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PZeroNero t1_iwa6xi5 wrote
Deserved at least 1-2 more seasons
i_am_the_nightman t1_iwbmuqx wrote
Totally agree. This show was very well done, funny and enjoyable. I don’t get why it didn’t last longer. This one hurt me a little when it ended so early.
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willtodd t1_iwdi2y6 wrote
my "controversial" opinion or whatever is that the jokes on New Girl rarely land for me but the ones on Happy Endings do a TON. I love this show and try to spread its good word.
i_am_the_nightman t1_iwcjaiy wrote
I agree with you 100% on this.
ALincolnTime t1_iwa2lqg wrote
Easily one of the best shows ever made.
It was so smartly written.
iamgarron t1_iwbpj9r wrote
It's not just the writing. It's that the rn hair cast had such good chemistry you could tell they were having so much fun making the show and that energy oozed through the the screen
ty_jax t1_iwbkm5q wrote
Completely agree. The writing was amazing. Why did it get cancelled?
emmapepper t1_iwa76lh wrote
Rewatching at this very moment. I have been trying to convince people to watch it when they say they're going to rewatch New Girl.
pishposhpoppycock t1_iwad4te wrote
New Girl was so-so... but Happy Endings blew that show out of the water in terms of hilarity (well second half of Season 1 onwards. The first half was meh).
Wayans Jr. was ICONIC and 100x better on Happy Endings as Brad than he was as Coach on New Girl though.
KO620181 t1_iwafgyt wrote
Coach is nice and all, but Brad is a fantastic character. There’s no one else like ol’ Brad.
Kh2008 t1_iwb0360 wrote
Him leaving new girl for happy endings made sense. But he also was amazing on new girl.
Nick357 t1_iwb78ui wrote
Oh shit, did he fuck up?
duraxTwo t1_iwbctew wrote
Wayans Jr. got a better job -> That job ended sooner than expected -> He got his old job back
Nick357 t1_iwbcvmu wrote
Okay, good. I was worried for the charming millionaire.
RealCoolDad t1_iwbrbpq wrote
Well, he did happy endings first, then shot the pilot for new girl, and when happy endings wasn’t cancelled, he stayed with happy endings. But I’m glad new girl brought him back.
zeroxray t1_iwe51nb wrote
new girl would've been 100x better if Coach stayed. Winston was a odd character
Look_to_the_Stars t1_iwcol5e wrote
Did pilots for both New Girl and Happy Endings. Both got picked up so he decided to go with Happy Endings, which is why Coach moves out after the first episode of New Girl. Happy Endings got canceled after 3 seasons, so they brought him back as Coach on New Girl.
Chataboutgames t1_iwcmwzi wrote
Coach moved to Chicago to live with some other white people
JustAHorseWithNoName t1_iwaqor5 wrote
Wayans was always the weakest link of New Girl IMO. Compared the hilarious and career defining performances of Greenfield, Johnson, and Morris his seemed just okay. It makes sense that they cut him out for a while after the pilot tbh
VitaminTea t1_iwatqj8 wrote
New Girl didn't cut him; he shot the pilot before Happy Endings was renewed. When it was, New Girl chose not to recast the role and introduced Winston in the second episode to replace Coach. Wayans returned to New Girl when Happy Endings was cancelled.
TheEgonaut t1_iwc4pmp wrote
It’s crazy how difficult it is to rank those three. I do appreciate the irony that a show with “Girl” in its title’s best characters are men though.
PornoPaul t1_iwaslj9 wrote
New Girl was best when Jess was gone for that season she was "on jury duty".
Kh2008 t1_iwb0713 wrote
I disagree. My favorite new girl episodes are season four.
Chataboutgames t1_iwcnilu wrote
No way. Like I get she wasn't the best part of the show, but that was after the show's peak and Reagan was an awful arc. Even of you don't like Zooey Descahnel, her chemistry with Schmidt and Nick is a big part of the show.
PornoPaul t1_iwgty15 wrote
I'm the opposite. I actually think she's great, and while I enjoyed her chemistry, I found that without her, the chemistry for the guys was allowed to flourish. I just happened to like that chemistry far more.
keving87 t1_iweld8s wrote
Wayans Jr and Sr are starring in an upcoming CBS together, my first thought was "I wish this was a Happy Endings spinoff."
edked t1_iwanzec wrote
I wish I had managed to run through a rewatch more than once, before it vanished from Amazon Prime Canada just a couple of months after I finally started using streaming.
RealCoolDad t1_iwbr5yt wrote
I just started “marry me” and it’s great. It took me a while to track it down. I finally found it on Vudu.
keving87 t1_iwelkgl wrote
It's on Crackle too.
Sisiwakanamaru OP t1_iwa0ggs wrote
> Penny: Casey Wilson’s character is probably still single, though she’s spent a lot of time and money on the apps trying to change that. “I’d like to say that she’s happily doing well, but I don’t think that has been the case,” Wilson joked. She has been pretty successful in her career, however, and has visited a couple of White Lotus hotels — or really, tours of where The White Lotus filmed its infamous shitting scene. She has been catfished many, many times. > > Dave: Zachary Knighton imagined that his character has gotten into MFTs, which are like NFTs, but more built around cheese somehow. He is a big Elon Musk guy, paid for a blue checkmark on Twitter, and become a big fan of Harry Styles, primarily through his work in Dunkirk. Dave takes Harry Styles as major fashion influence, has seen Don’t Worry Darling “millions of times,” but does not know his work as a musician well. Dave is also a gigantic fan of, specifically, Jared Leto’s take on the Joker. > > Alex: Elisha Cuthbert’s character has leaned hard into the wellness space, and is perhaps a minor influencer in her own right, and she is definitely steaming her vagina and peddling snake oil. She’s adopted more pets and keeps naming them Tyler (like her parrot and her snake), and has a side gig as a DJ. She was also definitely in the Capitol on January 6, but not for the same reasons as everyone else (she thought it was about trying to “save the cows”). > > Max: Max was also in the Capitol, and probably in Nancy Pelosi’s office, because he is, as Adam Pally reiterated, a force of chaos. He’s had a career in politics sowing some of that chaos, but has since taken up a job at the New York Post where his pun skills have been put to use causing further destabilization. On a more emotional note, Pally pointed out that he would love to revisit the storyline around Max’s break-up with James Wolk’s Grant over the fact that Max wanted to have kids and Grant didn’t. If the show were to return, Pally would want a more dramatic arc for Max there — though he’d want to add that Max might also be in Texas, hosting a podcast with Joe Rogen.
ROBtimusPrime1995 t1_iwa9e3u wrote
Holy shit, I need a revival now. This is so accurate it hurts.
It's obvious that playing these characters has meant the world to them because their off-the-hand improv is 100% on the money.
Sisiwakanamaru OP t1_iwah38j wrote
Yeah, Dave was on point, I laughed that he paid $8 for Blue Checkmark on Twitter and He watched "Don't Worry Darling" a lot.
Ducci7799 t1_iwd0dg0 wrote
I'm just picturing Dave trying to explain MFT's the same way he tried to explain the housing crisis.
trumpet_23 t1_iwdhj4y wrote
Him loving Harry Styles for everything but the music is so damn good.
eunoiared t1_iwaoeaa wrote
They did a reunion Zoom show like many tv shows during 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Sadly I don't think the video is available anymore online, only the part with Dave is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrbwTh_dVU8
Instead of reading old script like most show do, they did the show like an extra episode that's set during the pandemic.
TheOrangeSplat t1_iwatrdx wrote
Before the pandemic zoom episode, they also did a live show-type read of an episode taking place years after the end of the 3rd season. It was great! If I can find the video I’ll post it
TheOrangeSplat t1_iwattt0 wrote
eunoiared t1_iwapnj7 wrote
The post-show Q&A is still up though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEk1nVJDUiA&t=190s
Archamasse t1_iwa4e0r wrote
>She has been catfished many, many times.
Absolutely perfect.
RealCoolDad t1_iwbs12q wrote
“You thought Prince Harry was DM’ing you?”
“If there’s a chance Dave, you need to take it. And if not Harry; it could have been Carson Wentz.”
“There’s no way you know who Carson wentz is”
“I know every starting qb in case of a chance encounter for a possible fling. They’re brain damaged millionaire dummies. That’s penny bingo!”
TheEgonaut t1_iwc59wn wrote
I don’t even know who she’s talking to in this scene, but this is spot on Penny.
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Beverley_Leslie t1_iwafocf wrote
Eliza Coupe is so brilliant in Happy Endings I was delighted to see her in a new show called Pivoting which I really enjoyed (and was well reviewed/received), which was then promptly cancelled. It's so unfortunate the huge talents like Coupe and Wilson haven't reached a wider more consistent audience.
TheFailTech t1_iwaq9kp wrote
Last thing I saw her in was Future Man, which was so much fun
KetoCatsKarma t1_iwb9w2g wrote
Ice seen her twice recently, both in minor roles, she played a billionaires wife in This Fool who gets off on having sex with "The Poor's" and her character is dating Keegan Michael Keys character in Reboot.
rbarton812 t1_iwbu7oo wrote
I remember liking the trailer for "This Fool"; add to that it was just renewed, I guess I should give it a chance.
KetoCatsKarma t1_iwdz1ju wrote
The wife and I burned through all 19 episodes over the weekend, one of the funniest shows we've seen in a while.
brant_ley t1_iwbx9wa wrote
She's in the new show Reboot on Hulu, although in a smaller role.
goldfinch_eggs t1_iwc5usu wrote
There’s something about her I just really like. I even liked her in the Scrubs…final season? Sequel?
Didn’t know she was in that. I’ll give it a watch then.
metalslug123 t1_iwcjobv wrote
Pivoting was ok and it was refreshing to see Maggie Q in a non-action comedic role for once (after being unceremoniously killed off from Designated Survivor lol), but Eliza shined on Happy Endings, especially with her on screen husband Damon Wayans Jr.
KO620181 t1_iwafkgy wrote
Read the title of this post “where are they now?” And my mind just went to “bitches be shoppin”
pishposhpoppycock t1_iwacpl7 wrote
2022 - YEAR OF PENNY!!!!
Thisguy2869 t1_iwayb0r wrote
Suck it!
rddime t1_iwa62il wrote
I do recall enjoying this series. Around the time this series was out, there were also another couple of series that were in a similar vein, Traffic Light and Perfect Couples.
If you enjoyed Happy Endings and want something similar, look them up.
edit: jeez typos from phone
r_osit t1_iwajf85 wrote
I loved traffic light and perfect couples. So sad all these shows ended prematurely!!!
RealCoolDad t1_iwbs4uu wrote
I liked those shows too. Also another David Caspe show with Casey Wilson is “marry me”
st_hpsh t1_iwb9var wrote
Any suggestion where I can watch them?
deepestshadeofblue t1_iwbv2gy wrote
Traffic light used to be on Netflix, I was so sad when it was removed
TheEgonaut t1_iwc4zsj wrote
That’s the one with Roy and the IT guy, right?
deepestshadeofblue t1_iwci0yt wrote
Yep!
rddime t1_iwbbe65 wrote
I checked netflix, hulu, and amazon prime and none of them have it available for free. If you (understandably) don't want to simply buy it outright sight unseen, then your other option is to use the other option.
st_hpsh t1_iwbcyxa wrote
Unfortunately I tried the "other option" still can't find Perfect couples. There are a few episodes of Traffic lights are available but not the full season.
RealCoolDad t1_iwbspqj wrote
You can buy them all on prime video for like $9
st_hpsh t1_iwbucev wrote
Not American.
Unavailable to watch/purchase in my location...
Wallisaurus t1_iwaj1qi wrote
Knighton by far was one of the most underrated characters in comedy TV with this show.
insane_troll_logic t1_iwbvwdm wrote
Dave was hilarious. One of the scenes that still make me laugh out loud is in the Halloween episode when the guy at the bar thinks Alex is a dude in drag and Dave doesn't know how to proceed after that.
TheEgonaut t1_iwc5isw wrote
He was also pretty great in Santa Clarita Diet.
Archamasse t1_iwahzbp wrote
You'll always be my true love, Incredibly Convoluted Explanation Of The Origins of Nochetussin.
Mikknoodle t1_iwamyh8 wrote
Amalzing…
skeightytoo t1_iwb74dm wrote
My sister raved about this show for years. Not big on TV shows myself so I doubted her.
I was wrong cause this show is fucking hilarious. Definitely deserved more seasons.
ClemFandango420 t1_iwbf301 wrote
This show was great, deserved more seasons.
Kolipe t1_iwc39en wrote
This show managed to sneak in a double penetration joke on ABC. Absolute gold.
Grootpatoot t1_iwb35sc wrote
Was such a good show.
Whathekel t1_iwanhnh wrote
Dood this show was so good. Super underrated.
BlueLyfe t1_iwbz5la wrote
Dude this is some underrated sitcom right here loved this show back then
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WatercressCertain616 t1_iwero0r wrote
So I only watched this show after it was already over. Binged it. Penny was kind of a disturbing character if we are being honest
SashaWoodson t1_iwa3k59 wrote
Are you kidding me? It’s winter. Max is hibernating