. It’s not high art but it’s made with attention to detail, effective use of style and a coherent sensibility that’s not just “here’s more slop.”

I do kind of miss the simplicity of s1 (which I admired for finding a great way to capture the unreality of office life and the feeling of “going to work”) but I’m down for where things are headed. My only concern is that in the post-Lost landscape showrunners seem a little too eager to demonstrate they’re going to cross every t and dot every i, and not leave the viewer hanging on any mysteries…personally I like a little ambiguity and lingering mystery. Hopefully they don’t feel the need to didactically over-explain.

Pretty funny to learn that the show’s creator used to work for a company that made doors.