Holy S, I can't understand the previous comments. This was one of the best 30 minute episodes of a comedy that I've ever seen. Surely there is a network sitcom that you can be watching if you want the same thing over and over again.
First, the episode was genius and in a sense reminded me of last season's first episode where they just kind of went free-form and didn't rush to get into the season. After all it is a larger story that they are telling - there will be lots of time to get to the train wreck that is surely coming. The episode also reminded me of shows like moonlighting that weren't afraid to have a theme show once in a while. If you saw the show's tag line it shouldn't have taken 20 minutes to figure out what they were going for. I was rolling towards the end of the show.
And finally... the point wasn't to show them all cute and cuddly. They aren't and that was the point. They are both dark and the episode showed how when the stars align they can be dark together and have a beautifully dark relationship that is all their own.
EDIT 5/20/2019. As I said in my review of the season premier there was a larger story to tell here. This episode set the scene for the last few minutes of the finale (not unlike how the first episode of the Sopranos last season set the scene for the magnificent ending).
As an evil and thoughtless man who downloads all of his content rather than doing the responsible thing and paying for it, I am not afraid to admit that I really thought that I had grabbed a mislabelled copy of another FX show. By the time I realized that I was watching Gretchen and Jimmy telling made-up stories about themselves, the stories got perfectly sillier. Truly, a great start to the season.
...and they even explained the 20 minute long "joke" at the end.
What. the. heck. did. I. just. watch?
My first instinct was to replay the whole thing just because there's no way I just watched 25 minutes of show. Man I've forgotten how engrossing this show can be. I am not even sure I have words to break down what just happened. True to form You're the Worst showcases a couple that's perfect for each other because they literally are and remain the worst. I mean the love story at first had me wondering if there was a hidden backstory to Jimmybecause everyone kept calling him Jake. Only to have it go for a wrenching when Gretchen takes the lead of the story. At this point I imagined they were writing a movie together which explained a few oddities. I lived in the AOL era and dick pics weren't really a thing then.
Gretchen tapping in should have given up the jig. In retrospect the clues were there I just didn't understand the background. But there are so many aspects that are just so true to the show from the way this super heart-felt narrative being weaved fades apart. Gretchen stops caring about logic even less than Jimmy did. (First International Mainstream Blockbuster with Graphic Sex and so many murders). But there are moments of genuine glee like when Jimmy is startled to learn that "the reporter who asked you the question was [him]". I laughed really loudly at that part. But this entire effort suggesting at least a step forward for our "worst" couple ends up being a facade with no real point, which turns out to be their opinion on marriage ceremonies next episode. The whole thing finally begings to go somewhere and the episode is over.
Shout by dewdropvelvetBlockedParent2019-01-04T23:01:47Z
I came here bcuz I know this show to be cynical. I was counting on Jimmy and Gretchen to be self-destructive and instead I find they're happy and it's all corny. Whatever happened to this show!