Louie - TV Episode Recaps & News

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Episode 14 Airport/New Jersey

Louie Recap: Wave for Me The brilliant second season comes to an end, and Chris Rock says hi.
Episode 13 Niece

Louie Recap: Cousin Oliver There’s a new kid in town.
Episode 11 Duckling

Louie Recap: Make Way for Ducklings Louie and a duck go to Afghanistan.
Episode 10 Halloween/Ellie

Louie Recap: A Visit From the Goon Squad “Stop being scary. It’s not nice.’
Episode 9 Eddie

Louie Recap: Suicide Watch Louie meets up with an old, troubled friend.
Episode 8 Come On, God

Louie Recap: Master of Your Domain On the theme of masturbation.

Episode 7

Louie Recap: Battles Dane Cook and Louis have a showdown.
Episode 6 Pamela

Louie Recap: He Gave Her His Heart, She Gave Him a Bath Remake all profession-of-love montages: We have a new Hall of Fame entry.
Episode 5 Country Drive

Louie Recap: Who Are You? An old racist lady drops the N-word repeatedly.
Episode 4

Louie Recap: Blue Nights Joan Rivers imparts some wisdom.
Episode 3 Moving

Louie Recap: Moving On Up Louie looks for an apartment.
Episode 2 Bummer/Blueberries,

Louie Recap: Heads Will Roll Into the street.
Episode 1 Pregnant

Louie Recap: Friends and Neighbors And a fart joke.

Episode 12 Late Show Pt. 3

Louie Recap: The Crying Cleaning Lady Show Louie as a late-night host. It’s not as bad an idea as you may think.
Episode 11 Late Show Pt. 2

Louie Recap: Now David Lynch Has Been on Louie So that happened.
Episode 10 Late Show Pt. 1

Louie Recap: The Proposal The first entry of a three-part arc begins with something we usually see in other, more predictable shows: the setup episode.
Episode 9 Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes

Louie Recap: I’ll Have What She’s Having Louie can’t shake the memory of Parker Posey.
Episode 8 Dad

Louie Recap: Silly C.K. Dude jumped into a speedboat! Last night’s episode was gloriously ludicrous.
Episode 7 Ikea/Piano Lesson

Louie Recap: Best Friends Forever? In which he tries to make amends with Marc Maron.

Episode 6 Barney/Never

Louie Recap: Potty Humor Louie has settled into its third season comfortably enough to lob us a double feature of short-form silliness.
Episode 5 Daddy’s Girlfriend Part 2

Louie Recap: The Woman Named Tape Recorder Louie can often feel like a whole film in the span of 22 minutes. Last night’s episode was one of those instances.
Episode 4 Daddy’s Girlfriend Pt. 1

Louie Recap: Lurking for Love It’s clear Louie can’t accept his fate as a single dad.
Episode 3 Miami

Louie Recap: Mano a Mano Louie and his friend Ramon hang out in Miami and do lots of fun things. But, you know, it’s cool.
Episode 2 Telling Jokes/Set Up

Louie Recap: Whip It Out Melissa Leo wants what she wants.
Episode 1 Something Is Wrong

Louie Recap: The Man Show A motorcycle, an ex-wife, and an awkward breakup. Welcome to season three.

Episodes 13 - 14 Pamela Part 2/Pamela Part 3

Louie Season 4 Finale Recap: Love Overflow Louie appears to have met his match in Pamela.
Episodes 11 - 12 In the Woods, Parts 1 & 2

Louie Recap: Good-bye to Your Childhood, I Guess Louie wedged an actual movie into the season with last night’s expanded episode.
Episode 10 Pamela 1

Louie Recap: You Can’t Even Rape Well Well, this episode was wildly uncomfortable, taking a rebound situation and turning it into an attempted rape.
Episode 9 Elevator Part 6

Louie Recap: Beautiful Unexpected Adventure Amia’s sad ending isn’t that sad after all.
Episode 8 Elevator Part 5

Louie Recap: Occasional Free Doughnut There are so many chicken jokes this season.
Episode 7 Elevator Part 4

Louie Recap: Special Topics in Divorce Physics None of these “Elevator” episodes are funny, but that’s not always the point of this show.

Episode 6 Elevator Part 3

Louie Recap: Three-Legged Dog Pamela, the heartbreaker who left Louie in the season-two finale, is back.
Episode 5 Elevator Part 2

Louie Recap: What’s Going on With Jane? Louie doesn’t understand any of the women around him, and it’s not for lack of trying.
Episodes 3 - 4 So Did the Fat Lady/Elevator Part 1

Louie Recap: Tiny Terrors Last night, Louie kept bringing us to wildly uncomfortable and deeply scary places.
Episode 2 Model

Louie Season Premiere, Episode-2 Recap: Dirty Sex Poop Dogs Only Louis C.K. can turn a story about punching a woman into a parable about class.
Episode 1 Back

Louie Season 4 Premiere Recap: Dear AIDS That premiere was so good, it felt like it had been a decade since the last season ended.

Episode 8 The Road Part 2

Louie Season 5 Finale Recap: Another One Bites the Dust The battle over what it is to be a man.
Episode 7 The Road: Part 1

Louie Recap: Whose Kid Is This? Everything goes sideways for Louie.
Episode 6 Sleepover

Louie Recap: A Goddamn Man of the World It’s Louie versus the Youth this season, and the kids are winning.
Episode 5 Untitled

Louie Recap: Out There, in Here This episode takes you in and out of reality in a way that’s just as tense and infuriating as the real-life desire to wake up from a bad dream.
Episode 4 Bobby’s Place

Louie Recap: A Wolf in Pam’s Clothing This episode is about the reluctance that shapes Louie’s life and decision-making process at every turn.
Episode 3 Cop Story

Louie Recap: We’re Beyond You Louie will shake a scene around until you’re 180 degrees away from where you started.

Episode 2 A la Carte

Louie Recap: Friends, Sex, Love, Marriage, Divorce, Ruin The one with the masterfully done poop joke.
Episode 1 Potluck

Louie Season 5 Premiere Recap: Hey, Fried Chicken! Louie’s weirdness is back this season, but in its more sitcom-y form.

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