I think this scene is the hardest for me to watch. I’m so mad at Jane for pushing and mad at Valerie for acquiescing. If I were Mark, I’m not sure I could move past this.
What other scenes are the most difficult for you to watch?
Just because this gem of a DVD extra needs to be seen/reseen!
Courtesy of I DO NEED TO SEE THAT Productions
Rewatching S1 E12, when Val reveals she had a metal rod from when she had scoliosis. Just remembered Lisa's character in Romy & Michele had the same thing in high school. I wonder if Lisa did in her own youth.
33 year old guy from Australia and Long time Kudrow fan. I grew up watching Friends as it aired (aged 4 - 12) and Kudrow as Phoebe was always my favourite performance. The pleasure in growing up in this era and following Kudrow's career is realising she's quite a force behind the camera as a writer/producer and it is rarely appreciated. (I am a writer also).
I discovered The Comeback back in 2016 and fell absolutely in love with season 1 for so many reasons. There was so much there, so much content ripe for interpretation, no real spoon-feeding of what to feel, and such a weirdly relatable neurotic protagonist and a performance unlike anything I'd ever witnessed before. I found myself rewatching, rewatching, rewatching. Learning it eventually came back for a Season 2, which then upped the quality of everything was interesting. I loved Season 2 and its ending for me was something I felt was untouchable in regard to a series comeback, let alone a series ending. It felt perfect. For the past decade, I've been rewatching this series. It never gets old. There are always new things to appreciate, snippets of dialogue that I don't quite catch, small shifts and things happening on camera that aren't always obvious.
When I learned it was renewed for Season 3, I was obviously elated. For me, it did not disappoint at all. After the first episode, I was left with a lot of questions but I am utterly shocked as to how King and Kudrow pulled this season off so masterfully. The three seasons for me are such separate entities that it is actually hard for me to pick a favourite; they exist in such different tonal worlds. I wanted to just vent my love and adoration - but also to ask whether people think how this show will be viewed in coming decades? I feel it will be something that is viewed seminal for this medium.
And what did people think of Season 3 and its ending? I loved how understated it was and felt the B&W to technicolour edition was beautiful and understated. I still love season 2's ending but I feel season 3 has the more fitting ending to this show - Valerie finally self-consciously vulnerable in front of a camera - then the veil returns! I never thought they could top, but for me they did!
I just discovered this show last week and I’m now on season three. It is a thrilling ride, never boring, it is exasperating, upsetting, hilarious, cringeworthy, so truthful, and so absolutely brilliant. Lisa Kudrow is a revelation in this show. She is a genius. As is everyone around her. She creates a character that is so utterly annoying, and utterly understandable that we root for her, we feel every disappointment. Nothing seems to go right for her until everything goes right for her. The end of season two made me weep because we saw who she really is. She let us see past the façade, the neurosis, the fear. She let us in, and it was exhilarating and crushing at the same time. The writers are brilliant. Hard to say were reality stops and fiction begins. This crazy character is 100% absolutely believable in every single moment. That is an astounding accomplishment. I love this show, and I’m starting season three and can’t wait.
Livestream is only $6 and you can watch it for a week
And omg. The series is so good - truly a work of art. While it's a shame the second season didn't get picked up twenty years ago, what a fun lore that it kept "coming back" every ten years.
It's rare for a show to both grip the audience in a way that makes them both laugh and cry, but that's what this one did. And the last episode felt life-changing lol. You can feel people saying mean comments, or an industry treating you bad... but humiliation takes two -you don't have to agree to it.
I'm not as sad as i thought i'd be that there won't be a fourth season; this truly was a perfect ending to an expertly executed trilogy. kudos to Lisa and MPK!
Does anyone have a photo of the sexy photo Valerie had in season 1. She had a poster of it and was showing it off to Juna and the costume designer. I want to make it into a poster.