Josiah Bounderby

The house IS a TARDIS! Holy crap, now that I really look at those pictures...those are some enormous sets.

Uh...I'm seeing Ep 3 comments attached to Jordan Veilleux's Ep 4 piece. I love how Max does the kid actor thing of yelling, literally yelling, virtually every line...even if the puppy he is addressing is two inches away from his mouth.

The show is a glorious mess and I love every minute of it. CCB is a physically talented performer. There's an extended wrestling sequence coming up and, ok, someone with a dance background can learn classic pro wrestling moves. What is remarkable is that CCB really, really sells them.

Ramona is a work in progress. I like the performer a lot but the show hasn't handled the character consistently. I think they're going to settle on Ramona as anchor of normalcy...her Mom is nutty, her Dad is super nutty, the house is chaotic, and she's reasonable.

Nicely done, Daisy, on the rooms.

Andrea Barber is a national treasure.

Jodi Sweetin's people and wardrobe need to rethink her styling. (Because there's going to a second season right?) She is a grown-ass woman with beautiful, large-ish breasts. Is the show afraid of her body? I'm 4 eps in and someone has decided they have to be hidden most of the time, buried behind scarf-y nonsense. And when they aren't hidden (dancing at the club in that silver sheath) the fit was terrible, they looked squashed and cantelopey. She is supposed to be a "wild child," right? Then don't be prudish. Allow her to have a bust. I recognize that there's a long tradition where characters in the sitcom family have a limited amount of sexual energy while outsiders are allowed to be sexualized. (For example, her "sexy" friend at Coachella.) But If she is the "Uncle Jesse" crazy parent, let her have a few more ounces of sexual mojo, please. And the hair! A strong bang is current and classic Jodi Sweetin. But everything else... Too blonde, too cool in tone, way too long, way too heavy, doesn't photograph well, always on the verge of collapsing. I'm guessing this is the actor's preference. Keeps her in her comfort zone. She can do a lot better. Disney & Nickelodeon figured out how to style women past 30 in their family programming. This hasn't happened yet with Stephanie Tanner 2016.

Anything that makes me watch a multicam sitcom with a live audience is a win. I want to see some of the kid actors who ran with the Tanner kids return. Marla Sokoloff, please!

That is a good point. Small town/rural area might indeed be hungry for event spaces. And if the food is great, event patrons can become regular restaurant patrons.

1. Maybe the kid gets tense on camera, but the Shuler of Shuler's seems creepy. 2. I agree...why would any one expect these two restaurant-owners to have any retail expertise? Aren't there people with Marcus, Inc. who help him manage his empire? Marketers and buyers and retail design experts? Why doesn't Marcus throw some staff at such a large expansion? 3. Banquet room hosting 200 people a week 50 weeks a year!? The restaurant is in a town with 1300 people. Nearest population center is Columbia SC metro area with 800,000 people 100 miles away. Doesn't seem likely.

What a boring episode. Something I've never thought about The Profit. I was so uninterested that I tried to fashion a pitch for 16 Candles character-related flavors. A duck-flavored yogurt, perhaps, Asian, creamy, anatomical, foul. There's a joke in there somewhere.

I know, referring to a Highland Park business as "the Chicago store" is ridiculous. "Suburb" is not a tough concept. This type of short-hand is insulting to the viewer. Part of the appeal of this show is that you get to "play" business owner and "play" potential investor while you watch. And what is more central to the fate of a retail business than location? Chicago already has Greek-derived diners and plenty of nabe places to get Gyros/Souvlaki. So, yea, putting "The Simple Greek" in Highland Park or in a mall makes sense...nice, safe, healthier "ethnic" food for the Bourgeoisie. That's Highland Park! Don't talk down to me, show, it cheapens my experience.

It used to be that there was San Francisco and there was Silicon Valley. Different places, different counties, different sorts of traffic, way different architecture, different relationships to the bay and the sea, different cultures. Now has San Francisco simply "become" Silicon Valley? Is that the parlance now? Or is that just reality show shorthand?

Christina the Flower Woman has extraordinarily bad hair.

I always thought the Simple Greek couple were lazy no-talents. Mom is actually creepier than the stepdad. Marcus never needed them. He could have gotten his Greek Chipotle concept rolling without them. Oh, well, it made for a first episode where Marcus got to trot out his Greek-American upbringing.

"I'll bet she practiced some of the lines she used during her showdown with Marcus about 100 times in front of her bathroom mirror beforehand. " This feels right.

This was, sadly, an episode about shoes that told me very little about designing, making, and marketing shoes.

I was wrong...Sweet Pete's store in in Lake Forest...really looked like Winnetka to me...

1. Enough with the Sweet Pete's already. 2. That wasn't Chicago. It was Winnetka IL. (Right? Am I right?) 3. I think viewers can understand the concept of "suburban Chicago" or "near Chicago" (or, my favorite, "Chicagoland.") 4. Bunty is right...the deadlines were poorly handled. 5. Still, a solid episode. 6. I want to see a classic The Profit shitstorm episode now with dishonest dirtbags. I miss those sorts of owners.

Ms. Bunting is a stylistic virtuoso. I have such respect for the formal aspects of her writing -- the sometimes idiosyncratic syntax, her love of long clauses, and the ways in which her biting tone is balanced by her abiding Humanism. And this is internet writing, people. If you don't know who Dave Parker is, well, then you didn't get a reference. No tears allowed. If you want total clarity in your prose, go pick up a copy of US fucking A Today.

There's a lot to love in this season, and I will happily watch this cast play these characters for a long, long time. The entire Weimar thing was a squib. It never ignited. If you are really going to tell the story of the 1930's Pfeffermans, then give that story room to breathe. We were given no time with any of the characters. And the big reveal is that Great Grandpa Pfefferman was an asshole towards Great Grandma Pfefferman? Please. I could have told you that ten minutes into the first episode of season one. Dr. Von Whatzitz' Institute of Sexual Freedomness seemed preposterous.. Historically accurate? Maybe. A functioning part of the Transparent universe? No. My theory: there was a lot of Weimar material written and perhaps even shot that got cut.

This ep seemed to be good casting for the show and a rather unexciting business venture for Marcus. "But everyone can relate to candles!" said the excited producer. "And the wife is good looking enough to be a somewhat successful tv host!" "Hmmm" says the trusted person from the Marcus empire. "She has a really expressive smile!" "Eh..." "And the husband has a personal problem from his childhood that he NEVER SPEAKS ABOUT because it is SO PAINFUL! And we can get him to share it in exchange for Marcus' money. It has something to do with HIS PARENTS DIVORCE!" "Not child abuse?" "Oh, God, no." "Ok, fine. We can pitch it to Marcus."

I love that the show teased us with Lobsta, dumped it and moved on. More of that, please. Bunty is right: the Pie Hole woman is probably a not-bad person and a brutal manager. Because she manipulates but plays it as incompetence. She's a natural performer! I'd go so far as to say she's one of the best actors we've seen on this show. She has it all: expressive face, expressive voice, immediate reactions, quippy, sensitive. Other actors would describe her as a "good scene partner." And she smoothly trots out lines -- like the one about The Secret and secret-ing. She's said that before. I bet the producers loved her. She knew how to be a perfect reality show character. And I wish her well. I like her and bet her food is delicious. And that Pie Hole was the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life. P.S. You don't stay away from your mother for six years because you can't find the time or spring for a plane ticket.

I found this show flat and earnest and interesting. I'm with Tara Ariano: I didn't find it funny. There's a lot of issue-fueled comedic tv out there that centers around LA or NYC creatives trying to find their way: Married, Bojack Horseman, Difficult People, Broad City, and probably 5 other shows. All of them feature performances that are lively and specific; the issues that are cleverly woven into narratives; the humor can crackle or surprise. Master of None has none of these qualities. I'll grant the show this: it has its heart in the right place and I personally approve of the politics of the show. But oh so flat.

This was a masterful episode. I thought it was particularly well-constructed, achieving a lovely balance between business content, personal drama, and Marcus being Marcus. I mean, of course I want some episodes to be gobsmacking crazypants, but this was The Profit as advertised. I appreciated that. And they didn't show the kid too much.