Bored to Death

So good. I'll be with this show till the eventual cancellation

"I read them in my diary" (weeps)

Finally caught one of the previews for this and it looks awesome, glad to hear that is not an unfounded reaction. With Hung also being some top notch, aces television, HBO is finding its step in the half hour comedy slot (here's hoping at least).

The very idea behind Schwartzmann's character is genius. Wish I had thought of it.

Yeah, just watched this and it was great. I may eventually have to break down and start ordering HBO.

A show about a pot dealer/novelist/privitate dic? The holy touchstones of all that is good and true to geeks, can't wait to check it out on Amazon.

Well that was all sorts of amusing.

This should have been right in my wheelhouse but it just felt really flat to me. I don't know if it being set in my neighborhood helped or hurt.

None of the interactions felt that real to me. Too twee to be dangerous, in terms of the hotel and the meth-addicted boyfriend in it. The idea could work. I just need more information. I watched Schwartzman in Spun and liked it, so I'll be watching, though.

I enjoyed the first episode, and hope the cases get better with time. Once he got to the hotel room it kinda of dragged but I liked everything else.

Something about the english boyfriend just seemed off to me.

Really?

That was the hipster version of a P.I. show. Bland and boring. A few bright spots, like Ted Danson and the hotel room confrontation though.

Yeah. Not bad, but forgettable, even with Danson and Galafianakis.

EDIT: I won't probably watch it again.

This. I don't know why, but this just didn't grab me like I thought it would. I will give it a few more chances though. Perhaps it'll grow on me.

It has potential. Danson is as funny as always.
This may be the funniest line I've heard all year:
"I've always been fascinated by the Helsinki Syndrome. It reminds me of my childhood."

I really wanted to love the show, but the lead character just killed it for me. I love Schwartzman, but this character rubbed me the wrong way right from the start. His girlfriend left him because he drinks white wine and smokes pot? Holy shit, that's the worst lie I've ever heard when it comes to a break up. And then he prattles on about it at least 5 or 6 more times to random characters about his white wine drinking. The hotel part had me laughing because of how ludicrous it was. I get it, this isn't a gritty or realistic show, but you've got a meth addict in a skeevey hotel with his girlfriend tied to the bed, and in a desperate situation...and his big weapon is a lighter? And he's put together incredibly well physically and mentally for a meth addict.

I dunno, like said above, it fell flat. Danson and Galifinakis were great in their all too short scenes, but with such a boring and uninteresting lead character wasting an excellent actor it just annoyed me. Hopefully he gains some balls and becomes more interesting to follow as the cases go on. Oh, and the creator/writer is using his own name as the lead? Seems like a really odd decision.

I really liked it. Coughing down whiskey at the bar: "I've been laying off the whiskey. Been on a white wine regimen. Was trying to save a relationship."

Couldn't stand Schwartzman on this. The rest of the cast was very good. Dunno if i will follow through.

This show is too fucking dry. I'm giving it two more episodes to grow a soul.

I love the show, but I can see how people would find it insufferable, as it does appear to be "Look at this fucking detective hipster: the series" upon first glance.

Galifinakis is amazing. I think he is turning me off the show in an odd way. The supporting character should not be so much more interesting and appealing than the lead, but for him I will continue to tune in. The entire colonic spiel, and how when he isn't around his girlfriend he will "eat like an American" was great.

This week's show was better than the pilot. Danson and Galifinakis are enough to keep me watching this.

I know it's petty, but so many of my qualms with Schwartzman would go away if they'd change up his shitty haircut.

And his tone of voice. I can't stand him. But i LOVE Galifinakis and Danson. I'm so conflicted.

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I can't wait for the Jim Jarmusch episode now.

the first two episodes showed promise but this was the episode that hooked me. hilarious from start to finish.

I also really liked that it was an episode that had nothing to do with his private detective side-job. The show seems to know how to take a break from its formula t focus on character when necessary, rather than awkwardly trying to shoehorn everything into a detective plot every week.

Also, I want Jim Jarmusch's creative thinking/cycling space.

This episode was much better than the first two, which is pretty shitty considering it had absolutely nothing to do with the basic premise of the series.

I don’t know, I imagine this episode felt stronger because of Danson and Galifinakis, and isn’t it inevitable that they get in on the central premise?

I don't understand that complaint, either. And, hey- they fixed his hair!

Does anyone know if the psychiatrist sticks around? So far, he and Galifinakis are my favorite things about the show.

so many classic scenes, i almost forgot oliver fucking platt made an appearance. galifinakas walking away from the psychiatrist was hysterical. "vodka!"

i think the complaint that the best episode veered from the basic premise should be reversed. it proves that the characters that inhabit the show are enough to sustain it, which is a strength not a weakness. christ it was only the third episode! people are so finicky.

...and speaking of finicky, they fixed his hair.

This show is making me hate every critic in the world, as I'm loving it.

Alternate post: This show is making me "do I have bad taste?" paranoid, and I'm taking "fuck critics" therapy to reduce the tinfoil.

how fantastic would a Jarmusch/Kaufman collaboration be, though?

I guess what I mean is, the showed veered away from the premise, as well as the lead character, and it became much more enjoyable. I think it's shitty because Schwartzman feels wasted, and Danson and Galifinakis are casting a long shadow over his character.

I think the show itself was much stronger with this episode, but I want to see the shit he can get into with the fake detective nonsense, not making out with 16 (almost 17) year old girls. It would be fine to let the series breathe from the detective angle, but just three episodes in felt really early for that. If Danson and Galifinakis get in on the detective biz, the sooner the better. The show will be better for it.

I hadn't thought of the premise as some sort of contract, and I don't see how the show veered away from the main character at all. I do agree with you that the most recent episode was good, though.

Third episode was pretty good. Danson was amazing, he totally steals every scene.

Jonathan running up to the gangsters while holding the brass knuckles like a shot put killed me. I'm hoping the Russian shows up again.

I haven't seen the last episode yet. Catching up.
But my dilemma stands.

Everything involving Jonathan bores me.
But Danson or Galifanakis show up... and i'm in love with the show. Danson in particular is Magnetic. I really think he can get away with an emmy nomination for this.

Going from the pie incident in curb to his "experimentation" in Bored to Death.. I've never been a fan of Dansons but this stuff is really turning me around on him.

Malco talking about Kinski cracked me up.

Oh god, the Kinski thing was great. This might be my favorite Danson episode.

"You mean Herzog's muse??"

I could watch High Danson and Galafiniakis for hours.