Arts: Louie, Season 3

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Tv Club Louie, Season 3 David Lynch! By Allison Benedikt Posted Friday, Sep 14, 2012, at 02:25 PM ET Last night's Louie was a series of pep talks—some more helpful, or more genuine, than others. The first, from Louie's ex-wife Janet, was the most effective. "I guess they're looking possibly at maybe me to maybe be the guy who could replace" Letterman, Louie tells Janet with as much, uh, confidence as he can muster, before going on to list all the reasons he shouldn't pursue the late-night gig, the primary one being the time commitment he's made to fathering their two girls. "Listen," Janet says to him, exasperated at being in the position of cheerleader to her cowardly ex, "you've been a fine father. But nobody needs a father that much." Go fucking do this, is Janet's basic message, and so he does, training not in a New York Sports Club as I had predicted, but under the Manhattan Bridge, running himself ragged as maudlin piano, strings, and sax kick in. (Was that melodramatic score sincere or ironic? I'm not sure.)* And then: DAVID LYNCH. David Lynch as Jack Doll/Dull, late-night sage, magician of the monologue. Louie was "sent" to see him, summoned to the mountaintop of the Ed Sullivan Theater to be trained in the art of Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson. C.K. has called Lynch one of his idols, and just this year, he broke Lynch's record for most individual Emmy nominations in a single year. (The student becomes the master, etc.) Lynch plays ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Rahm Emanuel Should Send His Kids To Chicago Public Schools Finding Myself in David Foster Wallace's Notebook NFL 2012	Advertisement
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