The War

Everyone being dismissive and rude to one another, the disinterest people have with one another, every interaction is transactional, nothing genuine, backstabbing, sneaking around, the self importance, "you know I'm a CE, right?"...all of it. Hollywood does bring out the absolute worst in people until all traces of humanity is gone. I guess this episode does portray my own experiences of unfortunately living and working in Hollywood accurately, but I still wanted to run everyone over the Hollywood to Fairfax #212 bus at high noon.

Now I have e to type more characters for the review to be accepted...

I'm loving the series, and I still enjoyed this episode, but I do think it was easily the weakest writing yet. In order to pull this episode off the way they wanted to, they should have either made Sal more unlikeable or Quinn more likable. I think some reviews are being too harsh, it doesn't ruin the series or characters, but the balance was way off. Sal is douchy but inherently redeeming, and Quinn is entitled, but inherently bright and has potential. Another pass on the script with that in mind would have made this an easy 9. Hopefully both characters are here to stay with more of THAT even-keeled dynamic at play, I think there's a lot to explored there. This wasn't a miss, but a bunt.

Since I won't review a series (usually) till it's all over, this serves as a half-season review check in. So far: great! All episodes are an 8 or a 9. Reserving that 10 for an all-time classic but this series is fully capable of achieving that.

I don't know if you've noticed, but good comedies are on the wane. They give the comedy Emmy to that show about the restaurant that isn't even funny at all.

Well The Studio is laugh-out-loud howlingly funny. The cast is great, especially Kathryn Hahn and Ike Barinholtz, whose visage appears to be composed of a highly malleable form of plastic to be contorted into every comic form imaginable. Marvel should have cast him as Mr. Fantastic.

The only note I can give (more of a suggestion!) is...what the heck happened with the Kool-Aid movie plot? So far, the episodes are self-contained. Hoping for a bit more serialization in the future. Maybe all the jangling plot threads will be tied up by season's end.

Note to Apple: go ahead and blow a billion a year on your shows. You're finally clicking. Now about that Waterloo movie...

This episode was an absolute classic. Easily the most amusing, some fantastic comedy timing, and very good fun. I laughed out loud regularly.

Perhaps some of the other episodes are more technically proficient, "The Oner" for example, but The War was a nice slapslick interlude. That's what i like and admire about this show, the way that each episode borrows slightly (and reverently) from some other legendary hollywood scene or idea.

Finally, as with every episode so far, the music is fantastic. It sets a slightly older fashioned tone (much like how the episodes are shot generally) and hark back to the Golden years of Hollywood...

Felt like that song in your favourite album that just gets skipped everytime.

Pure filler.

Weak story compared to the other episodes so far.

Studio execs Acting childish I can understand but not to this extent surely. Felt OTT and unrealistic but not in a good way.

Bring on some more valuable episodes please.

Felt like that song in your favourite album that just gets skipped everytime.

Pure filler.

Weak story compared to the other episodes so far.

Studio execs Acting childish I can understand but not to this extent surely. Felt OTT and unrealistic but not in a good way.

Bring on some more valuable episodes please.