[RoboPlato]

Season premiere tonight!

LOL at that spoiler tag. That describes pretty much every episode.

[Cornballer]

LOL at that spoiler tag. That describes pretty much every episode.

Yeah, we were joking about that last night.

[Cornballer]

[Schweini]

Season premiere tonight!

I'm already laughing by imagining how this episode will be. Can't wait.

[Cornballer]

- Matt Zoller Seitz: TV Review: Airing Louie Near Anger Management Is Like Hanging a Degas Next to a Dumpster

The show’s writer-director-star, Louis C.K., who plays the show’s divorced stand-up-comedian hero, has become the Woody Allen of TV, so it makes sense that he’d hire Allen’s regular editor, Susan E. Morse, to cut the series. After flirting with schlemieldom in seasons one and two, the first five episodes of season three find the character going full putz. The result plays like a hybrid of Allen’s pre–Annie Hall movies and Philip Roth’s self-lacerating autobiographical fiction. It’s as if middle-aged ennui and extended mourning for a long-dead marriage have sparked a kind of reverse puberty in Louie.

- Grantland: The Return of Louie and Why TV's Best Comedy Isn't Really a Comedy

I realized that for Louis C.K. comedy and life are two entirely separate things. Louie, at its best and worst, captures the raw absurdity of reality before it’s carefully whittled into digestible, jokey bits. Onstage, Louis C.K. uses laughter as a defense against the world. The beauty and bravery of Louie is that he allows us to see him without that armor, as messy and needy as anybody else.

[AliceInJam]

I cannot wait for this tonight! Louie is one of the best shows on tv, without a doubt. Nothing else quite like it. Rewatched season two last week and this week in preparation!

[Crumpet Trumpet]

I haven't been this excited for a premiere since Parks season 3. Deliver it to me, Louis.

[Cornballer]

[Cornballer]

[Cornballer]

It's on in a half hour.

[TrumanBurbank]

Very excited!!! Louie and Breaking Bad are the only shows I watch...
Good reviews show me Louis can do no wrong.

[Cornballer]

It's on.

[Mully]

That's a pretty rough start. That girl looked familiar.

[purg3]

that was perfect lol

[blame space]

holy shit his car

[Mully]

Is he dead?

[ThanksVision]

Holy fuck this ep is hilarious.

[friskykillface]

RIP Louie

Lol i thought he was gonna attempt a trick with those guys

[Mully]

That old lady sounds like one of the many old ladies that come through my shop.

[Crumpet Trumpet]

Well, Louie had a difficult day.

[LM4sure]

the car. lol. amazing

[Ruze789]

That's a pretty rough start. That girl looked familiar.

The girl is Gaby Hoffmann, she was the younger daughter in Uncle Buck... It was driving my wife nuts how familiar she looked.

Episode was good! That crash lol.

[Cornballer]

Reviews:
- Sepinwall
- Onion A|V Club

EDIT:
- Slate.com's continuing discussion of the episode

[shadyspace]

Louie must have some strong genes.

[Autumn Wind]

Within the first two minutes of the episode, I was in stitches.

[wenis]

His 'not' girlfriend was oddly attractive. Great episode. The car bit, the reveal of the ex-wife, the sign discussion and him being incapable of saying what needed to be said killed me.

This man is not of this earth.

[Mully]

The girl is Gaby Hoffmann, she was the younger daughter in Uncle Buck... It was driving my wife nuts how familiar she looked. Episode was good! That crash lol.

She was also the daughter in Volcano. I love that film and when I first saw it, I had a thing for her (I was 10 at the time). In this episode she was kind of a bitch, but Louie needed to pull some kind of trigger. The car and the motorcycle were pretty funny.

The only complaint I've always had with the show is that it feels like a set of small two minute skits than it does an episode.

[big ander]

"you can't park a dog, or a carrot?"

and that last scene, of Louie just not talking...fucking hilarious.

I'm still AFRAID that a show can be this good. It's overwhelming.

[ATF487]

Pretty solid episode, happy to see this back on TV

[MetalGuardian]

I didn't find this episode particularly hilarious, but I was still entertained the entire way through. Even when the show isn't making me laugh, it's making me think

I love Louis C.K. so much

[smr00]

The whole upgraded dick thing had me in tears.

[ThanksVision]

The blurry dick, confusing sign, extreme car crushing, and the motorcycle gang all killed me.

[shadyspace]

The whole upgraded dick thing had me in tears.

It was a persuasive argument as well. Can't see why that's not medically possible.

[blame space]

what a great show

[BuddyJoeHooker]

Yes! My favorite comedy show is back!

[TrumanBurbank]

I love this show. I love it so much.

[empty vessel]

Brilliant episode for me.

[Cornballer]

[Lion Heart]

Always entertaining but a pretty weak episode. I was annoyed at Louies face lol. Can't wait til the next one but boy do they go by fast. I need like 10 episodes in a row to feel fulfilled.

[bluestuff]

oh man this show, THIS SHOW!!! :D

[IsntChrisL]

Nice start to the season. Having the bike gang surround him was perfect.

Who played his ex-wife?

[siddx]

That fucking street sign. Seen so many just like it. Now I don't feel bad for all the times I stood there with a dumb expression on my face trying to figure out if I was allowed to park there or not.

[Alvarius]

He said there will be more stories that span multiple episodes this season. With less self-contained stuff, I imagine each separate episode is going to be less satisfying than they've been in the past.

[oatmeal]

Blew by.

The very end over the credits "Even if it was red I wouldn't know what the fuck it means."

Awesome.

[RatskyWatsky]

Good premiere. The car bit had me in stitches.

[Balehead]

Solid episode but it didn't blow me away like some have in the past.

Best part was probably that motorcyclist who kept telling about his scars until it was uncomfortable.

[-Plasma Reus-]

This episode was honestly not hilarious. If this were the first episode of Louie I had ever watched, I would be cautious of the next one.

[big ander]

Nice start to the season. Having the bike gang surround him was perfect. Who played his ex-wife?

Susan Kelechi Watson

[FootNinja]

Watched all of season 1/2 in the last 3 days and shows like this give me hope for tv.

[Danielsan]

Loved the first two seasons. The first episode of season 3 didn't really do it for me though. Hopefully it picks up throughout the season.