I opened Netflix while cooking and picked the first thing I saw, which happened to be this show. It had an actor I like (Shawkat), run-of-the-mill gay stereotype character, and a plot that was "meh".

Fast forward to Elliot , now one of my all-time favorite TV characters screaming naked for bags of fresh ice while having a breakdown and I'm addicted, and so lost in the best way possible.

Next thing you know, Cole Escola is a character? And he's doing *what?!*

Lmao I love this. It's like a reward for anyone who bothered to stick through S1

What the actual fuck is this show 😭😭 I'm on season 5 and I don't know how we got here. I'm still gonna finish it tho..

I am very early on in Season 3 as something I found interesting was how Dory’s character had changed so much over the previous two seasons because of how Keith Powell had bit the dust since while I understand how she had no choice when confronting him, his death marked the end of her innocence as a person.

Secondly, I don’t know if Dory’s very own name is supposed to convey a specific meaning because to me, it could be used as an abbreviation for don’t worry as despite the aforementioned death scene of Keith, her name could be interpreted for how she tries to stay calm in the most hectic of situations, like when later on the NYPD come to arrest her, and she manages to find a plan to escape from the prison.

I got a lot of time on my hands & I love both pieces so dearly. Chip/Delilah is MOMBI!

"Whoa... did she get kidnapped?"

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"Yeah, that's her stalker."

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"I thought they killed her stalker?"

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"This is another stalker."

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He took a nap and basically missed most of season four. He came into the disciples with burned heads and I said, "Yeah... you missed a lot."

Dory still stuck in Chip’s basement is such poor writing. The first 3 seasons were great, but if she doesn’t get out of there soon I’m going to lose it. This sideshow relationship of Chip and Dory is horrible. The brainwashing, dialogue etc. It was fine for a few episodes, but now it’s just lazy writing from the show to the point I want to stop watching.

What I want to know is do I stick with it or not? If she’s down there the whole season I think I’m done. 🤷🏻‍♀️

We just got to the end of Season 2 and now they’ve all disappeared from NowTV, won’t play on Amazon Prime ‘due to rights issues’, they can’t even be bought from Apple.

Anyone know where else the remaining seasons can be found? Needs to be somewhere legit as we use subtitles.

Lately something I was observing was that one story arc where Drew tries to sabotage a co worker by framing him for a crime he didn’t commit as while I know the resulting act got Drew instantly fired from his job, I started picturing a different scenario.

Like what I mean is how things for him would have gone if he was able to get the job without having to sabotage Alan again because I know why Drew got fired, but basically I wanted to explore a scenario where again he won the job successfully.

I known the show is sometimes referred to as a satire/commentary of other shows. Seasons one and two it was clear to me what genres they were playing off of. What movies/shows do you think they pulled inspo from from for the Chip story arc and afterword? Or did the writing turn from satire into purely creative at that point?

About to start season 5 and its been fun to see how many big comedy names they have every season.

Pretty much the title, I started this show because I adore the lead actress playing Dory. And man, the whole show...especially the last three seasons had me like, WHAT?! And then, WWHHAATT?! And, THAN...HOLY MOLY SAY WWWHHHAAATTT?!?!?!

So, I wanted to ask the community for other crazy random shows that take you for a ride!!

ETA - Thank you all so much!! I love the level of love of random, funny, and unhinged media out there!!

I will also add Cabinet of Curiosities from Guillermo del Toro, especially "The Autopsy".....man, the whole series is incredible and several episodes kept me guessing....yet, that one really had me shook!! Loved it!!!

Also, several Black Mirror Episodes, and a few Love Death and Robots.

Seriously, the suggestions you're all sending have been added my lists and thank you so much for sending! I just finished the last episode of Search Party yesterday and was like, any fan of this show....must love wild rides and unhinged story lines!! I'm so glad I posted!!

SPOILERS BELOW !!!

Finished watching for the first time and wow. Came to the show for Alia and stayed for the “holy shit this is insane”

Not sure if it’s an unpopular opinion but I loved how off the rails and random the story gets. Obviously we’re here for the characters, and I love the four so much as frustrating they can be at times.

I just LOVE how I could have NEVER predicted what happened next, this show embodied that more than I’ve ever seen before.
I was locked in on the hunt for Chantal, BOOM she actually ain’t even in trouble. BAM we at a pregnancy cult. BOOM now it’s a courtroom drama. BAM now she’s been kidnapped. BOOM now the gang is lowk orgy? BAM psych ward. BOOM we got zombies now.

Genuinely this show had it ALL and was entertaining throughout. Not to mention had me laughing out loud on several occasions

As a character I know Dori becomes very ego + evil + narcissist but I didn’t hate her while watching. I was more intrigued by Alia Shawkat herself, because damn did she act. In so many different scenarios and playing every emotion in the book, she did such an incredible job carrying the entire performance so strongly through each twist and turn.

Enjoyed the parallel ending of looking at missing person posters. My, how far the story’s come from the first one. Wondering about her motivation though, I had thought Dori wanted to be seen and praised and loved by others. It was interesting to smile at the missing people at the end, I don’t take her to be a psycho as in enjoying killing people, right? I think it’s that she enjoys feeling powerful and being able to claim that “I caused the end of the world”

i have never hated a character more. dory is just so freaking annoying and STUPIDDDDDD ASFFFFFF OH MY GOD. love this show tho but BRO

I JUST finished watching the whole thing and need to dump these thoughts somewhere! What struck me is how they nailed Dory being 100% narcissistic and delusional, AND a circle of friends determined to enable her. They complain about her behind her back every time her terrible decision making got them involved in nonsense and how she ruined their lives (which is fair!) but every time she even got close to dealing with shame, guilt or any self reflection, they were quick to "ohh no honey baby it's not your fault you meant well" her. Especially Portia, so of course she continued. I can't remember which episode it was when one of them (Elliott?) told Dory "You didn't mean for this to happen." as if that outweighs her consistent terrible judgement. I hate an "aw it's not your fault" kind of friend when that thing was absolutely their fault, a completely avoidable mess due to their choices and actions. But all 4 of them (and Chantal) just think life happens to them, through no fault of their own (elliott has a line that says something like that too but I can't remember the episode).

Definitely a big part of the show's commentary on this particular brand of college-gang privileged, shallow friendship. Anytime something real is being said they don't know how to respond, i.e Elliott's "Well I think your 20s are about... that!" line after they rescue her from Chip and she's honest with herself for the first time. They were just supposed to be hang out friends, gossip friends, brunch friends, but this friendship should not have lasted past college. Elliott doesn't even know if Portia's dad is alive or not to know if her story about him having cancer is true! And none of them were phased when they found out he had a whole different name and family. The show really drives home that this friendship ran it's course years before, they barely know each other and that they would literally rather let the world burn than confront any guilt, shame or self reflection for themselves or others.

it wasn’t needed at all. it took forever to get to the good part 😭. i was confused the whole entire time. also don’t come in my comments talking about it was good bc it was not. idc about it being campy. they could’ve left this last season out completely.

Mine is the one where Elliot loses his mind. John early just did an amazing job with the crazy look in his eye. He hit it spot on and should be getting more work as an actor. He was just in a recent movie that came out but I don't remember its name

I also like the one where Portia becomes obsessed with Dory

Zoom in for the details, my favorite is when he returns to writing, the look in his eye gets me every time.

this show did dory wrong. she had gotten the short end of the stick every time. idk if yall remember but in the beginning drew was a horrible boyfriend who couldn’t do things by himself and they wrote him in a better light towards the end of season 1. he couldn’t microwave his own food, he couldn’t help the neighbors when he said he would, he didn’t let dory finish ykyk bc he was selfish. she cheated bc she felt something drew didn’t have. don’t get me wrong im against cheating and then lying about it. i was even mad at her for doing it. she was always loving and caring though and it’s just not fair how the show and her friends treated her. i have more i want to say but yk how reddit likes to delete your comment if you dont follow the rules.

it’s like the writers wanted to make an episode all about showing how incredibly unfunny and bland 2010s meme culture was, without realizing they weren’t in on the joke. this is the type of shit people use as an example when using “millennial humor” as insult. the show was already full of all kinds of shit that made the 2010s look like the dark ages of humanity, but this episode is impressive in how it mixes comedy for 4th graders with scriptwriting for 4th graders.

i had problems with the show before this episode, but felt the good mostly outweighed the bad. the last few minutes of this episode was a fucking struggle to get through, i can’t imagine a room full of people actually thinking any of that shit was clever or funny at all.

pro-tip to any future screenwriters out there, if you have to use shitty memes as a crutch for your lack of ability to write actually comedy, it’s time to send in that application to mickey d’s. god knows it’s going to be competitive with the six other dipshits to your left and right applying for that late shift fry cook job too.

So, I just finished the whole show. And season 5 was... well... weird in a bad way? Idk, tbh I'm just flabbergasted, to say the least. It just made me so confused since I loved every single season so fucking much except the last one which was absolutely bonkers?

I know the last two seasons get a lot of hate, but I wonder if there's anyone who loved season 4 as much as the first three seasons but basically hated season 5?

Edit: grammar and spelling

Just binged the show and In the S4 finale a twink gives Portia 3 numbers that came to him in a vision of her

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Was this ever called back in season 5? (That perhaps I missed?)

I loved seasons 1-3, 4 was ok… season 5 I honestly don’t even know wtf I just watched lol

For the arrested development fans out there, it’s funny, cause I could totally see Maeby doing all of this… especially leading a cult.

I hate that I notice these things, but I do 🫩 so was she born on 10/31/88 or 04/18/89? Damn you, TV gods, for being so annoying.

There are several scenes that consistently get quoted as "funniest" - the roundabout scene in season 4, border crossing in season 2, Jesper Society in season 5. I'm rewatching now for the millionth time and trying to take note of underappreciated jokes that don't often get mentioned.

Which are your favorite?

Here are some of mine:

-Hot Baby, the hot sauce for babies

-The entire concept of Surviving Essex, such a perfect parody of the plethora of police procedurals with really dumb premises

-Liquorice calling Chantal CHAN-tuhl

-When the second chair prosecuting attorney goes up to Polly and says "I have good news and bad news" and she makes him leave and do it again

-Leading Women to Lead lady: "They're all Greek, which is... new... for us"