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I really enjoy the casual yin/yang chemistry between Pamela Adlon and Louis CK. I also really appreciate how this series depicts our hero as a depressed lump in his personal life but then funny and invested while on stage. Not that this dichotomy doesn't exist all throughout the world of stand-up comedy, but specifically hearing Pamela call Louie out as not being a "fun person" was very telling. She's untethered and lively while he's insecure and maddening.
In "A La Carte," the two lovebirds had a frank chat about their casual relationship and the benefits of not taking things to the next level. Even though Louie felt pressure to do so because he thought he had to lock her up in something binding because he was afraid of losing her. In the end though -- after Pamela got Louie to hilariously imagine a waiter sprinkling parmesan cheese all over a woman's ample bosom -- the two of them sort of agreed to keep on having "sleepovers" while also seeing other people. It was a great talk, though it also seemed like a bit of an about-face from the intimacy they fell into at the end of Season 4.
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I really enjoy the casual yin/yang chemistry between Pamela Adlon and Louis CK. I also really appreciate how this series depicts our hero as a depressed lump in his personal life but then funny and invested while on stage. Not that this dichotomy doesn't exist all throughout the world of stand-up comedy, but specifically hearing Pamela call Louie out as not being a "fun person" was very telling. She's untethered and lively while he's insecure and maddening.
In "A La Carte," the two lovebirds had a frank chat about their casual relationship and the benefits of not taking things to the next level. Even though Louie felt pressure to do so because he thought he had to lock her up in something binding because he was afraid of losing her. In the end though -- after Pamela got Louie to hilariously imagine a waiter sprinkling parmesan cheese all over a woman's ample bosom -- the two of them sort of agreed to keep on having "sleepovers" while also seeing other people. It was a great talk, though it also seemed like a bit of an about-face from the intimacy they fell into at the end of Season 4.
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