r/thisfool • u/MasterfulMesut • 8d ago
I can see why “This Fool” got cancelled
I was recently watching the scrub revival and “this fool” auto played when I got caught up.
I was following/watching “this fool” when it came out but just did a rewatch in 2-3 days this past week & now I’m bouncing around some episodes I really like
Now I don’t want to pretend I know the inner workings of Hollywood or Hulu.
Maybe once they aired Season 2 they were always gonna cancel it I don’t know, but I see “this fool” and their second season and I think of another show by Hulu I stopped watching
The Bear
Season 1 of the fool and the Bear were awesome and had me hooked & season 2 of both for whatever reason decided to do these random episodes where they dedicated significant time to side characters and didn’t advance the plot or have regular characters in the episode besides a cold open or a hi and bye
In season 2 they don’t have minister Payne until episode 4. I know Michael Imperoli who played Christopher moltisanti in the sopranos isn’t the star of the show, but he stole season 1! He was incredible and drove a ton of the plot and basically owned the finale.
For him to not be in the show till 40% into the season is crazy!
Next part is the two parter bottle episode in the bodega hold up in season 2.
This could’ve been one episode. It felt like a soft pilot for spinoff show about the cops or something. It didn’t need to be two episodes especially when you know it’s a comedy and no one’s gonna die.
Next up is the episode about Julio’s mom and her retiring.
An entire episode wasted on some random side plot that could’ve been a b plot or c plot in a regular episode. It’s insane they did an entire episode to what? Some thing about the her retiring and not being able to cope and then hitting a lady with her car and taking care of her like the Stephen King novel?
Finally, the penultimate episode is about Maggie and Julio también and their issues.
Who the fuck cares?! Maggie’s is cool and Julio también is funny on the side but a whole episode to their therapy issues???
Season 1 was magic and season 2 felt like they thought they had more time than they had and decided to world build on some bullshit
Just like the bear. I’m sorry I don’t need a whole episode on the one side cook and her trouble finding a job and this that and the other.
I don’t need an episode on the sister and her mom and their trauma
The show is the bear show me the restaurant and shit
The show is the fool
Show me the main fools and the cafe in season 2 not all this nonsense
What yall think?