Ray Adverb September 24, 2018 Share September 24, 2018 Quote Paddy's has been put on a list of bars that are sexually hostile to women, so the gang must attend a sexual-harassment seminar in order to get off the list. Link to comment
Galileo908 September 27, 2018 Share September 27, 2018 Now this was more like it, this was great. Of course Dennis was the one worried about Time's Up with all the shit he's done (or tried) over the years. Implications and all that. Somehow I wasn't surprised that he also had an entire slideshow ready to go when he took over the seminar. Dennis calling Time's Up on every other member of the gang was great. Dennis' own turn was amazing, and just highlights how truly awful he is. Implications and all that. I can't believe Dee and Charlie banging actually came back, not to mention the Uncle Jack callback. Frank was amazing. 5 Link to comment
Lantern7 September 27, 2018 Share September 27, 2018 I'm hating FX. 1. Nobody should have to pick between new episodes of Sunny and new South Park. I know we're in an age where "live" viewing isn't that huge, but it's still a tough choice. South Park has a lock on Wednesdays at 10. On the other hand, Danny Devito has been doing the "horrible short guy" thing way longer than Eric Cartman. 2. Why, why, why did FX show that scene in the show's trailer? I mean, it's epic. Mac grabs Dee by the pussy and lifts her a few feet off the ground. Aren't Rob and Kaitlin married in real life? Either way, it's still a hell of a lot to ask for from actors. And it would've been a lot funnier for me if I hadn't seen it already. Awesome episode. I'm just reaching for stuff to be pissed about. Seriously, those might be the best extras in show business. I'd be cracking up every other minutes. They are professionals. And I shouldn't have been shocked that Dennis orchestrated the "shit list" thing, but I was. Just a bunch of horrible people. And we got reminded Dee and Charlie banged! I honestly thought they'd take that to their graves. 2 Link to comment
Galileo908 September 27, 2018 Share September 27, 2018 Do what I do and watch South Park first. This reruns at 10:30. 1 Link to comment
Ray Adverb September 27, 2018 Author Share September 27, 2018 (edited) Ugh. I hate bottle episodes. There had better be one damn good and expensive episode coming up to compensate. I just found the whole thing too preachy and political to be funny. It had its moments though. Edited September 27, 2018 by Ray Adverb 2 Link to comment
Ray Adverb September 27, 2018 Author Share September 27, 2018 I also don't think it made sense that they were so nervous about this when everyone in The Gang has committed serious crimes and never cared. Such as kidnapping, robbery, false imprisonment, drug trafficking, and attempted murder. 2 Link to comment
Joimiaroxeu September 27, 2018 Share September 27, 2018 (edited) "Dennised someone." One of the extras was really getting a kick out of the training room scenes. He kept staring at the gang and smiling when it really wasn't appropriate in context. Dennis trotted out that tired Chris Rock bit about how women only feel harassed if the guy is ugly. Ugh. Even as humor I wish that notion would die. Edited September 27, 2018 by Joimiaroxeu 4 Link to comment
Ubiquitous September 27, 2018 Share September 27, 2018 I enjoyed this ep but wish they hadn't revealed Mac's "labia lift" maneuver in the previews.. So why did Dennis set this bogus seminar up? 2 Link to comment
Ray Adverb September 27, 2018 Author Share September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Ubiquitous said: I enjoyed this ep but wish they hadn't revealed Mac's "labia lift" maneuver in the previews.. So why did Dennis set this bogus seminar up? He was trying to teach a lesson: that the current political climate requires men to be more careful in their sexual harassment. I've been wondering how they accomplished that. They must have used some sort of harness to lift Kaitlin off the ground. Rob is in good shape and strong. Kaitlin is rail thin so she doen't weigh much. Still, you can't really lift a person from that kind of angle, from below, with just one arm. 2 Link to comment
Hero September 27, 2018 Share September 27, 2018 "Nice try, you dumb bitch " is my favorite line in the episode. The wry laugh that Dennis did before he said that line was perfect. 4 Link to comment
Galileo908 September 28, 2018 Share September 28, 2018 15 hours ago, Ray Adverb said: I also don't think it made sense that they were so nervous about this when everyone in The Gang has committed serious crimes and never cared. Such as kidnapping, robbery, false imprisonment, drug trafficking, and attempted murder. And everything with Cricket. Just say he was born that way and nobody batted an eye. 3 Link to comment
Ray Adverb September 28, 2018 Author Share September 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Galileo908 said: And everything with Cricket. Just say he was born that way and nobody batted an eye. I had to omit that for brevity. He was of course one of the victims of the aforementioned attempted murder. It's funny that nobody ever goes to the police with this. 2 Link to comment
Ubiquitous September 28, 2018 Share September 28, 2018 20 hours ago, Ray Adverb said: I've been wondering how they accomplished that. They must have used some sort of harness to lift Kaitlin off the ground. Rob is in good shape and strong. Kaitlin is rail thin so she doen't weigh much. Still, you can't really lift a person from that kind of angle, from below, with just one arm. I think they used a harness to lift her as well. 1 Link to comment
halkatla September 28, 2018 Share September 28, 2018 (edited) Loved this episode, did not see the twist coming. I feel like the whole plot was really loose and "meh" until the twist was revealed and then it was all suddenly cinched together in a masterful way. Spoiler I love the direction this season has taken, even though the other episodes haven´t all been as clever as this one was, there has still been an underlying current of "climate" and all the sjw nonsense that makes it really relevant, no matter which side people belong to. Edited September 28, 2018 by halkatla 1 Link to comment
Amarsir September 29, 2018 Share September 29, 2018 12 hours ago, Ubiquitous said: I think they used a harness to lift her as well. Yeah they way she moved straight up definitely indicated harness. Not the twist I expected, so kudos for that. My biggest problem is that the casual sexism made it just a little too similar to last week's episode. In separate seasons these would both have been great, or even further apart in this one. But back-to-back it just feels like "yeah we get it, women are inferior." 2 Link to comment
100Proof September 29, 2018 Share September 29, 2018 Not feeling this season at all. Pretty much awful and zero funny. The writing, instead of being aimed at funny haha, is geared at being self referential. This way the show nerd/fanboys, who must be studying some kind of IASIP bible all night and day, get their satisfaction from exclusively being 'in on the joke'. Well, I don't remember the thing that Charlie said to Dee in episode 7 of season 3 that they now trotted out ten seasons later, but sure as shit the faboi's do and think it's all hysterical. 1 Link to comment
HunterHunted October 1, 2018 Share October 1, 2018 On 9/27/2018 at 7:31 AM, Ray Adverb said: I also don't think it made sense that they were so nervous about this when everyone in The Gang has committed serious crimes and never cared. Such as kidnapping, robbery, false imprisonment, drug trafficking, and attempted murder. Were they actually nervous? Mac wanted to win the most points, Frank was slightly worried about lawsuits, Dee was using it as an opportunity to get back at the guys, and Charlie just went along because everyone else was there. I think most of the lines about how serious this actually was came from Dennis, who was Dennising them. The rest of the lines came from Dee. And Dennis was using this whole thing as an elaborate con job to publicly humiliate the gang and reassert his dominance and superiority. 2 Link to comment
Ray Adverb October 1, 2018 Author Share October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, HunterHunted said: Were they actually nervous? Mac wanted to win the most points, Frank was slightly worried about lawsuits, Dee was using it as an opportunity to get back at the guys, and Charlie just went along because everyone else was there. I think most of the lines about how serious this actually was came from Dennis, who was Dennising them. The rest of the lines came from Dee. And Dennis was using this whole thing as an elaborate con job to publicly humiliate the gang and reassert his dominance and superiority. Yes that was the thing through the entire episode. That's why Frank kept pacing in and out in the bathroom, and all the other guys were complaining about how hot it was. 1 Link to comment
Ray Adverb October 1, 2018 Author Share October 1, 2018 (edited) On 9/29/2018 at 11:17 AM, 100Proof said: Not feeling this season at all. Pretty much awful and zero funny. The writing, instead of being aimed at funny haha, is geared at being self referential. This way the show nerd/fanboys, who must be studying some kind of IASIP bible all night and day, get their satisfaction from exclusively being 'in on the joke'. Well, I don't remember the thing that Charlie said to Dee in episode 7 of season 3 that they now trotted out ten seasons later, but sure as shit the faboi's do and think it's all hysterical. I haven't really noticed that aspect specifically. I've been annoyed at all the attempts at political and topical humor. At least during the previous presidential administration, if you didn't want to think about politics you didn't have to. Now it gets shoved down your throat left and right because entertainers either think it's important or they want to blow off some kind of steam and think their viewers are sympathetic ears. Also, that's TWO bottle episodes in a row. They must have some really expensive episodes coming up. Hopefully they have a good one revolving around the Eagles at the Superbowl. Edited October 1, 2018 by Ray Adverb 1 Link to comment
100Proof October 1, 2018 Share October 1, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ray Adverb said: I haven't really noticed that aspect specifically. I've been annoyed at all the attempts at political and topical humor. At least during the previous presidential administration, if you didn't want to think about politics you didn't have to. Now it gets shoved down your throat left and right because entertainers either think it's important or they want to blow off some kind of steam and think their viewers are sympathetic ears. Also, that's TWO bottle episodes in a row. They must have some really expensive episodes coming up. Hopefully they have a good one revolving around the Eagles at the Superbowl. Apparently from perusing a IASIP reddit fan page, those folks think everything's hysterical because its self-referential. I'm thinking it sucks because I don't have the entire previous 12 season script memorized in my head like they do. Take Seinfeld for example, which I did enjoy. You had characters with a certain behavior pattern. Each episode had a story line that stood on it's own and the comedy came from how each character responded within that specific plot environment. Whereas,with IASIP, pretty much all the 'comedy', comes from whatever line a character says, its calling back to some previous thing that happened in some earlier season between the characters. NOT FUNNY! ;) South Park was always on the mark satirizing the current political and culture. But I even found SP in the dump the past many many many seasons. IIRC, more or less after Chef left and since many/all of the continuing characters getting dropped in favor of a focused core group, it sucks too. Edited October 1, 2018 by 100Proof Link to comment
meggonzo October 1, 2018 Share October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Ray Adverb said: I haven't really noticed that aspect specifically. I've been annoyed at all the attempts at political and topical humor. At least during the previous presidential administration, if you didn't want to think about politics you didn't have to. Now it gets shoved down your throat left and right because entertainers either think it's important or they want to blow off some kind of steam and think their viewers are sympathetic ears. Also, that's TWO bottle episodes in a row. They must have some really expensive episodes coming up. Hopefully they have a good one revolving around the Eagles at the Superbowl. They've always done political and topical humor. I would be more surprised if they didn't reference current events. 3 Link to comment
Ray Adverb October 1, 2018 Author Share October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, meggonzo said: They've always done political and topical humor. I would be more surprised if they didn't reference current events. Which is fine, but everyone is doing it, and always in such heavy handed ways. It gets tiring after a while. 1 Link to comment
HunterHunted October 2, 2018 Share October 2, 2018 15 hours ago, meggonzo said: They've always done political and topical humor. I would be more surprised if they didn't reference current events. They've also done a ton of bottle episodes throughout the seasons. I'd have to watch the episodes again, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that at least 10% and up to 30% of the episodes are bottle episodes. 2 Link to comment
Ray Adverb October 2, 2018 Author Share October 2, 2018 10 hours ago, HunterHunted said: They've also done a ton of bottle episodes throughout the seasons. I'd have to watch the episodes again, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that at least 10% and up to 30% of the episodes are bottle episodes. Here is every episode that has aired so far, from most recent to the pilot. Bottle episodes are in bold. There are 137 episodes. Spoiler Time's Up for the Gang The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot The Gang Escapes The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again Dennis' Double Life A Cricket's Tale The Gang Tends Bar PTSDee Hero or Hate Crime? Making Dennis Reynolds a Murderer Wolf Cola: A Public Relations Nightmare Old Lady House: A Situation Comedy The Gang Goes to a Water Park The Gang Turns Black The Gang Goes to Hell: Part Two The Gang Goes to Hell Charlie Catches a Leprechaun McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century Being Frank Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs Dee Made a Smut Film The Gang Hits the Slopes Frank Falls Out the Window Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo Ass Kickers United: Mac and Charlie Join a Cult Frank Retires The Gang Goes on Family Fight Mac Kills His Dad The Gang Misses the Boat The Gang Spies Like U.S. Charlie Work Psycho Pete Returns The Gang Group Dates The Gang Beats Boggs The Gang Squashes Their Beefs The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6 Flowers for Charlie The Gang Gets Quarantined The Gang Saves the Day Mac Day Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award Gun Fever Too: Still Hot The Gang Broke Dee Reynolds vs. Reynolds: The Cereal Defense The Gang Dines Out Charlie Rules the World Frank's Back in Business Charlie's Mom Has Cancer The Gang Gets Analyzed Charlie and Dee Find Love The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre The Gang Recycles Their Trash Pop-Pop: The Final Solution The High School Reunion Part 2: The Gang's Revenge The High School Reunion Thunder Gun Express How Mac Got Fat The Gang Gets Trapped The ANTI-Social Network Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games The Storm of the Century Frank's Brother Sweet Dee Gets Audited Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore Frank's Pretty Woman Dee Gives Birth The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth The Gang Gets a New Member Who Got Dee Pregnant? Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down Mac and Charlie: White Trash Mac's Big Break The Gang Buys a Boat Dennis Gets Divorced Mac Fights Gay Marriage The Gang Reignites the Rivalry Mac and Charlie Write a Movie The D.E.N.N.I.S. System A Very Sunny Christmas Mac and Dennis Break Up Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens The Gang Wrestles for the Troops The World Series Defense The Waitress Is Getting Married The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention The Great Recession The Gang Hits the Road The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis The Nightman Cometh The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia Who Pooped the Bed? Mac & Charlie Die: Part 2 Mac & Charlie Die: Part 1 America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest Mac's Banging the Waitress The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis Mac and Dennis: Manhunters The Gang Dances Their Asses Off Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City The Gang Gets Whacked: Part 2 The Gang Gets Whacked: Part 1 Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender Mac Is a Serial Killer Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person The Gang Sells Out Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty Magoo The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead The Gang Gets Held Hostage The Gang Gets Invincible The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass The Gang Runs for Office The Gang Exploits a Miracle The Gang Gives Back Hundred Dollar Baby Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom The Gang Goes Jihad Charlie Gets Crippled Charlie Got Molested The Gang Finds a Dead Guy Gun Fever Charlie Has Cancer Underage Drinking: A National Concern Charlie Wants an Abortion The Gang Gets Racist I count 24 out of 137, which is 17.5%. But did you notice that this is the first time you had 3 in a row? 1 Link to comment
mothmonsterman October 26, 2018 Share October 26, 2018 I really, really enjoyed this episode and think it was as funny as any Sunny episode. I had to pause my tv because I was laughing so hard at the "know your place, monster man, your time is up." I don't watch trailers, because I don't want to be spoiled, so the Dee lift scene was a total shock to me. This show handles political and hot button topics really well, because the reactions will always be true to the gangs characters. I think it would be a cop out if they suddenly learned something. 1 Link to comment
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