From: SMOKEDOG42O | #004
Precisely. It's not a funny show, for the most part. That episode in the first season where he's on a date in the diner and the teenagers threaten him? There wasn't a single thing in that episode that made me laugh - or made me comfortable for that matter - but it was still one of the best episodes of anything I've seen in a very, very long time.
It's really hard to recommend this amazing show to anybody. What would you even say? "This show is really funny about 15% of the time, and the rest of the time it makes you think about uncomfortable things"? That won't sell anybody on it.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. The episode that you mentioned really blew me away when I saw it for the first time. There are some very real moments in season 2 as well, the episode with Dane Cook is especially good if you're familiar with their history.
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