high maintenance (excellent web series) (tone: sincere)

by **forest design** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:03 am

So happy this is back

by **separator** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:36 am

This show just makes me so proud to watch

by **RIXX** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:56 am

Buzz Fledderjohn wrote:not sure how these two have the magical power to portray real life situations and interactions and conversations so well but they keep doing it

Yeah the conversation between Lee and the Guy about if she asked "do you want to get something to eat?" to him or the dog, felt so organic and real, like such an accurate representation of the stupid playful conversations that I have in real life with my friends. most other shows feel so stilted in comparison.

by **separator** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:58 am

This and atlanta are the ones that we'll look back to in ten years and be like, yeah they got it right

by **Alexis** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:11 pm

so glad this show is back i loved the first ep and the drum circle during the credits was hilarious

by **southpaw** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:56 pm

How is this such a good show, imagine if most shows were this thoughtful and real-to-life plotted. Any other show woulda made the Burg stuff so cheaply sentimental but this just worked in every single way

If this were any other show id be worried about the direction its going but they seem to do no wrong

by **southpaw** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:57 pm

I was very disappointed to find those paddleboards are like $1k

by **Fullscreen** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:31 pm

forest design wrote:So happy this is back

by **ratbags** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:08 pm

Wow tonight's episode was insane. The titanic joke killed me.

by **delgriffith** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:12 pm

Yeah man fuck.

by **delgriffith** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:12 pm

Crazy energy off of this one.

by **ratbags** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:23 pm

Like there were so many shifts of tone and just insanely funny bits and really heavy moments

by **ratbags** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:51 am

god...the temple aspect of his dream was so perfect. and that dude's story about his twin brother ending the way it did......fuck. this show is so perfectly written.

by **dada** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:52 pm

this is my favorite show on tv

by **jarsilver** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:34 pm

I love cat cohen

by **object** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:28 pm

amazing show

by **Jouster** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:18 pm

New one is up!

by **ratbags** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:18 pm

oh shit

by **ratbags** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:45 pm

wow that episode fucking rocked holy shit

by **mellowgold** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:49 pm

Best ep of the season

by **rex** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:09 pm

Ah cool that actually updates my plans for tonight.

Ben Sinclair's the Grubstreet Diet this week: http://www.grubstreet.com/2019/02/high-maintenance-ben-sinclair-grub-street-diet.html

by **internetfriend** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:47 pm

this one felt flimsier than the other two, but still nice

ben went to bunna the day after i did....we're bunna boys

by **nautical hyperblast** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:24 am

the plantasia part in episode 2 was mind blowing.
the craigslist boob flasher montage had me cackling.

by **internetfriend** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:22 am

i feel like...as this show goes on i've been having a much harder time with the episodes that are really cleanly "first lil story, second lil story." i haven't done a rewatch so i don't know if it's the show changing or if it's just me, but the stuff that actually follows The Guy has been really human and nuanced and consistently enjoyable for me while the short-story episodes feel a little too tidy or structured

the second episode's flasher story was maybe the best example of that, for me, in that there was something so 'modern short story' about the sequence of, like, exposition, rising action, yadda yadda, ending with a Wry Sad Punchline, but it was also very good and got at something in a way that i only really find in this show right now

by **badhat** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:29 pm

btw if folks down know spotify has soundtrack playlist for this (also insecure, which is just as good)

by **galactagogue** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:25 pm

internetfriend wrote:i feel like...as this show goes on i've been having a much harder time with the episodes that are really cleanly "first lil story, second lil story." i haven't done a rewatch so i don't know if it's the show changing or if it's just me, but the stuff that actually follows The Guy has been really human and nuanced and consistently enjoyable for me while the short-story episodes feel a little too tidy or structured

the second episode's flasher story was maybe the best example of that, for me, in that there was something so 'modern short story' about the sequence of, like, exposition, rising action, yadda yadda, ending with a Wry Sad Punchline, but it was also very good and got at something in a way that i only really find in this show right now

yeah this is very where I'm at with this show. it can feel at times they have bigger or smaller ideas and the way they get organized in an ep can feel disparate or awkward in ways that work against the usual energies of the show (which not always complacent or easy either.) still, like IF said, it's a shower that delivers, most of the time, on something i don't find elsewhere. and damn, the casting is pretty untouchable.

by **brent** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:03 am

i love this show so much

the soundtrack is so insanely perfect too

by **aububs** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:24 am

chemtrails

by **mellowgold** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:42 am

aububs wrote:chemtrails

by **Milquetoaster Strudels** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:56 pm

brent wrote:i love this show so much

the soundtrack is so insanely perfect too

Yeah, loved the Suzanne Kraft cue from last season

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