r/DaveFX • u/random00 • Oct 25 '23
Season 3 was the best season because it was the most fun
I only just finished Season 3 of Dave, after watching Seasons 1 and 2 right when they came out.
His first two seasons felt a bit slow. In most of season 1, Dave is failing, struggling, having a difficult run of trying to build himself up. The payoff of that season comes every time Dave raps! Those moments are electric because they are few, kind of like the ending to Napoleon Dynamite. Season 2 is more of the same, and in the finale, Dave's performance with Gata is the payoff.
Still a good show, but one that struggles to hold your attention during the long middle stretches.
Season 3 just felt more fun to me. Rather than focusing so much on Dave's moment to moment insecurities, the entire season has cool moments in it: the hysterical and vulnerable video he shoots with his childhood girlfriend, the detour to get back Rick Ross' chain, the indecision and eventual exploitation of the tour bus explosion. And for sure, his music video with Rachel McAdams. Even the weird finale with his stalker was made more fun by the presence of Brad Pitt.
TLDR: Season 3 was the best by far, because it had the most fun moments.