When does this get good?
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rage3426 — 15 years ago(September 17, 2010 06:58 PM)
this is one of the few shows where i really like every episode, they all have replay value to me. i hope you continued watching and like it better now. it'd be sad if you stopped after episode 2 cause episode 3 is one of my favorites, and by that episode i knew i was hooked and that party down would become one of my all time favorite shows. i've never been so upset over a show being cancelled, i cant believe there won't be a third season
it's really all about personal taste though. like i'm apparently the only one who doesn't think 30 Rock is all it's cracked up to be, let alone the best comedic show out there. to me it's too over the top, or as one reviewer put it, has too many "quirky gimmicks." i enjoy it and all, i'm just crazy about party down, and there's no substitute for its style. -
zpl_in_sh — 15 years ago(September 22, 2010 10:39 AM)
I love this show, but also thought it was a little weak in its first couple episodes.
For me, I liked it more when they brought the supporting guys forward a little, and the actors gave them a little personality.
the whole cast is very funny, but Ron is especially fun to watch. And Constance (Jane Lynch) can be funnier is 2-3 minutes than Entourage is in half an hour. -
o-donnell_w — 15 years ago(October 24, 2010 08:36 AM)
I don't remember Party Down being particularly week during the first couple episodes, although the first season was a little uneven overall. It's such a short season though, so just stick it out and if you don't love the show by the end you know it's not for you.
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sonofagoob — 15 years ago(February 10, 2011 03:05 AM)
Its a better show when you actually listen to the dialogue,
P.S. I wouldn't put the word "Comedy" in my name unless i was sure i knew something about it Just Sayin..
P.S.S. I'm glad you dig 30 rock after an episode or two, please give party down as much (or more) patients than u gave 30. Besides, P.D. is a great show with actors who actually enjoy the show. The main characters love it, and I think that an actor who loves his role is the probably the luckiest man on earth, paid or not -
Swegin — 15 years ago(March 13, 2011 06:34 PM)
I liked it pretty much from the start, but it starts to get REALLY good in the third episode, the single's seminar for seniors. The whole getting high in the bathroom scene was hilarious, one of the funniest scenes I've seen in a show.
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tenyardfightx — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 09:14 AM)
For me, it took until the second season to start enjoying the show. Maybe it was because the characters started growing on me, maybe it was because the writing was simply better. I wonder if I watched season 1 again, would I enjoy it more this time around? I'm probably in the minority saying that I liked Megan Mullaly's character more than Jane Lynch's, but I found the former's cluelesness amusing.
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crankyerma1984 — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 12:28 PM)
I'm having a similar experience. I heard from several people that PD was good. I made it through an episode and a half before I had to turn it off. This show is so cynical and hateful I couldn't stand it. It's the most depressing TV "comedy" since "Good Times."
The only characters that the writers want you to really identify with are gutless. They mostly sit and silently pass judgment on everyone around them rather than do anything. Henry's defining characteristic is that he's a quitter but we get the feeling that the writer's want us to feel that he's somehow better than the people around him still pursuing their dreams. I guess it's this kind of mean spirited douche that we are supposed to think is the voice of sanity.
There's no one on this show that I'd want to spend time getting to know and the fact that the writers think I would want to sit for a half an hour and laugh at damaged people's misery puts them the bottom of the list. -
Nuncle_Euron — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 12:51 PM)
I guess Scrubs is more up your alley.
Besides, the majority of PD characters do actually develope over the series, and actually end up in much better situations by the end.
I figure our life expectancy is between that of a fly and a fly with a heart condition -
crankyerma1984 — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 01:19 PM)
Actually, "Scrubs" was a pretty good show to me for a while. My favorites are probably "MASH," "Frasier," "Cheers," "Will & Grace" and currently "Big Bang Theory." "MASH" aside, I always liked the conceit of the multicam. We are supposed to essentially be part of a studio audience watching a sort of stage play. In a way it's a more communal experience where we are laughing at what the actors playing the parts are saying. It's a much less passive experience than faux-doc shows like "The Office" where we are invited to sit there as voyeurs and feel better than the people on screen, laughing AT these supposedly 'real' people. It seems cynical and mean.
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EmotionalKnapsack — 14 years ago(April 06, 2011 05:17 PM)
I watched the first two episodes, but didn't like it at first either. I think by the fourth or fifth episode I really started to enjoy it, and by the end of the first season I was hooked. I can safely say by the second season I really did love all the characters, and I can't really say that for very many shows.
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firetruckgreen — 14 years ago(June 07, 2011 07:05 PM)
I kinda see where OP is coming from. I watched the first episode on Netflix and wasn't into it. It felt kinda cold and uninviting to me. Then a few days later I re-watched it and now I'm completely hooked. Kyle is the only character I sort of dislike but his moments with Constance totally redeem his douche baggery.