I was ready to point out that this was yet another episode with no Louie standup – but then realized, hmm, we did get some vintage Louis C.K. footage at one point, so that kind of counts, right? Louie has always been a show without a set formula, but this more

Last week's Louie was season three's first foray into independent, only thematically related story lines. There were laughs, and there was Robin Williams, but the episode left something to be desired. Had Louie funneled all its greatness toward longer sto more

Do you remember back in the day when TV shows would essentially phone in a “new” episode by rehashing segments or clips from previous episodes? It was a cheap and easy way to get viewers to tune in without them knowing that they’ve been had... that they’v more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Ikea/Piano Lesson," the August 9 episode of FX's "Louie," in which Louie wants closure with Marc Maron, and to avoid it with an ex. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-louie-ikea-piano-lesson-wtf

Wow, I loved this episode. There was no real connective tissue at all this week to the two stories told – not even any Louie standup to touch upon anything happening. And there didn’t need to be, considering the two expertly told stories we got. Little to more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall writes up "Barney/Never," the August 2 episode of FX's "Louie," in which Louie and a fellow comic say goodbye to a familiar face, and Louie babysits. http://m.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-louie-barney-never-sis more

After an opening stretch of five heavily thematic, dramatically adventurous episodes, Louie has settled into its third season comfortably enough to lob us a double feature of short-form silliness. Insofar as there's a motif to "Barney/Never," it is shitti more

Anyone looking for closure from last week’s episode with a Part 3 of "Daddy’s Girlfriend" didn’t find it here. The free-spirited and fleeting Liz came and went. But, seeing how this installment of Louie opened, one might jump to a catastrophic conclusion. more