Justin Bieber's press conference at the end. Lol

"This is the real me"

That shooting range scene had me in stitches

That was definitely the best scene in that episode, in my opinion.

This show is so good. Donald Glover is one talented dude.

"Twin Peaks with Rappers"

With this ep, no doubt!!

This show is insane. I've never seen anything like it. Surreal and so real at the same time.

4 episodes in and I don't think I get half of the show. But it sure is entertaining.

This just makes wanna jump into the future so i can see what Donald Glover does in next few decades, watching his **** is like seeing the evolution of comedy happen in real time. Dude's on some next level stuff.._.

AN ACADEMIC DEFINITION of Lynchian might be that the term "refers to a particular kind of irony where the very macabre and the very mundane combine in such a way as to reveal the former's perpetual containment within the latter."

Have there been any interviews that he's trying to go that direction with comedy? Or is it something else?

well earlier ITT and elsewhere he said he wanted to make Twin Peaks for rappers... thus the Lynchian vibe

last nights episode made me laugh a lot but not sure I actually "liked it"

hows that for a hipster take on it

I'm sure Donald Glover had a point he was trying to make, but whatever it was fell very very flat. It had some funny moments, but just didn't really work, in my opinion. I guess it was his homage to Amazon Women on the Moon or something with some kind of statement about gender politics and free speech something something something.

Show is just not as good without Darius, a key component to its success specifically because I think he's the most absurd and normal character in it.

price is on the can tho

The show has a very Boondocks live action feel to it at times. I love it.

This show just isn't for you bro, the last ep was hilarious and just brilliant tv.

Hey, dummy, I actually love this show. I didn't like what he was trying to accomplish with that episode, and don't feel it was successful at all (it had funny moments, that was about it). He was doing massive social commentary, but you couldn't tell what the actual point he was trying to make was.

You have legitimately terrible taste in comedy, and I wouldn't even try to take your opinion on any comedy at all. You think stuff is hilarious that is legit dumb (The Brink, one of the worst comedies in years), and think stuff isn't that is. You're one of those people that "different strokes for different folks" was invented for. But don't try to tell me what is and isn't for me. You're clueless, and can't rationally understand what's funny about anything, or why it isn't.

sorta feel that way about the entire series tbh. but it's entertaining, makes enough good points, has enough quality small moments, and is a decent window into a world i know little about, so i'm good with it.

last ep was a little ambitious (and Harmon-esque i'd say), had some pretty funny moments, so , even though not everything landed for me. was probably most confused/put off by the commercials.

The commercials appeared to be image is everything/nothing. It was the rest of his message in the non-commercial parts that was extremely mixed and hard to figure out what his point was.

Of all the episodes, I think this is the one where his social commentary missed (a big point I think he loves making is how hypocritical everyone is), and it was mainly because he appeared to take multiple stances, go hard for each, and leave you wondering what he was trying to say (you could argue that he feels both ways, and it's clear to me he had an agenda and wasn't doing a Sicario "make you think" sort of thing about the grays). It's pretty obvious what his point was in the Bieber episode, but this one just didn't get there. I find it hard to believe there was studio intervention that caused some missing bits either. Sometimes you just miss.

I personally felt like it was very influenced by Amazon Women on the Moon. If you haven't seen it, it's worth checking out. It was one of the early entertaining "parody" type movies from the late 80s. A personal fave from that was the Don "No Soul" Simmons commercials starring the brilliant David Alan Grier.

which is probably the Donald Glover experience, which is fair
he's black, but a somewhat dorky, multi-faceted (likely affluent) entertainer
i think he sees and understands all sides, and none in this ep seemed especially unreasonable
(save for maybe homophobic Clayton Bigsby type at the end)

the point might have been about people understanding the perspective of others

I think that's sort of what he was going for, but he undermined it with the guy at the end. The message just wasn't polished, and I agree with everything else you said about him as a person. It's probably what his brain feels like, to a certain extent. But, it's just hard to say what point he was trying to get across. And when it's that mixed, it's really easy to interpret it the wrong way.

I feel like the previous episodes had more subtlety. This one is really heavy handed

Solid ep. The invisible car running people over had me laughing for a good 5 minutes.

I'm catching up on this show (wish I got on board sooner, it's amazing) and how the **** did none of you guys notice this in the Montague episode???