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Louie

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Universal acclaim based on 93 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 14 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

FX | Release Date: June 29, 2010

Summary: Louis C.K. stars in this brutally honest comedy about 41 year old divorce trying to navigate through life.

Creator: Louis C.K.

Genre(s): Comedy

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S5:E8. Road, The - Part 2
Air Date: May 28, 2015
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S5:E7. Road, The - Part 1
Air Date: May 21, 2015
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S5:E6. Sleepover
Air Date: May 14, 2015

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Metascore

87

Positive:

88

Mixed:

4

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1

Critic Reviews

100

The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Goodman

May 1, 2014

Season 4 Review: A show that ceased to be something easily identifiable and thus easily understood the very first minute it was on. Read full review

100

Slate

Willa Paskin

May 5, 2014

Season 4 Review: There’s nothing programmatic about Louie, which idiosyncratically, unevenly explores C.K.’s ideas and instincts without trying to advance an argument. It’s not a joke you’ve heard before. It’s a great shaggy dog story. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Goodman

Apr 9, 2015

Season 5 Review: It remains, as ever, a wholly original concoction that’s a thing of odd beauty. Read full review

90

The New Yorker

Emily Nussbaum

Jul 10, 2012

Season 3 Review: The new episodes start well, then keep improving, with narrative clarity and a fresh visual beauty. Read full review

83

Newsday

Verne Gay

Apr 7, 2015

Season 5 Review: Tragedy is hard, comedy harder, while mixing both together seamlessly is just about impossible week after week. That Louie usually succeeds is a minor miracle. That it doesn't always is inevitable. Thursday's opener, "Potluck," has a funny twist but ends up in a strange, bitter place--even by Louie standards. Read full review

80

Variety

Brian Lowry

May 1, 2014

Season 4 Review: Inevitably, not everything works, including some of the material devoted to Louie’s interactions with his young daughters, as he seeks to balance his standup career and parental duties. More often, though, the show is wonderfully absurd. Read full review

30

Miami Herald

Glenn Garvin

Season 1 Review: Louie is so low-key that it has no discernible pulse. To say it's unfunny is accurate (profoundly so) but also beside the point: It's un-anything. Read full review

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User Reviews

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VOIIIXI

Feb 5, 2021

I can't say this enough, Louis C.K. is an absolute comedy genius! I've seen all of his stand ups and I die of laughing every time, he's an extremely funny comedian, he's arguably the best actually. This show is absolutely hilarious from start to finish. Every single episode is just soI can't say this enough, Louis C.K. is an absolute comedy genius! I've seen all of his stand ups and I die of laughing every time, he's an extremely funny comedian, he's arguably the best actually. This show is absolutely hilarious from start to finish. Every single episode is just so awkward, weird, unique, very funny and creative. Putting "real" stand up segments in between story and show is brilliant. The cast of course has a lot of other great funny comedians. This show is just special, the direction and comedy style is something special. This is definitely a top TV show and I would recommend to everyone. Binging this show the best time you'll have. Also I love Pamela, she's awesome. I don't write a lot of reviews unless I really want, and this I had to write one about. I miss Louis C.K. I wish he'd make another TV show or movie or a stand up comedy.… Expand

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10

GautamDeka

Jun 2, 2019

Hilarious, Surreal and Brilliant. Louie is unlike any show you have ever seen, it is truly funny.

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amheretojudge

Jul 18, 2019

Calling it underrated would be understating things, this is a work of art, pure and simple.
19 July 2019
Louie CK has a sitcom that every stand up comedian doesn't dream of. So many of them came close to their version of authenticity but in here, Louis CK, the creator, floods out every suchCalling it underrated would be understating things, this is a work of art, pure and simple.
19 July 2019
Louie

CK has a sitcom that every stand up comedian doesn't dream of. So many of them came close to their version of authenticity but in here, Louis CK, the creator, floods out every such famous show in one wash. Among many, many other reasons to go through this philosophical journey with CK, is to inspire from the way he films this New York City. As in the world he creates here increases the quality of television that lops off commercial branches and deepens the root through pure essence of the character, fooling you into believing that this is not a TV show. It is no crowd pleaser. And this shouldn't come as a surprise considering CK's image as an edgy comedian.

He pushes the line after every joke. You try and heal yourself and he keeps scratching the wounds harder. Another reason why I am drawn towards his comic style is that the frustration that he embodies- any stand up artist would complain and show his or her anger towards the mundane activities to connect with the audience and mock over the situation- for the laughs doesn't just wing by for the crowd and instead it is weaved out as a philosophical or ethical questions raised and discussed.

The series takes the bar a little low, optimistically, and maybe that is why people find it more sad that it actually is. But if we think about the world CK paints, the characters aren't particularly sad in contrast to the world. It is just that we are set in a dark and comical yet fair world. What's CK doing here is staging a part of life we haven't seen. It is those same streets and familiar character, it's just that we haven't seen them like this, saying things like this, expressing with a notorious behaviour like such. Where the only issue should be is how effortful it sometimes feel to warp into this world, this tedious part of the narration consumes a lot of energy from us, the viewers and Louie, a comedian; nay, a father.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

87

Series Overview
Season 5

91
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: April 9, 2015
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  S5:E8. Road, The - Part 2
  Air Date: May 28, 2015
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  S5:E7. Road, The - Part 1
  Air Date: May 21, 2015
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  S5:E6. Sleepover
  Air Date: May 14, 2015
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  S5:E5. Untitled
  Air Date: May 7, 2015
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  S5:E4. Bobby's House
  Air Date: April 30, 2015
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  S5:E3. Cop Story
  Air Date: April 23, 2015
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  S5:E2. A La Carte
  Air Date: April 16, 2015
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  S5:E1. Pot Luck
  Air Date: April 9, 2015
Season 4

93
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: May 5, 2014
Season 3

94
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 28, 2012
Season 2

90
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 23, 2011
Season 1

69
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 29, 2010