There are great moments in the first couple of episodes of Horace and Pete. The first episode begins slow, but the interplay of the characters as it progresses is fascinating, and Alan Alda is terrific. The second episode had a fascinating conversation about the nature of fantasy.
H&P takes it's time, because it has so much of it. It is filmed and written like a play, but it goes on for hours and hours. This allows writer Louis C.K. to really delve into the characters and gives him plenty of time for interesting discussions on a variety of topics, but that freedom also allows for something that feels rambling and disjointed.
H&P is like when a musician puts out a double album and you think, wow, this would be the best album ever if half the songs were cut. It's as though he wanted to express everything he ever thought about anything in one piece. I think if C.K. were forced to turn this into a three-hour play it would probably be really good, but without that discipline, it's too unfocused to keep me watching.
H&P takes it's time, because it has so much of it. It is filmed and written like a play, but it goes on for hours and hours. This allows writer Louis C.K. to really delve into the characters and gives him plenty of time for interesting discussions on a variety of topics, but that freedom also allows for something that feels rambling and disjointed.
H&P is like when a musician puts out a double album and you think, wow, this would be the best album ever if half the songs were cut. It's as though he wanted to express everything he ever thought about anything in one piece. I think if C.K. were forced to turn this into a three-hour play it would probably be really good, but without that discipline, it's too unfocused to keep me watching.