You're The Worst [FX]

Basq · 22-08-2014 6:22pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHqjJ9WYl0A

Centers on two toxic, self-destructive people who fall in love and attempt a relationship.

Anyone else watching this? Comfortably, the best new comedy out of the US this summer IMO.

It's crude, often silly but very very funny!

It's been paired with other new comedy Married on FX - which stars Nat Faxon and Judy Greer - but I just can't warm to that at all!

Anyways, well worth watching if you're looking for something new.

Mr E · 22-08-2014 11:09pm

Never heard of it, but after watching a few episodes, I love it.

22-08-2014 11:37pm

Been watching it since it started and really enjoying it. It's low brow fare and all the better for it, the kind of show which would work really well paired alongside It's Always Sunny

_Whimsical_ · 23-08-2014 1:08am

I've watched it and liked it.
There's something jarring about the Americans in it though, it feels like it could do with an English remake. American's just aren't believably wry enough for this script.

FreudianSlippers · 03-09-2014 8:46am

I just started watching at the weekend and love it. Easily my favourite new show this year. I hope it sticks around for a while, but they will need to keep it fresh or I could see it getting very repetitive - keeping in mind I've only watched 4 episodes.

Basq · 03-09-2014 8:56am

Jimmy and Gretchen are absolute bastards for the most part, yet they're so likeable.

I like the callbacks to jokes so far like Jimmy forgetting who Killian is.

It really is a cracking show!

northgirl · 03-09-2014 3:18pm

Binge watched this at the weekend, great bubblegum TV!

pickarooney · 08-09-2014 11:16am

Started watching this yesterday and ran through eight episodes. Enjoyable fare but I don't know how long they can drag it out for. The leads aren't nasty enough for my liking at this stage. I don't see the point in Killian.

And Edgar is the love child of David Schwimmer and Nicholas Cage.

fisgon · 20-09-2014 9:46am

This is already my favourite show at the moment, and I only started watching it two days ago. Very well written. Agree with the comments about Edgar and his similarity to Ross from Friends, though I reckon it is Lindsay (Kether Donohue) who steals the show.

FreudianSlippers · 20-09-2014 10:26am

I love this show, but the finale felt... Final. It needs a second season. I have to agree too about Kether Donohue as Lindsay, she's brilliant

Basq · 20-09-2014 1:55pm

Great finale, and Kether Donohue is indeed fantastic..

"I've had that pillow since I was 11. I call him Brandon Pointycorners!"

Chris Geere and Aya Cash have some of the best chemistry I've seen on TV in years.. they're just great fun to watch!

Praying it gets a second season though ratings have been far from stellar.. but it has quite a dedicated following, so I'd say FX should definitely renew it.

But yeah, definitely looking forward to more!

PS - theme song is excellent too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w26RfA8DSa4

scouttio · 20-09-2014 1:56pm

Never heard of this until clicking on this thread today but the trailer has me excited

QikBax · 20-09-2014 9:20pm

Tremendous show but wouldn't hold out much hope for a second season.

FX didn't renew the even more critically adored but ratings challenged Terriers.

pickarooney · 20-09-2014 10:55pm

Basq wrote: »

Great finale, and Kether Donohue is indeed fantastic..

"I've had that pillow since I was 11. I call him Brandon Pointycorners!"

Chris Geere and Aya Cash have some of the best chemistry I've seen on TV in years.. they're just great fun to watch!

Praying it gets a second season though ratings have been far from stellar.. but it has quite a dedicated following, so I'd say FX should definitely renew it.

But yeah, definitely looking forward to more!

PS - theme song is excellent too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w26RfA8DSa4

Is that slo(w) thrust or sloth rust?

21-09-2014 1:48pm

Really enjoyed this!!!

JP Liz V1 · 30-09-2014 11:51pm

Renewed for season 2 on FXX Source

gazzer · 01-10-2014 8:09am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Renewed for season 2 on FXX Source

Great news. One of my favourite shows of the year

FreudianSlippers · 01-10-2014 9:01am

Yay!

Basq · 01-10-2014 10:11am

Fantastic news!

Basq · 07-08-2015 7:04pm

Back September 9th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57ZV8MTyeI

QikBax · 07-08-2015 7:18pm

Tremendous show.

Guy:Incognito · 07-08-2015 8:29pm

Could you not have waited till the 8th. I saw this bumped and thought it was back this week or somesuch.:(

fisgon · 10-09-2015 3:59pm

Great to see this back, I was beginning to wonder if the show was just going to disappear.

First ep. of new series carries on where they left off, misanthropic comedy brilliance, like Seinfeld on steroids. They're all so horrible, which is what makes it so good. Lindsey, as ever, steals the show.

Crumbs · 06-11-2015 9:32pm

Love the direction this second season has been going in, particularly regarding:

depression

. The latest episode (2x09) was brilliant!

JP Liz V1 · 02-12-2015 11:25pm

Renewed

siblers · 03-12-2015 1:20am

Loved season 1, one of the best comedies I had ever seen, season 2 really disappointed me. It seems like they didn't really know what direction to go with it so added in the whole

depression

aspect to it. It's just really somber at times and doesn't really seem to fit in with the overall tone of the show.

Footoo · 03-12-2015 1:09pm

siblers wrote: »

Loved season 1, one of the best comedies I had ever seen, season 2 really disappointed me. It seems like they didn't really know what direction to go with it so added in the whole
depression
aspect to it. It's just really somber at times and doesn't really seem to fit in with the overall tone of the show.

Really? Wow. Each to their own and all that but Season two has been the best season of comedy of recent times imo.

That three run episode centring around what you spoilered above, including the amazing Hallowe’en episode in the middle, is comedy TV at it’s very best. It’s completely pushing the boundaries of what TV comedy can do. The third episode of that run had literally zero laughs yet still managed to be the most gripping and engrossing half hour of TV this year. Comedy shows don’t do that in general.

The first season’s tone, on the outside, was a bit wacky and crazy, but bubbling underneath every character was a real darkness. Season 2 has just brought that darkness out. That’s a brave move for a comedy to really expose the badness of its main characters while allowing us to maintain some empathy for them. Unlike say “The League” or “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” which for me are just show about horrible people.

Although tbf I’ve not seen enough of IASIF to really comment on that.

Siog-Alainn · 10-09-2016 12:05pm

Season three is airing now

FreudianSlippers · 13-09-2016 8:43am

God I love this show.

Who has time to wash their legs!?

siblers · 14-11-2016 2:00pm

I wasn't overly gone on Season 2 (I think I need to rewatch it) but season 3 is superb. Episode 5

About PTSD was superb, of all the films and tv shows that have dealt with PTSD, I don't think I've ever seen it shot as well as this episode, the scene with the doctor was superbly done, did a great job in highlighting what must be a serious issue over in the states. That episode came from nowhere, I don't think there was a zero comedic moment which is partly why it stood out so well

FreudianSlippers · 17-11-2016 9:25am

It's the best "half-hour" comedy on TV at the moment.

Basq · 17-11-2016 9:48am

I grew a little bored of it early into S2... might pick it up again over Christmas.

Mr E · 17-11-2016 9:50am

Same here. Season 2 was a slog. I might try Season 3 over Christmas too.

pickarooney · 18-11-2016 11:06pm

Seasons two and three are great, you lunatics.

sham69 · 21-11-2016 10:59am

Loved season 1, 2 wasn't bad but really struggling with 3.
Its a bit all over the place.
Still fun though and worth a watch..

_Whimsical_ · 21-11-2016 6:02pm

I think this really lost its way in season 2,all the characters became so unlikeable. That said I saw one ep from season 3 yesterday and it featured the room mate guy who's name I can't remember. It focused on his ptsd after his time in the army. It was actually brilliant. One of the best portrayals of it I've seen. I actually felt his anxiety right through it and came away with a much better understanding of it.
Just goes to show they're obviously a really talented team putting it together, pity they've played it that bit too cool the last two seasons.

Quazzie · 21-08-2017 3:48pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I think this really lost its way in season 2,all the characters became so unlikeable. That said I saw one ep from season 3 yesterday and it featured the room mate guy who's name I can't remember. It focused on his ptsd after his time in the army. It was actually brilliant. One of the best portrayals of it I've seen. I actually felt his anxiety right through it and came away with a much better understanding of it.
Just goes to show they're obviously a really talented team putting it together, pity they've played it that bit too cool the last two seasons.

I have to disagree. The show definitely changed. It got darker. It's the best portrayal of depression and anxiety I've seen on any show. I don't think it lost it's way, I think it blended the serious and the funny excellently.
Anyways. Season 4 starts on September 6th, and personally I can't wait to watch it.

_Whimsical_ · 23-08-2017 1:22am

Quazzie wrote: »

I have to disagree. The show definitely changed. It got darker. It's the best portrayal of depression and anxiety I've seen on any show. I don't think it lost it's way, I think it blended the serious and the funny excellently.
Anyways. Season 4 starts on September 6th, and personally I can't wait to watch it.

It has done a great portrayal of mental health issues, that was actually my point there, but I think the characters are so utterly unlikeable, with exception of the ptsd guy, that it loses the funny in favour of overblown caricature. I think the first season was so much stronger in terms of comedy because there seemed to be a kernel of a real person in every character, now we mostly only see beyond the veneer of slapstick unpleasantness when that person is featured to highlight their mental health.
Eg, ptsd guy is going to his appointment with the psychiatrist, everyone knows it's important, he gives a lift to Gretchen and Jimmy ,they're making him late, roaring abuse from the back seat, having sex in the car. I don't find it a blend of serious and funny, I've found it more a blend of serious and annoying lately instead of the serious and the comic as it was.

LLMMLL · 07-09-2017 2:03pm

Back last night with a double episode. Second episode was hilarious.

pickarooney · 07-09-2017 10:37pm

LLMMLL wrote: »

Back last night with a double episode. Second episode was hilarious.

Never realised how much Gretchen sounded like Groucho Marx before

Quazzie · 07-09-2017 11:11pm

LLMMLL wrote: »

Back last night with a double episode. Second episode was hilarious.

Have to agree. Wasn't sure what way the first episode was going then the second episode was a hilarious juxtaposition.

gmisk · 07-09-2017 11:36pm

Can't wait to watch new episodes, such an underrated show!

LLMMLL · 14-09-2017 4:36pm

Another great ep. Love how every week there's a different excuse for why the third band member isn't around. Lindsay's "who?" Was hilarious.

Almost took Gretchen seriously when she apologised for using the term "family"

gmisk · 17-09-2017 9:11pm

Saw those first 3eps terrific stuff...Aya Cash has been brilliant so far...Jimmy is such a d*ckhead!

siblers · 17-06-2018 9:59am

Only watched season 4 now, it's frigging superb. One of the best seasons of tv comedy/drama I have ever season. As good as season 2 of Atlanta

Yggr of Asgard · 17-04-2019 9:37am

The last 2 epsiodes confused me totally, the time jumps that were not clearly visible as time jumps (to due the same venue, the same clothing) paired with the "this is what happens to them in future" despite us already have seen it just to end back on the day really took a lot of work by me to follow.

Sure I liked the end and the relationship terms that were defined but somehow for a while I thought they did an error broadcasting a wrong cut.

Never the less, I am going to miss this show.

FreudianSlippers · 18-04-2019 7:45am

The clothing was different, but the time jumps over the season were meant to be confusing. I thought it was a fantastic way to end a great show.

Quazzie · 27-05-2019 12:01pm

So who ended up with who? I thought I had it right, but then I just got confused all over again.

FreudianSlippers · 28-05-2019 8:18am

Quazzie wrote: »

So who ended up with who? I thought I had it right, but then I just got confused all over again.

Jimmy + Gretchen = together but never get married during the show, Gretchen is pregnant though.
Paul + Lindsay = (re-)married at the same venue that J+G's wedding was supposed to be at.
Vernon + Becca = still together

You're The Worst [FX]

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