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Old 03-04-2016, 22:12
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Back tomorrow night on Dave for Ep 13.

11pm and repeated again at 2.10am. Only showing for the week.

Personally i wish Dave hadn't made the promise to air it within 24hrs of its US broadcast as they could have waited a while before screening season 2 and could have aired the whole season fully without interruptions, but hey it is what it is.

I've been Sky+ the episodes after it returned from its lengthy break so i can watch all episodes properly one after the other.

I really hope they change tactics for season 3 because the break has ruined the flow of this great show imo.
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Old 03-04-2016, 22:47
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Back tomorrow night on Dave for Ep 13.

11pm and repeated again at 2.10am. Only showing for the week.

Personally i wish Dave hadn't made the promise to air it within 24hrs of its US broadcast as they could have waited a while before screening season 2 and could have aired the whole season fully without interruptions, but hey it is what it is.

I've been Sky+ the episodes after it returned from its lengthy break so i can watch all episodes properly one after the other.

I really hope they change tactics for season 3 because the break has ruined the flow of this great show imo.
I think only Sky and Living TV can get away with showing US TV shows at US Pace.

Terrestrial channels just can't do it and trust the viewers to stay up with the changes.
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Old 05-04-2016, 02:50
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I've pretty much stopped watching this show now.

But I just caught a few minutes of the latest episode. I wasn't paying too much attention. I heard a lot of whining from Phil and Todd. But I paid attention for the last few seconds where... (in spoilers, just in case)...

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And that is why I am no longer watching.

Phil is simply the most horrid and annoying character on television right now. So unbelievably off-putting that it's laughable that Will Forte is still being praised for the role.

Nothing he does is funny any more. It's all just annoying, depressing and mean-spirited.

I'll no doubt catch a few minutes here or there again, and perhaps catch an episode if it comes on at the right time. But it's just not fun to watch anymore, and I'm amazed it was renewed for a third season. I can only see the ratings continuing to tail off.
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Old 05-04-2016, 08:59
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And that is why I am no longer watching.

Phil is simply the most horrid and annoying character on television right now. So unbelievably off-putting that it's laughable that Will Forte is still being praised for the role.

Nothing he does is funny any more. It's all just annoying, depressing and mean-spirited.
Sadly I totally agree.
The character just isn't funny and is everything you describe him as.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:55
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What's the alternative? That's he's the nicest man left on earth? Would that be funny?

My issue with it is that it's never really lived up to the title and that it doesn't develop. It's essentially the same all the time which is just a bunch of ill-matched people forced to live together and the comedy comes from how poorly they rub along. Yes, that's the basis of many, many sit-coms but we deserve more from this. If they made better use of the post-apocalypse setting it would mitigate the sameness/repetition it's sadly fallen into.
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Old 05-04-2016, 15:24
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I think that the first series was great, in its entirety.

As for series two, I thought that the first two or three episodes were still high in quality, but then it fell away. But it came roaring back when Phil's brother came crashing back to earth and befriended the old bloke on the yacht. That was great.

But it's currently in a bit of a lull.

However, I do hold out some hope, as the last episode ended with a potential, upcoming dynamic change.

My EPG is showing the synopsis for next weeks episode as being the same as this weeks.

Which doesn't make sense.
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Old 05-04-2016, 15:52
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My EPG is showing the synopsis for next weeks episode as being the same as this weeks.

Which doesn't make sense.
On the contrary, it says it all
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Old 07-04-2016, 16:39
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What's the alternative? That's he's the nicest man left on earth? Would that be funny?
Unlikely.

But in the first series the character was in the mould of a classic cringe comedy character.

You rooted for him and wanted to like him despite his behaviour often being immature, selfish, manipulative, idiotic and self-destructive. Because each cringeworthy decision/moment was rooted in the sense that the character is deep down a decent guy who's just sabotaged by his own flaws and the awkward situations he's confronted with.

But as the second series has gone on, that style of comedy has slipped away to be replaced by Phil's endlessly self-centred whining and buffoonery.

And their attempts to utilize the rest of the (weak) characters while still revolving around Phil has merely resulted in increasingly unjustifiable and infuriating behaviour, as Phil's two-faced, anarchic egotism has become the foil for every other character's storyline, also resulting in Phil becoming more and more unlikeable.

My issue with it is that it's never really lived up to the title and that it doesn't develop. It's essentially the same all the time which is just a bunch of ill-matched people forced to live together and the comedy comes from how poorly they rub along. Yes, that's the basis of many, many sit-coms but we deserve more from this. If they made better use of the post-apocalypse setting it would mitigate the sameness/repetition it's sadly fallen into.
That is one of my biggest gripes too and I believe that is why, or perhaps down to, the show becoming too Phil-centric rather than garnering its humour from the situations the characters are faced with.

I won't go into a run-down of the whole first series, but if you analyze the events over the course of the series they were mostly based on the situations thrown up by the circumstances of the post-apocalyptic world. That was where the humour was emanating from, and Phil was the conduit for all the senses of awkwardness, inadequacy, loneliness, desperation etc. that it created.

At the end of season 1, where Phil and Carol went off together to travel America, I had hoped we were going to return to that style of comedy rather than the group/sitcom style they were slipping into with the introduction of all the other characters.

But then they pretty much skipped over all of Phil and Carol's travels and by episode 3 of series 2 they were back with the group and the narrative restrictions that places on the show.

As others have remarked in this thread, the best episode of this current season was probably the episode where Mike crashed back down to earth and was presented with the bizarre circumstances of seemingly being the last man on earth.

As you say, without that angle to exploit the show has become repetitive. And, in my opinion, far far too focused on Phil and his endless histrionics.

The fact that the next episode in the series is titled "Skidmark" I think tells you where the show is heading with Phil and Mike's reunion, and how the inventiveness of the first series has been replaced with a lazy and lowbrow style and tone.
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Old 11-04-2016, 20:14
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Ep 14 tonight. Usual time 11pm.
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Old 12-04-2016, 07:36
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So Mike is installed as the pseudo-Phil substitute restoring that dynamic to the show. They milked the skidmark thing to death didn't they and the big laugh of the ep was unrealistically shaving off half Tandy's hair. Hilarious.

Becoming something of a chore to watch. Might contact Trades Descriptions about the title....
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Old 12-04-2016, 13:29
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Yes. Instant reset to Phil acting like a child again.

Getting old. Very old.
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Old 12-04-2016, 19:47
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Hopefully we'll get to see what the old bloke & the caterpillar are up to on the yacht.
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Old 12-04-2016, 21:26
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Was that a little tribute to David Bowie in the episode?
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Old 12-04-2016, 21:38
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Was that a little tribute to David Bowie in the episode?
Well considering we've had someone singing the same song on the International Space Station in real life it was probably a tribute to that rather than David Bowie alone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo
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Old 20-04-2016, 17:47
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This is going to be back on form some time soon, right? This week's was really 'meh'...
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Old 20-04-2016, 19:33
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Lack of posting speaks volumes.
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Old 20-04-2016, 19:37
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Sadly we gave it up half way through last week's episode

Seems Phil's brother has just replaced Phil 2, but on an even greater level (as in, worse). All the last surviving people stuff seems to have gone now, to be replaced by the cast annoying each other all the time....
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Old 20-04-2016, 19:38
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Lack of posting speaks volumes.
I watch at US pace so can't post till you lot have seen it, but I forgot about it this week because it was so bland.

Really don't like the fighting between the brothers, or the stuff with wots his name and the women.
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Old 21-04-2016, 10:17
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I've come this far now, so I may as well see it through.
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Old 21-04-2016, 14:09
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well, I'm enjoying it.
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Old 25-04-2016, 19:41
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Episode 16 of 18 tonight. Usual time 11pm

Only 2eps left for this season. Already been renewed for season 3. Fox clearly have faith in the show. One of the best things on tv imo.
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Old 25-04-2016, 21:33
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Episode 16 of 18 tonight. Usual time 11pm

Only 2eps left for this season. Already been renewed for season 3. Fox clearly have faith in the show. One of the best things on tv imo.
There's another week break after tonight's episode.
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Old 25-04-2016, 22:42
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One of the best things on tv imo.
Really? It's now the same thing week after week and is becoming very tedious.
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Old 26-04-2016, 00:05
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I like that Todd is getting all the women.
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Old 26-04-2016, 12:28
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There's another week break after tonight's episode.
According to my EPG, next week is a double bill.
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