wait who is cz & who is her real life counterpart
constance zimmer, who plays the executive producer, who i think is pased on lisa levenson
i gave up on this show after the fourth episode btw
― affluent white (Lamp), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link
they seem to be moving away from the rachel/adam love interest which is good
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
i think the most interesting thing to me about this show was how it portrayed its characters relationship w/ 'work' and how it well it nailed the sick relationship the professional class have w/ work/careers. i also liked the more procedural parts of the show. not all interested in characters/relationships though
― affluent white (Lamp), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:32 (eight years ago) link
cosign
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
yup
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
we need a nihilist channel
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 July 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
aaand we're back, this ep upped the crazy again
and I may have lied abt not being interested in character romantzes, camera dude is kinda phwoar hott
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 05:50 (eight years ago) link
Finally catching up on this. Haven't read the thread yet, but this show is exceptionally well acted and written. As my wife pointed out today, it's almost strange to watch a show where almost every character is as complex and multifaceted. No clear baddies, no clear goodies, lots of motives and muddled morality, all very weirdly plausible. Everything about it has been totally on-point. It's been a great ride so far.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
OK, just skimmed. Glad others like this. I like that someone mentioned "Dead Set," which I thought was flat brilliant but still working in the world of metaphor, however intelligently. As "reality," this show is similar but totally different. I've got one ep to go, and sort of wonder how they can stretch this into another season! It's sort of intense.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:45 (eight years ago) link
lol
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/05/fake-bachelor-show-worked.html
"On last summer's excellent first season of UnREAL, a scripted drama about a Bachelor-style reality-TV show, Freddie Stroma played the Bachelor and Johanna Braddy played one of the contestants. Now, according to People, Stroma and Braddy are engaged in real life, making UnREAL a successful matchmaking show and The Bachelor, well ... The Bachelor."
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
this appears to be getting media traction; i'm seeing it cited as MUST SEE TEE VEE in many of the slews of summer season roundups
― ulysses, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
I moved this to the top of my 'to see' list today off the back of all those roundups. Just watched the first episode and thought it was a very solid pilot - definitely the most promising of all shows I've started (and usually abandoned) watching in the last year. It reminds me of what The Newsroom might have been like if it hadn't been absolutely hateful, and I can totally see the Dead Set comparisons.
I'm going to watch the next episode. It is as exciting as watching a new season of something like The Bachelor, but without all the self-doubt ("I'm just watching this because I like characters...?") and subsequent loss of thought.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Season two starts tonight! Reviews are super positive.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 June 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Very excited! I'm up to date now. I love the insular morality in this show... I'm fully rooting for Rachel and Quinn to get whatever they can out of life by whatever means necessary.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Monday, 6 June 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
this show turned out to be kind of amazing yeah
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 6 June 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
eeeee
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 June 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
catch the football and talk about your father
― imago, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
moneydickpower
kind of a weird tone for this ep/season but i'm willing to go with them on this journey. MRA chet vs dana is very promising though, i gotta say
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
just feels like they got more audacious
― imago, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
well they're as morally degenerate as ever so i guess i'm in for season 2
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
I watched the 4 streaming episodes of this last year they used to jumpstart viewership, but never went back to see the rest. Gonna have to, I guess, if so many people I know/like are this into it.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
do it do it
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, season one goes to some surprising places, not all of them dark (though most/many of them).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 01:11 (seven years ago) link
So, I saw the first 2 eps of this and I had to bail on it. I just couldnt deal. These people are all relentlessly horrible and should all die in a fire.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
It made me SO MAD! lol :(
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
Maybe they do all die in a fire and now you'll never know.
There's definitely a lot in common with a show like "You're the Worst," with horrible people still capable of nuance and our empathy. But yeah, it's dark.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
This show has gone particularly crazy and crazy dark this season. It's also pretty uneven, but I'm not sure they can tell the story they're telling any other way. It's like it's built to be unstable and erratic.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 July 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
this season is terribly written and everyone on it is exceedingly unpleasant
― maura, Monday, 25 July 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
in a cartoonish way. it feels like the creator's extended tantrum at the network
Yeah, I can't get a bead on it, tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
every episode brings a fresh 'hey they went there'
it's pretty good stuff really
― imago, Monday, 25 July 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
i agree w/ the critics that the most recent one was hamfisted and not well thought out. but at least they're true to raising the w-t-f quotient every ep.
― Mordy, Monday, 25 July 2016 23:28 (seven years ago) link
I found it interesting that the episode was apparently written 6 months ago!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
Jesus I couldnt stand the unrepentant terribleness of the first SHOW, how can s2 be even worse!?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 04:11 (seven years ago) link
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 05:30 (seven years ago) link
as silly as this show gets, shiri appleby's ability to tell us when rachel's manipulating ppl through her acting w/o "telling" the other character is one of the most remarkable things about this show. latest episode, when (SPOILER)coleman shows the phone hack & she says she's scared & hugs him(/SPOILER) reminds you jsut how awesome and scary she is
― a simba man (Will M.), Monday, 8 August 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
I don't really know why I'm continuing to watch this show. I haven't seen the latest episode (avoiding spoilers, ty ^), but the previous one ate my psyche and I still don't think I've recovered. It stands to reason that the writers of this show are just as irredeemable as the characters they've created. At the same time, I find Rachel loathsomely relatable.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Monday, 8 August 2016 09:59 (seven years ago) link
Did you read the New Yorker profile of Sarah Gertrude Shapiro? You might not be totally off base on multiple fronts.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/sarah-gertrude-shapiro-the-savagely-clever-feminist-behind-unreal
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 August 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
Haha wow! That's an uncanny read, ty. I actually feel a lot of catharsis from reading it and understanding her driving motivations and ready to move onto the last episode...All that super meta network/studio interference stuff is fascinating.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Monday, 8 August 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
um this SHOW
― surm, Friday, 20 April 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
Jumped ship halfway through second season. I assume new season started?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 April 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
underway! i've really never had an issue with any of the episodes as crazy as they have gotten. i'm super into the Quinn and Rachel's relationship and they're both such dynamic actors.
they do go a little heavy on Shiri's makeup though damn.
― surm, Friday, 20 April 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
i've barely seen this show beyond early stuff, though i have deep opinions on the IRL people involved...but that's not for writing down on the internet.
― omar little, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
now thats some shit i deffo want to hear
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 20 April 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Make a 77 thread and dish plz
― Mordy, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
oh it's barely enough to make a thread...i'll have to consult my Comey-esque journals from the era and see if there's anything worth talking about.
― omar little, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:25 (six years ago) link
yes plz
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 April 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
season 4 (the final one, eight episodes) just landed on hulu
― maura, Monday, 16 July 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link