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I am with you 100% on every word in your post. I've loved Carly Chaikin since seeing her in Suburgatory and was excited to see her playing someone totally different and then it rapidly became SO disappointing!

To paraphrase the late great Mitch Hedberg, "Addiction is the only disease you can get yelled at for having."

I'm thinking the same. Also I think that was hot wax on the floor, not dried blood. I'll be really disappointed if Paul, with the Viagra and the seductive Mom turns out to be a self-loathing closeted serial killer.

So I think it could be some weird game with the shooter so it could be fake bullets. He's wearing a bird's head and there were other animal heads on the wall meant for people to wear. I also didn't think the pool on the floor was necessarily dried blood.

Oh I 'm totally on board with the neurotic and insecure plus the autobiographical angle you mention! Curb Your Enthusiasm! ( Deeply hope there's more seasons to come) I love standup comedians and listen to them on podcasts daily because I love what they talk about. I just feel like this season is deeply mind bogglingly unfunny. I don't know why it is. I think the very first episode where he is at the vet with one of his cats and he is all weird and trying to ask her out (I think) had me instantly hooked. Or when the hipster record store guy accused him of secretly liking Depeche Mode and he went out and spent ten grand on some new sound system just to stick it to him? Loved it!

It was really getting on my nerves how much he was twisting himself up over impressing his niece. Why would he do that? Why would he care that much? Just be nice to her and she'll remember you in a good light. What let me down again is that he didn't even end up doing anything really funny in his pathetic quest to be cool in her eyes.

I always thought that if someone overdoses and then opens their eyes they usually live. This felt like a very Sopranos ending which was the last thing I wanted. I thought the last episode was as crap as the rest of the season but I did feel the utter bleak hopeless emptiness of the dead end addict and why she did what she did in the bathroom.

I agree and I would have no problem with this more or less if the last two seasons had been well written. When I first started watching this show I was really sucked in by my back and forth over how much I felt for her and how much I was concerned that one day she would fuck up colossally either at work or at home because of the drugs. For the most part she seemed to have things under control in the beginning. Now I know that most addicts will report that things are usually pretty great in the beginning but after a while things get ugly in your life and that with some cases (depending on the drugs one is addicted to, usually opiates which I believe Jackie uses) the addict no longer feels euphoria but only needs more and more drugs to keep from being debilitatingly, unbearably ill and in pain. I can't stress enough that I personally don't need this show to be a morality lesson or anything. I would have been fine to still have the old Jackie to the very end. Doing some icky things and doing some kind of kind and awesome things. Whatever. This show really didn't go either way. Instead we get Junior Birdman, PrinceDoctor, the many disappointments of Zoe and Akalitus and so on.

I'm hate watching it to the end (OCD much?) and I hate myself for it. Lispy Adorkable sends me into a rage spiral as do his mom and dad. The whining is deeply unfunny and they hit these outrageous levels of misery about the smallest things. I'm bored every time I'm at Coogan's job. It's all mumbling and eye rolling. I hate the fantasy sequences too. They just don't work for me at all and leave me feeling tired. Remember the scene where the wife moves into a huge barn and starts using it as a studio? She let that old man sit there for the rest of the day evne though she wanted to get to work. Am I supposed to feel for her? And yet she goes from zero to psychotic rage when a teacher suggests that what she does isn't really work. Yea toots, it's not if that's all it takes to derail you! I got the impression that the writers wanted me to side with her, too. I don't think so. Have a cup of coffee with the old man, listen to his story and then tell him you have to get back to work. See? Easy! OK I'm off to my car to have a 20 minute scream fest, if anybody needs me.

So I watched two of the three eps online and I just don't really know what to think yet. I found the Bible one painful for the most part. Really unfunny and the line about the size of the book being that of a child's coffin had me gasping. Why? I was a big more ok with the school application one but again with him being a hapless idiot fucking up his wife's errands? They already did that one. Is the pattern going to be Catholic wife/fat stupid well meaning husband who is a good guy but constantly mistaken for a weirdo? I love Jim Gaffigan's stand up so I'm hoping this won't go the way of the John Mulaney show.

I really can't believe how far and fast this show has fallen for me. I still love his podcast but this season has so far been a total bust.

Mary-Lynn Rajskub deserves way better. A call from Maron would do her no favors.

Yes and also her poignant "Oh reaaaaaaalllllly?" type reaction when she was dancing with Dr. Prince and heard that Jackie was engaged to Eddie.

I thought ageism as well and expected the waiting room to be filled with applicants half her age but she saw stupid Eddie instead. Her hair and makeup have been spectacular all season.

I found Maron's acting even worse than usual in this ep. The actress who played his wife was awful as well. So far my disappointment with this season remains.

I was way too distracted during this ep with the nagging question about what the writers want from me, do they actually expect me to be happy for Jackie?

Oh, I liked it just fine except for the lost luggage stuff at the end.

Wait, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the "Louie" he's portraying in the series is definitely not the Louie he is these days. He's playing a character based on his former pre-fame and riches self, so a not rich, not famous, single dad with a fair to middling standup career.

I loved his expression of anger/disappointment/shame when the Jizzybuns girl told him the pump the icing directly into your mouth option was just a joke.

I can't stand Coogan. I think he feels superior to his audience. RIGHT??!

I would totally watch a Zoe spinoff show. I love her. I'll watch this to the bitter end but man has it been a huge disappointment. What is the point? Watching Jackie stealthnurse? Why? The new doctor has me missing Coop, that's how much I hate him. The iPhone scene made me roll my eyes so hard.

I was really looking forward to this season. I absolutely LOVED the first two but the first episode of Season Three really bored and disappointed me. I sincerely hope things pick up. Anyone still watching?

I've seen all the episodes so far and I think what bugs me the most about this show is that the main leads seem really over the top to me in their responses to things. I just never understand why they're so upset about the things they're upset about. The episode where the woman's mom sends the kid a giant gift and there's all this angst about what to do about it including a rather inappropriate involving of the kid himself just made me think ok what did this woman do to her to warrant so much bizarre rage? I need to know more so I can understand. Tonight they were both fantasizing about chasing down the space ship and I kept thinking really? Why? What is your problem? I mean their lives just don't seem that level bad to me so things really fall apart on my end whenever they go bugfuck over some relatively minor stressor. I'll chalk it up to arrogant writing and trying too hard to be whimsical. I also hate the fantasy sequences.

I was SO annoyed when (I think) Nev told Samm to hug Steven because he was nervous and shaking. So wrong.

I'm surprised to find that this is the only "real" Catfish I've ever seen. This is the only episode I've seen where they were who they said they were and looked the way they did in their photos and not the usual messed up liars and willing victims. The way Samm described how different it was to actually be in front of Steven and how they were actually strangers even though they'd been texting daily for months really felt profoundly accurate to me. Having said that, man, Aurora needs to back off. She's obviously helicoptering because of Steven's issues. The broken rage punch induced hand, the depression and who knows what other problems got her so worried. HOWEVER you don't go along on the meetup and micromanage what his emotional process should be! He's 18 not 8! He's going to have to learn on his own and get hurt along the way and yes it's great if he comes to you for advice and an ear and all that but come on. If I'd been Samm I would have gone screaming into the night about the Momma's boy trying to fast track our relationship in my garage. On TV. I really liked and respected Samm a lot. She had so much composure and self-awareness and knew exactly what she should be doing and the feelings get messy and she DID cry so she's not some sociopath but he was way pushy and it really really aggravated me that all that he could say to her over and over was how hot she was. Shut up dude. How about learn to talk to a hot chick like she's an actual human being instead of constantly tripping over your tongue? It's not the same as when you know a person inside and out and think wow they're beautiful. Plus, I think due to some of the things she's angsted about online about her appearance and the extreme cosmetics she uses, she probably does have issues about her appearance so maybe it grated on her that he was so focussed on just that. He sounded dumb and superficial. Also, sometimes a woman will try to let a guy down nicely because they don't want to hurt his feelings and other times, they're afraid they'll get killed or injured or stalked. I'm not saying it's effective in all cases. I happen to believe in the rip the bandage off quickly technique myself (hard earned opinion btw)