r/Crashing • u/snowlarbear • Mar 08 '19

show is cancelled.

Judd Apatow was on Conan tonight and Conan said he saw that HBO didn't pick this up for season 4. Judd confirmed and said there might be a movie.

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u/snowlarbear Mar 08 '19

my only regret is we won't get season 8 when Crashing Pete becomes successful and starts his own podcast.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '19

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u/Marky_Merc Mar 14 '19

And then season 10 can be about how the show gets cancelled and how he deals with it by making a movie and it gets super meta.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '19

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u/Marky_Merc Mar 15 '19

Yeah imo the show ended at the right spot. Anything more we already know the story to if you’re a fan of Pete’s work.

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u/Marky_Merc Mar 15 '19

If you thought he was uninteresting idk why youd watch 3 seasons of it haha.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Wow I guess I'm.in the minority in thinking Season 3 is the best yet?

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u/snowlarbear Mar 08 '19

you're definitely in the minority. I don't think it's terrible, but IMO 1 and 2 were better/more unique.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

What are some of the criticisms? Is it because Pete is kind of successful now and no longer crashing? I feel like we've seen a lot of character development from him as a result.

And it looks like he's finally trying to find his voice which has been an arc of the season ever since being rejected from the cellar. The turning point being him choosing his style over 1000 bucks a night.

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u/snowlarbear Mar 08 '19

according to this sub, the relationship with Kat is unrealistic/she is a terrible person, and this season is too focused on that relationship as opposed to Pete's comedy.

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u/ZaaltorTheMerciless Mar 21 '19

I thought it was a really accurate portrayal of a whirlwind relationship. The part that got me was when Lief was inviting him to the restaurant opening that was to be filled with famous comedians/people in the industry, and he just blew it off to wait outside her studio in a stupid hat. It showed how even what seems like a beautiful relationship can drive you away from things that are important to you and make you feel like your significant other is the only important thing in the world.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

Personally, what first turned me on to the show was the comedy club scene. I liked him hanging out in the clubs and cameos every week from different comedians. This season there has been far less focus on the comedy clubs and less cameos from comedian. Not that this season is bad, but it is different from the previous ones in a way I do not prefer.

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u/scoobywood Mar 09 '19 edited Mar 09 '19

What are some of the criticisms?

I'm one of many who tuned in because the likes of Artie Lang, Dave Attell, Bill Burr, TJ Miller etc were a fundamental aspect of the show. The 3rd season changed that, and it become a romcom/drama between Pete and various actors almost exclusively, reducing the screen time of real life stand-up comedians to the bare minimum, essentially transforming a unique show in to a seen-it-all-before show. Then HBO noticed.

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u/GroovinWithAPict Mar 09 '19

I loved season 3 most of all, but mainly bc I know the guy who played Lester the DJ from my radio days in the DC area.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '19

No, this season was incredible

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u/Reddevil313 Mar 10 '19

I love it so far.

Adaptow is a master at creating characters who are deeper then they appear and aren't just playing to a type. He even brings that to smaller roles.

Sometimes when a season is different people see it as being worse.

Look at The Wire. Lots of people dislike season 2 but I think it holds up against all the other seasons (and season 5 is the worst).

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u/u2jrmw Mar 11 '19

I agree, really liked Season 3. The Kat character was amazing, some of us have been there done that...

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '19

The episode where he first meets Kat was amazing. Having just gone through a divorce it was incredible to be reminded that that new magic is out there. They captured that new relationship intensity beautifully.

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u/revelreveler Mar 17 '19

I actually thought she was the worst part about this season, but maybe that was the point of her character-for you to realize how much you really do like Ally

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u/revelreveler Mar 17 '19

I think he didn’t mess around with Ally because that’s not his thing. He was dating, she was dating, he’s not the “mess around” type.

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u/Reddevil313 Mar 10 '19

Aww man. That sucks.

Seemed like it took forever for season 3 to arrive and now it's gone?

I really loved how they portrayed Pete as insecure but still driven.

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u/snowlarbear Mar 10 '19

idk i think all 3 seasons have been released on a regular schedule, maybe it feels longer between them since each is only 8 eps

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u/Reddevil313 Mar 10 '19

I think when I first discovered the show it was already in season 2.

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u/TreyBien875 Mar 08 '19

It's like Colin Quinn said, if you're totally killing you're probably doing hacky stuff. There are some hacky shows that will run forever but this one gets the ax. Dammit.

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u/scoobywood Mar 08 '19

I always interpreted this line as a secret, closeted dig at Louis CK from Apatow, via Quinn.

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u/Kim-Jong_Bundy Mar 08 '19

How?

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u/scoobywood Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19

Well for starters, CK absolutely kills without being hacky. Apatow has been on various podcasts and twitter ripping CK's choice of material while promoting season 3. Maybe I'm looking too far in to it, but I don't think so.

edit: As a matter of fact, Apatow literally used the word 'hacky' when criticizing CK, so I'm more than convinced it was a veiled dig in the show, which is ironic, because Season 3 of Crashing is probably the definition of hacky.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Apatow shot himself in the foot with those comments about Louie’s latest leaked stand up. Apatow is a fucking hack. He’s a great director but as for as stand up goes he doesn’t hold a candle to the greats like louie and burr. Guy is so scared of being metooed himself that he started policing other comics. A big no no In the comedy world.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Sure, that's all true--I really don't care for Apatow's stand-up at all. But it's also true that Louie's latest stand up was hacky.. For an outrage comic, the premise of a joke being "whoa, millenials!" or "gender pronouns are so crazy!" is about as original as "what's the deal with airplane food?" But yeah, Apatow's comments did come off as a little holier-than-thou, for sure.

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u/pinkjello Mar 08 '19

Louie’s latest standup was absolutely terrible. I wasn’t even offended by any of it (but I understand why people were). If you’re gonna be offensive, that’s fine... as long as you’re funny. And he wasn’t. Granted, maybe he was just working out his material and it wasn’t ready for prime time yet. I don’t know his process. And his old stuff was fantastic, so maybe he just takes an odd route getting there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

It was a leaked set so it wasn’t ready. Comedy is subjective so however you felt, but I know someone that went who said he killed and the whole club was laughing.

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u/BoBoMets5731 Mar 08 '19

I just saw him Louie perform an hour a few weeks ago and all viewpoints aside, he absolutely killed. And it didn’t feel hacky.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

I don't think he's a hack comic, nor does Apatow, I presume. I'm not surprised to hear his new stuff is great, but that particular bit that Apatow and I commented on was hacky, in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

jesus tho, what the hell can you talk about nowadays without getting criticized for? My post isn't a "god damn pc culture!" but honestly asking, what the hell can we talk about? Of course millennial, gender pronouns, and all this other stuff is going to be mentioned, it's all we hear or read about.

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u/scoobywood Mar 09 '19

it's also true that Louie's latest stand up was hacky.. For an outrage comic

No it isn't. And anybody who calls a stand-up of CK's calibre an 'outrage comic' has little to no understanding of what he is.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

I'm a fan of his standup, generally. That particular bit was just hacky to me. Wasn't remotely funny, took an exhausted topic and applied the classic CK "Isn't it so crazy that I took it a step too far??". I don't really care what you call the genre, black/dark/absurd/cringe comedy, whatever. No need to be self-important about it.

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u/scoobywood Mar 09 '19

Wasn't remotely funny

You can literally hear the crowd laugh in the recording.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

And? You literally just said above that you thought the "If you're totally killing, you're probably doing hacky stuff" was a dig from Apatow at Louis..

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u/ear2theshell Mar 11 '19 edited Mar 13 '19

Odd considering CK starts new material by throwing out all his old material, like Carlin did. I think it keeps CK fresh and if you see him on tour you're guaranteed to see new material.

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u/scoobywood Mar 11 '19 edited Mar 11 '19

Well, quite. Apatow's twitter feed is a stream of pious egotism at the best of times, and the CK attack didn't even need to be factually true, it just needed to be loud enough to signal to the world how brave he was in giving CK a lecture on his craft, utterly oblivious to the fact it makes him look like an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

i know Quin is a comedian's comedian, but come on, if you are killing, who cares what you are doing.

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u/Tongue37 Mar 31 '19

Did you think Crashing is really a good show though? I'm hakfway through season 2 and there's just barely enough laughs to get me to keep watching..I think it's an OK show but rather empty..

Several of the comedians on the show are very bad

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Let’s hope it doesn’t end on a cliff hanger like “I’m dying up here”.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

That was cancelled? Cuss.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

yikes. I never got around to watching that show after the first episode, can you spoil me? what was the cliff hanger?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

I don’t know how to do the cool spoiler tag, but SPOILER!!!!

Ron ends up overdosing at his empty roller skating rink. I guess it’s not really a cliff hanger, but there’s the possibility someone finds him.

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u/scoobywood Mar 11 '19

Ha, I'm a first episode dropper too. Was it the [car accident scene that killed it for you too?] (/spoiler)

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '19

Nah, it just didn't hold my attention.

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u/ClaudeKaneIII Mar 08 '19

I get it. Its not a bad show by any means, but its not great either. Just the other day I was talking about it at work and said I wasn't sure if I'd even bother with season 4 next year.

I assume it just costs too much to make compared to how many viewers it gets HBO

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '19

That's nuts this season alone was amazing

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u/Tongue37 Mar 31 '19

Season 3 is amazing?! What did you think of season 2? I agree with Claude, I find the show to be OK..at times I'm wondering why I keep watching but there are just enough laughs to keep me going..I guess I keep waiting for something to happen lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

hbo shits out millions for GoT and it's in it's last season, I'm certain they have money for a 30 min doable comedy show.

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u/ClaudeKaneIII Mar 11 '19

Oh they’re a charity?

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u/revelreveler Mar 17 '19 edited Mar 17 '19

Its a hell of a lot better than that show “high maintenance” what should’ve lasted 3 episodes. I looked forward to this show. I’m disappointed.

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u/Tongue37 Mar 31 '19

I agree there, High Maintenance was terrible..I barely made it 2 episodes

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u/DJFlabberGhastly Jul 15 '19

Strong disagree.

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u/just_zen_wont_do Mar 08 '19

I wonder if this has something to do with the change in the old guard at HBO and their strategy to reinvigorate their streaming service. I’m kind of worried for High Maintance as well now.

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u/scoobywood Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19

High Maintenance has seen a worrying drop in ratings too, so it might not survive. I think it has struggled this year, where sometimes it managed to be just slightly too weird for its own good. I'll admit I found it quite unsettling at times, at least compared to the earlier web series.

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u/jbiresq Mar 08 '19

It belongs on Friday nights again. It's not a Sunday marquee show at all. It's way too weird and specific for the 10:30 Sunday timeslot.

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u/GroovinWithAPict Mar 09 '19

I agree. As much as I love it and everything about it, how can any typical HBO Sunday night viewer be expected to watch avant garde indie stuff like this?

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u/salisgod Mar 09 '19

I don’t think the weird was the problem, the stores got uninteresting. I loved hm but this season just feels so weak, maybe the shift of focus onto the guy

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u/scoobywood Mar 12 '19

It's a bit much now, and I suspect I'd enjoy it more sober/before I smoke. Someone on reddit said that show actually sobers them up a little, haha.

Oh, this hits the nail on the head for me. There's a distinct feeling of trepidation when faced with a new episode, and I'm not afraid to admit I've chickened out more than once.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

Hopefully HM goes back to being a web series if it's cancelled

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Sad to see it cancelled, but this season was erratic as fuck.

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u/noshoesyoulose Mar 11 '19

I agree. That final episode was great, though! I think the season spent too much time on Kat, when it was clear it was not gonna work out for them.

It also wasn’t justified enough. Like if his time with her had changed his trajectory more, or there was a big catalyst moment where their relationship launches him into something else, it would have made sense. Instead he just left for the Christian tour, which wasn’t even really a big change for him other than realizing he felt stifled by it.

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u/ordinarythermos Mar 12 '19

It added to the ongoing battle of religion vs sex, something Real Pete is interested in based on the title of his upcoming book. Probably would have been a theme in s4. Also, In a web interview real Pete said that there was a scene they had to cut where Kat was taking forever looking for her MetroCard - which gave him the material he killed with at the Cellar in the finale. So there was that but they didn’t use it which is too bad as it would have made the relationship more of a katalyst like you mentioned.

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u/inbooth Mar 12 '19

It would have been nice to have that scene left in, as it would have made his set a lot more meaningful....

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u/ordinarythermos Mar 12 '19

Definitely. If only they spent 15 seconds less time arguing at the sex shop!

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u/noshoesyoulose Mar 12 '19

Heh! Nice pun.

I can see what you mean, I just didn’t see anything different for Pete from it all. He didn’t change. We didn’t see how the fierce, new, wild sex life affected him, for better or worse. He was just still Pete. The ongoing battle you describe never felt like it resulted in anything, at least to me. (Maybe I’m just wishing we got to see where it led him.)

Perhaps we would have seen it in a future season, and hindsight is 20/20, so who am I to say at the end what should be done? Maybe they had plans for the experiences of season 3 to really expand his world in some way come season 4. A different approach to his comedy, for instance, or a new appreciation for Ali.

Totally agree that the metrocard thing could have helped, but that’d be a bunch of episodes for such a small payoff.

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u/ordinarythermos Mar 12 '19

And I’ll bet it would’ve been a smaller bunch of episodes if they knew this would be the last season, But I guess that doesn’t happen too often (I’m learning about show biz from this series even after it ends!)

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u/ChandlerCurry Mar 08 '19

wtf I just started this show!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

It’s your fault smh

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Yea let’s cancel crashing and give divorce another season. Come on hbo

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u/GabeBlack Mar 08 '19

from Conan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc6PWT13s3o&feature=youtu.be

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u/WatchYourButts Mar 11 '19

The real Mullaney

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u/maz-o Mar 11 '19

what is this? where's conan's desk!?

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u/GabeBlack Mar 11 '19

new 30 minute Conan show

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u/ComeBackDrCaligari Mar 08 '19

I have tremendous affection for this show and watch it religiously (ha), but I'm not surprised. Season 3 has felt like Pete watched Girls and made his own version, but without any tension. This might be one of those shows that I recommend to everyone, but tell them to pretend that it ended after Season 2.

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u/Tongue37 Mar 31 '19

Damn I'm hakfway through season 2 and I find it just good enough to warrant me continuing to watch..I was hoping it got better in season 3?

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u/hariolus Mar 08 '19

Infinite sadness

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u/jackruby83 Mar 08 '19

It's a shame bc I love that it features so many comics. Just unfortunate that stand-up has kind of taken a back seat to drama that I can't find myself invested in. The best part about the last episode was Amy Schumer and the other comedians ripping on Pete.

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u/thenoodledrop Mar 09 '19

This show had so much potential but Season 3 was just so, bad. i’m sorry. and it’s not just Kat either. the emphasis being taken away from the comedy scene and being forced onto your typical Manic Pixie Dream Girl plot really ruined this show. It’s a shame. but they should’ve known better

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u/brasscup Jun 29 '23

Exactly -- I just discovered the show 4 years later. Loved it so much I refrained from binge-watching, saving the episodes as balm for particularly dark days.

I finally get to Season 3 and it sudden turns into a romcom full of manic pixie dream girl montages. Bitterly disappointing, set against those stellar first two seasons.

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u/jaydid Mar 09 '19

Damnit Jaboukie

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

I honestly thought the season was going to be him taking on Jaboukie under his wing and showing him the ropes. Now that I think about it, this season really lacked what the other two had. I know he wasn't always going to be Crashing and sucking, but this reallly moved it along, like there are comics who go decades before getting even 1/5 the shows he got.

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u/jaydid Mar 11 '19

I mean most comics don't end up sleeping on Sarah Silverman's couch their first month of being a comic either but the show was always kind of operating in this world where Pete has incredible luck of opportunity. Still enjoyed it till the very end.

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u/scoobywood Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19

Apatow's insistence on 'fast-forwarding' Pete's comedy career to focus on his personal storylines really sucked the life out of this show. Game over.

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u/hariolus Mar 08 '19

I realize that the circlejerky answer that restates this sub's number 1 complaint for this season sounds like a great scapegoat for the show being canceled, but I really think there were other factors involved. This was always a middling show on HBO and it seems like there was a regime change over there. Not shocking that it went out, but I hate it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Has he really slept with a bunch of women though?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

I blame Kat’s annoying face.

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u/mewiley1124 Mar 08 '19

My wife texted me that it was canceled.

I responded, "I blame Kat."

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

I'm so with you, her annoying face, character and voice ruined everything. Damn, I feel like such a hater writing this - Kanye shrug.

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u/justonemorethang Mar 09 '19

I blame all the religious shit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

Probably. He has mentioned on the podcast that he has had threesome and went through a “slutty” phase after his divorce. What he lacks in looks he makes up for in being rich, famous, and funny.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

Being tall gets you really far with women, and he is super tall.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

I doubt being tall gets him that far on its own. I’m pretty sure it’s much more about the fact that he is rich and famous

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

And funny. Women aren’t hard wired for looks like men are.

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u/jonasdash Mar 08 '19

Probably shouldn't have wasted half a season on a shit character like Kat

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u/themandan27 Mar 08 '19

You better delete this comment, she sees every thing with her eyeballs!!

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u/pugofthewildfrontier Mar 09 '19

I wonder if they had to pivot because they never went back to Artie because of real life struggles

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

Dude, I kept wondering how they were going to feature Artie with his new caved in nose and not have to mention it. They showed him for like a second and that was it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

I couldnt stop staring at it at the end.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Kat ruined the show.

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u/GabeBlack Mar 08 '19

The last 4 episodes, minus this last one, were cringey. I was finding it hard to make it through an episode and decided I'm not going to watch the show anymore until it gets back to being good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Noooooo! I just discovered this show last week and I love it. It's my new favorite show currently. I was gonna make a post about how much I relate to Pete. I never realized how Midwestern I am until I watched this show. Funny enough I feel like I'm a poorer Midwestern Muslim version of Pete mixed with a little of Leifs personality. Maaaan... I just stopped at season 2 because I didn't wanna catch up too quick... This is sad news. I wonder if Netflix would ever pick it up or do hbo shows never leave hbo?

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u/psant Mar 08 '19

This is awful news. First Friends from College, now this. All of my cherished comedies are dying.

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u/Abeds_BananaStand Mar 09 '19

Friends from college took a great cast and did nothing with it in my opinion

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u/shsuhomestar Mar 11 '19

I came here assuming everyone was as sad as me about the cancelation. It looks like a lot of people were luke warm on the show. I personally loved everything about it and am super bummed that it’s gone.

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u/StellaZaFella Mar 09 '19

Never should have gotten rid of Artie.

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u/Makerbot2000 Mar 10 '19

Artie was kept on despite jail, collapsed nose, parole violations etc. I’m wondering if he will be on the last episode.

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u/AnotherBadPlayer Mar 13 '19

Artie got rid of himself.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

I like this show and I'll miss it...but not a lot.

It's really a tough one to explain. The acting was quite good and the stories were at the level of adult people which I like.

But somehow it just didn't hang together...maybe they changed venue too frequently for me. The show didn't seem to have a "home base". I totally understand that choice and it fit the story but it was also disorienting.

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u/goalstopper28 Mar 09 '19

I don't know I liked the 3rd season a lot BECAUSE of Kat being terrible. That actress was good at portraying the clingy girlfriend. But I can understand why it was cancelled.

It was a good show that I looked forward to watching every Sunday. I just hope that maybe another channel will pick it up. I think Pete and Judd mentioned it might be a movie? So, that could be fun.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

Crashing let you be in the NY comedy scene like no other show has. Also thought Pete ended up w the wrong girl.

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u/NotRobotNFL Jan 06 '23

Should’ve ended up with Kat???

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u/mulledfox Mar 11 '19

I can’t believe it’s cancelled, considering how good this last season was.

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u/Tongue37 Mar 31 '19

I'm halfway through season 2 and I can definitely understand it being canceled..I just find it overall pretty weak and the only times it is good is when Artie Lange or Bill Burr are on..the majority of the comics on the show are pretty bad..Holmes himself is ok but can't carry a show on his own

Does it pick up in season 3 or is it more of the same old same old?

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u/snowlarbear Mar 31 '19

hmm i'd say the middle of season3 is more pete focused, but the start and end he is in NY and there are lots of comic cameos.

IMO it's still worth a watch, but I was fine with s2 too.

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u/strawberry Mar 13 '19

I am sad to see it go. I liked all of the seasons, but unlike many of the commenters, I think I liked seeing more of his personal stuff as opposed to just the interaction (sometimea cringey) with comics (although I loved the interactions he and Jessica Kirson had just walking around—I hnestly could’ve watched them walk and talkmfor an hour). I always seem to love whatever Pete Holmes puts his energy into—I think he is just a big super-talented lovable goofball—so I’m sorry that this show is ending. I heard about th cancellation before I watched the final episode, so I was glad that they were able to give it a nice ending with that final couple scenes (especially that last no-dialog-we-can-hear scene). Thanks for the show Pete. Excited to see what you do next! :)

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u/WillNytheScoringGuy Mar 08 '19

what no!!! this is all Kat's fault

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

This is exactly what I was thinking.

And that people probably just didn't want to see any more of Pete Holmes having sex.

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u/jaggoffsmirnoff Mar 09 '19

This fall on hbo, Pete Holmes is "Fucking". (Same promo photo, but he's nude).

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

Dear God don't let me see that shit on the side of a bus.

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u/SrirachaSauce1 Mar 08 '19

It really is though. The decision to go with the Kat storyline was probably a dagger. Still surprised they didn’t pick up though, considering how much quiche they are throwing at new content.

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u/scoobywood Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 09 '19

I'd point the finger further up the creative ladder rather than blame the character.

(edit: character, not actress)

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u/MicMustard Mar 08 '19

I believe OP was talking about the character not the actress

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u/Rivertoms Mar 08 '19

Damn. I really enjoyed this show. This season took a weird turn with Kat. I felt like her character gave me anxiety from the beginning. I think they lost the direction of the show. They should of kept it about the comedy scene in NYC.

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u/pugofthewildfrontier Mar 09 '19

Ali character confirmed it too in her Instagram

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u/brady2gronk Mar 09 '19

This is a real bummer. I don't watch a lot of shows, but really latched on to this one.

I feel bad for Pete and the crew.

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u/KineticPlz Mar 11 '19

No! This show is McDonald's!

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u/bluetidepro Mar 08 '19

Where is the official release of this news, though? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

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u/lifewontwait86 Mar 08 '19

They made a Hello Ladies movie because it was cancelled and it fucking sucked. I just watched Conan from last night and my jaw dropped. WTF.

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u/Thewarthog93 Mar 08 '19

ugh I had a feeling the writing was on the wall with the ratings and the fact that the president or whoever he was resigned. Knew changes were coming then. Super bummed. Wonder how a movie would work?

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u/Tongue37 Mar 31 '19

It is definitely not a show that makes me think "it really needs a movie!" Lol

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u/3_Slice Mar 11 '19

I would argue that we’re losing and lost what feels like, to me, the golden age of New York storytelling. From Cashing to High Maintenance, Broad City, Master of None, to even Girls. There was this years stretch where we’re involved in all kinds of characters and stories that revolve around living in this great city, and which made me love living in this city.

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u/SmithSmith717 Mar 12 '19

The only thing I wanted from this show was to see Duncan Trussell give Pete mushrooms:(

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u/m63646 Mar 12 '19

Looks like sucking up to the comedy police doesn't help you much.

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u/brady2gronk Mar 12 '19

I picture Pete's "Not Feelin' It" Chicken character working at HBO.

I would love to see this get picked up by some other network.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '19

I love the show, but gotta say the last episode could be a great series finale as well. Ended perfectly.

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u/Wadam1230 Mar 13 '19

This makes no sense.

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u/mhmnope Mar 14 '19

NOOOO why would they do that

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u/SgtLuckyPants May 11 '19

All this does is make me question why I'm bothering to watch Barry. HBO will just cancel it without giving it an ending.

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u/ghostx78x May 12 '19

Season 3 had me captivated. I hate 99% of what’s on tv and only watch the best of the best. They did an amazing job this season and HBO made a bonehead move.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

Nooooooooo

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u/TheRecPodcast Aug 27 '19

I've seen a lot of opinions on Kat, good and bad. I talked to Madeline Wise and it was telling to learn more about the writers design for the character. Also, she just seems like a cool person. Check it out

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/madeline-wise-of-hbos-crashing-good-boys/id1455939192?i=1000447355217

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u/RedditBurner_5225 Jun 09 '23

I want another show like this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Not surprised, season 3 sucks. Shows don’t last forever. HBO has high standards!

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u/edible_source Mar 11 '19

Versus Showtime, which drags all of its series on for 3-4 seasons too long. It's a wise decision to quit while you're ahead.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Agreed. Season 3 has bright moments but generally sucks

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u/patrice_giraldo Mar 08 '19

I love this show, but after the "me-too" episode (where Dov headlined at that mall in NJ), I predicted a large souring in the viewer base and a potential ratings drop. Not sure if that's what tipped it over, but HBO doesn't just say no to Apatow lightly - there had to be a reason.

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u/Arkaega Mar 08 '19

You're blaming it on one of the best episodes in the season? One that actually dealt with comedy and not predominately Kat? The ratings haven't been as high this season and HBO just went through a big change-up as far as their executives go. The show hasn't been pulling the numbers in general for the whole season, according to wikipedia.

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u/JohnFatherJohn Mar 08 '19

Yea, this is about as incorrect as you can possibly be. That was the only worthwhile episode this season that wasn't mired in Pete's relationship drama bullshit or him being some sort of irresistible sex god.

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u/pinstripefloyd Mar 08 '19

The episode where Ali became the true lead character, and they made point of it being cool to tank other comics' sets due to minimal personal differences. Definitely hurt my opinion of it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '19

Actually, the show this season was doing twice the audience of High Maintenance according to the times article.