but yeah the show is definitely very good again, I was worried it was gonna turn into an Arrested Development type situation but thus far this is probably the funniest season yet
― frogbs, Saturday, 5 August 2023 14:42 (ten months ago) link
Nandor DeLaurentiis
― mh, Saturday, 5 August 2023 16:24 (ten months ago) link
Is there a running list of which episodes have mid credit sequences? I think I've seen the first two episodes of the current season but never thought to wait around.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 August 2023 16:32 (ten months ago) link
"Local News" maybe the best episode of the series yet, both the opening and closing scenes were probably the funniest the show's ever been. and the stuff with Guillermo's family was legitimately tense!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:00 (ten months ago) link
I was dying when his mom was like "this is the third time he's given me this talk this month"
― mh, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:00 (ten months ago) link
Nandor going to outer space was Jackie Daytona-level for me, really enjoying this season so far
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:12 (ten months ago) link
xp they know something's up. seems clear they don't buy his "railroad" story and with his mom feeling his back like that, I think she knows
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:15 (ten months ago) link
Man I started losing interest last season, sounds like I'm going to have to catch up now (and re-watch the Jackie Daytona episode).
― Chevy Chase drumming mystery (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:30 (ten months ago) link
I like the implication that Guillermo is becoming more narcissistic as part of his vampire transition, or maybe it's always been that way from his family's pov.
Love this season so far.
(Sally Rhubarb, lol)
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:58 (ten months ago) link
apropos of nothing I just remembered one of my favorite lines in the show, Nadja talking about Colin Robinson: "he's not a wild card, he's the card at the top of the deck with all the rules on it that you just throw away"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 18:37 (ten months ago) link
loved last season w/ creepy child Colin and Laszlo becoming a father
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 18:39 (ten months ago) link
The Local News episode is easily one of my favorites of the series
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 10 August 2023 03:23 (ten months ago) link
the way Nandor panics and runs away from the camera after the newslady jokes "guess we found out the secret to eternal life" is so funny
obviously the show's entire universe is pretty untenable - it's never really explained why the city isn't in a constant panic over the fact that people are consistently being mysteriously murdered and drained of all their blood - but I like the implication that Staten Island is so full of freaks and weirdos that nobody really notices a bunch of vampires walking around in plain sight
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 August 2023 13:56 (ten months ago) link
I so now want them to do an episode where Nandor learns how to drive and goes to the license branch and his license reads.
― earlnash, Friday, 11 August 2023 01:21 (ten months ago) link
every single line reading by Matt Berry seems like he's trying to get the other actors to laugh
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 14:04 (ten months ago) link
also - pretty deep Happy Mondays cut in the credits this week :)
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 August 2023 13:55 (ten months ago) link
Oh Jesus the Guillermo plot is fucked up this week
― frogbs, Friday, 18 August 2023 05:08 (nine months ago) link
At first I thought why hadn't they learned into Doctor Moreau more then I remembered in the Pride episode Laszlo smothered himself in thick white cream made from Guillermo's sweat and swanned around looking like Brando in the Richard Stanley version.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 18 August 2023 17:22 (nine months ago) link
last two eps were pretty good though you can really feel the tension between what a drama wants to do and what a sitcom wants to do. still it's nice they at least revealed the reason why Nandor hadn't turned Guillermo
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:13 (nine months ago) link
Really enjoyed all the Guillermo/Nandor/Laszlo stuff with the turning and the experiments and whatnot throughout this season, but Kristen Schaal has been a total miss for me as a character. I was not happy to see her added to the main cast, and I don't think she's done the show any favours.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:06 (nine months ago) link
yeah I genuinely don't understand what the point of her character is
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:11 (nine months ago) link
Probably good that they reset to the status quo at the end of the season (rather than doing a cliffhanger and resolving everything in the first few minutes of the next season, like they did that one time).
Last two eps weren't my favorites but had their moments, otherwise it was a classic season imo.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:17 (nine months ago) link
yeah I'm glad they didn't do that again. I'm curious what exactly happened there, felt clearly like they were planning to split the characters up for a bit but maybe they didn't have the budget. or maybe they thought Season 4 would be the last one at the time. idk I really doubt they wanted it to turn out the way it did
the shows pacing is overall pretty weird I think, the stuff that happens in the final episode here I think could've been like four separate episodes. this show has this tendency to just do things and then undo them. all the sudden changes of heart and solving things via making up random rules kinda makes the show feel like Power Rangers but it still is really funny and well made so I guess I don't care much
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:27 (nine months ago) link
I think it's kind of funny everything goes back to relative normal. Presumably this has just been happening the entire time they've been on Staten Island. Vampire life is very mundane, then they do something dumb and there's a mild crisis, only for them to forget it within weeks. Rinse and repeat for a hundred years.
― mh, Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:35 (nine months ago) link
I did like the massacre in the Italian restaurant as a reminder that they do murder lots of people on the regular, when they're not sitting in their favorite chairs reading books in the parlor. Patton Oswalt cameo was a bit unnecessary but the payoff was funny, but not as funny as "PanERa bread".
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:39 (nine months ago) link
the panera bit was good
― mh, Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:44 (nine months ago) link
The Guillermo hybrids need their own show. Always amazed at how good this half hour FX comedy looks compared to any Netflix 9 digit budget series.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 15 September 2023 05:02 (nine months ago) link
a few cameras, the house set, and the clearance sale at spirit halloween every year and you're ready to go
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 15 September 2023 13:35 (nine months ago) link
I hated the creepy hybrids, but most everything else I've seen of this season so far has been aces.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 September 2023 13:42 (nine months ago) link
Haven't watched the last two eps yet, but this newest season is so good.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 September 2023 14:38 (nine months ago) link
UK people, s5 is going to be on Disney+ next week. The film is on BBC or something next week too
― kinder, Friday, 20 October 2023 20:47 (seven months ago) link
I binged the last season over a few days. The last episode was a real gut punch for me. Spending years aiming for something and then realizing that it's not for you, that hit home.
I don't know how they can do that in a show where all of the main characters are mass murderers, but they did it.
― formerly abanana (dat), Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:28 (seven months ago) link
I don't think I've ever laughed harder than at the moment in the S5 local news episode where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall from Kristen Schaal munching on the real weatherman in the corner of the shot.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 22 December 2023 16:11 (five months ago) link
The local news episode is one of the funniest eps of the entire series
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 22 December 2023 17:18 (five months ago) link
it’s an incredible episode lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 December 2023 21:51 (five months ago) link
The opening scene where Nandor thinks he accidentally outed the vampire house is one of the funniest things this show has ever done
― frogbs, Friday, 22 December 2023 23:46 (five months ago) link
he does such a great job trying to claw that back
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 22 December 2023 23:53 (five months ago) link
where Colin Robinson is trying to be the weatherman and there is blood smeared all over the weather wall
IIRC it's him calling it schmutz that broke me like a twig.
Incredible episode.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 23 December 2023 23:28 (five months ago) link
How did Guillermo only get one vote
He is the most adorable character in any show
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:18 (five months ago) link
Gizmo was the slow burn character, everyone else got to be very flashy right out the gate
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:20 (five months ago) link
Guillermo has gotten tiresome to me. Nandor has become my favorite character over the series.
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:27 (five months ago) link
Last season was unrewarding wrt Guillermo imo but overall he’s my favourite. Love all the vampires equally
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 01:43 (five months ago) link
me after season 1: how did nandor manage to get 7 votesme after all 5 seasons: nandor is the best character and was robbed
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 24 December 2023 02:27 (five months ago) link
well, he is known as the relentless
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 December 2023 02:49 (five months ago) link
“we drank the blood of some people but the people were on drugs and now i’m a wizard”
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 24 December 2023 03:03 (five months ago) link
Yes, last season of Guillermo was a real shrug.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 24 December 2023 14:28 (five months ago) link
I can’t post about it without feeling like I’m spoiling it but the moment that x waves hello to Guillermo right before y happens will live in my head rent-free forever
― blurbing about music in architecture magazines (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 24 December 2023 16:15 (five months ago) link
starts again on BBC2 tonight at 10
― koogs, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 16:54 (five months ago) link
I thought last season at least did a good job of explaining why Guillermo wouldn't be able to hack it as a vampire but yeah the whole storyline was weird mostly because it was paced so strangely. the finale should've been like 3-4 separate episodes, they built up way too much tension only to have to dissolve things in a flash
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 18:17 (five months ago) link