The Righteous Gemstones (HBO)

[Mickey]

Watched the first episode of this the other day and struggled to finish it. The satire was too outlandish to have any real bite. I appreciated the turn in the parking lot in the final minutes, but ultimately I can't see myself going back to this.

You're too brilliant for such low brow humor.

I didn't say that.

[Strat]

Watched the first episode of this the other day and struggled to finish it. The satire was too outlandish to have any real bite. I appreciated the turn in the parking lot in the final minutes, but ultimately I can't see myself going back to this.

You're too brilliant for such low brow humor.

I didn't say that.

or did you?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Strat]

Really you either love this show or you are on the wrong side of history. No in-between here, folks.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Mickey]

Succession is excellent though...

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Mickey]

"Succession is bad but Danny McBride and Adam DeVine bickering about baptism technique is good" is some serious galaxy-brained shit, man.

[Strat]

Man your head is so far up your own ass, Mickey.

[Mickey]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

[Strat]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

[Mickey]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

[Strat]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

[Mickey]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

This wasn't at all clear to me in the first episode, it just felt like Vice Pastors. But I'll give it another shot.

[Strat]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

This wasn't at all clear to me in the first episode, it just felt like Vice Pastors. But I'll give it another shot.

You're a brilliant man. You understand that sometimes it takes reading past the first chapter of a novel.

[Mickey]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

This wasn't at all clear to me in the first episode, it just felt like Vice Pastors. But I'll give it another shot.

You're a brilliant man. You understand that sometimes it takes reading past the first chapter of a novel.

I've left more books unfinished than I've finished and it's not even close.

[Strat]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

This wasn't at all clear to me in the first episode, it just felt like Vice Pastors. But I'll give it another shot.

You're a brilliant man. You understand that sometimes it takes reading past the first chapter of a novel.

I've left more books unfinished than I've finished and it's not even close.

This explains everything.

[Mickey]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

This wasn't at all clear to me in the first episode, it just felt like Vice Pastors. But I'll give it another shot.

You're a brilliant man. You understand that sometimes it takes reading past the first chapter of a novel.

I've left more books unfinished than I've finished and it's not even close.

This explains everything.

Part of being a brilliant man is knowing when to cut your losses. If I finished every terrible book or TV show I started, where would I be?

[Mickey]

I mean I'd be here posting about them all, obviously.

[Strat]

Anyway I wouldn't make that comparison in the first place because they're radically different shows in terms of what they're trying to do. Watching TRG, I didn't wish it was more like Succession, but I did wish it was more like Barry.

Episode 4 might do it for you then.

See, that's what I came here for. Tell me more.

Just stick with it. There is clearly more weight to this story than just Danny McBride doing what he does.

This wasn't at all clear to me in the first episode, it just felt like Vice Pastors. But I'll give it another shot.

You're a brilliant man. You understand that sometimes it takes reading past the first chapter of a novel.

I've left more books unfinished than I've finished and it's not even close.

This explains everything.

Part of being a brilliant man is knowing when to cut your losses. If I finished every terrible book or TV show I started, where would I be?

yea but after one episode?

Im messing. i get it. This is the problem with streaming TV and music. We are so inundated with content that we have lost our patience for anything less than brilliant. Our attention spans have become embarrassing. Its not all our fault either.