Three couples, four trips. With Tina Fey, Will Forte, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo.
Eight episodes, starts May 1st.
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Three couples, four trips. With Tina Fey, Will Forte, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo.
Eight episodes, starts May 1st.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | May 6, 2025 2:31 PM |
"So it's like White Lotus meets...The Office!"
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 15, 2025 4:50 PM |
Will my ugly daughters make an appearance?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 15, 2025 4:52 PM |
I hope it works. Tina was really downplaying it on a podcast. Saying it’s just a very quiet sweet show. I personally like that sort of thing. Hope it finds an audience.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 15, 2025 4:54 PM |
Without my hilarious "I'm Italian!" jokes, I don't see how this can measure up.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 15, 2025 4:54 PM |
They lost me at Steve Carrell. I can’t STAND that guy.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 15, 2025 5:02 PM |
Nor can you spell his name.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 15, 2025 5:09 PM |
What part does Frankie Valli play?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 15, 2025 5:10 PM |
All eight episodes out today.
Wasn't really felling the premiere five minutes in, but it quickly found its footing. It's really charming, even for someone like me who's not in a relationship. Nice runtime too, thirty minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 1, 2025 2:55 PM |
Carol Burnett and Rita Moreno make cameos as the chambermaids who can't afford to retire. Hilarity ensues!
by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 1, 2025 3:42 PM |
Alan Alda has a cameo in the second episode and he's shaking so much it's sad to see. He can deliver the lines just fine, it's just those damn shakes...
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 1, 2025 3:45 PM |
6 episodes in i am liking it much more than expected. It feels actually real and nothing to do with The White Lotus. Just go through the first episode,
The italian guy is a little over the top, but everyone gets their moment to shine. The dorky husband has a great t body.
Also, the lumberjack.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 1, 2025 11:45 PM |
Tina Fey. No thank you.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 2, 2025 12:46 AM |
I'll stick with the movie, thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 2, 2025 2:32 AM |
I really liked the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 2, 2025 2:56 AM |
[quote]Alan Alda has a cameo in the second episode and he's shaking so much it's sad to see. He can deliver the lines just fine, it's just those damn shakes...
He was in the original movie and I'm sure Tina Fey wanted him for a cameo and he was probably thrilled to get the call. But no matter how they shot his scene, you could see his right side shaking.
There's some really obvious post-production digital beauty work on Tina, especially in the second episode where she and Will Forte are outside in a gazebo. Her face is smooth white and her neck is tanned and natural.
Lovely to see Kerry Kenney get a chance to play with bigger stars, and she acquits herself very well in comedy-drama.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 2, 2025 3:59 AM |
Love Colman Domingo! He's a fantastic actor. And finally we get another gay storyline. I swear we have seen fewer gay couples on tv lately. It's sad.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 2, 2025 12:02 PM |
[quote]He was in the original movie
Seriously? He WROTE and DIRECTED the original movie, as well as starring in it.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 2, 2025 2:18 PM |
New York Times.
Tepid Trouble in Middle-Aged Paradise
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 2, 2025 2:24 PM |
Just finished it, this was so delightful. Easier on the comedic aspect, though not not funny either. I've always been single, but all these relationship dynamics were incredibly interesting to me. Even the couple who communicated the most (Tina and Will) had issues towards the end. I just found it odd that they only mentioned their kid once, and even then by accident. Most of the time, you'd think they were childless.
My favourite moment was when Nick's daughter asked him if he thought of her when he decided to cheat on her mom, and he told her in a roundabout but very compassionate way that parents are their own separate people with their own lives.
The standout for me was definitely Kerri Kenney-Silver. Haven't heard of her before, but she's great. Her brother posted on Reddit how proud he was of her for getting this role, which I though was sweet.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 2, 2025 2:35 PM |
The Guardian reviewer loved it.
[quote]Part White Lotus without fatalities, [bold]part Gilmore Girls on HRT or Golden Girls with men[/bold], The Four Seasons is Fey and her writing and acting ensembles on fine form, everything informed by her rigorous intelligence, wit and experience. Rest your aching bones and enjoy.
Lol!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 2, 2025 2:38 PM |
There were some truly gorgeous establishing nature shots featured in this show. And of course the El Conquistador resort looked stunning. Very Greek coded, but not in a gaudy Vegas way.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 2, 2025 2:42 PM |
[quote]Seriously? He WROTE and DIRECTED the original movie, as well as starring in it.
The original film was also one of the Top 10 grossers of 1981!
by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 2, 2025 2:54 PM |
I'm about halfway through right now, and I'm enjoying it very much. It's pretty low-key and calm which I need right now.
I was a little worried when it was first announced because I have such a soft spot for the original. As Tina Fey has said in interviews, the movie was on HBO four or five times a week when I was young, so it just sort of beat me into submission (SEE ALSO: Eddie and the Cruisers, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, and Buckaroo Banzai.)
Oddly enough, I developed an elementary-school obsession with Sandy Dennis. Her mannerisms just fascinated me. No shit,....when I was in 6th grade, we were supposed to do a five minute oral report on a famous person. I chose Sandy Dennis. ("Ms. Dennis is one of the few performers to win the prestigious Tony award two years in a row!" I'm sure my teacher was screaming "faggot" in her head.
Anyways, it's a good show.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 2, 2025 4:07 PM |
It's such a comfy digestible watch, I could do with many more shows like this. It has that ASMR-like quality of inane Hallmark crap and the clever, insightful writing of prestige dramas at the same time. At no point was I stressed watching it, which felt nice and different.
Also, the gay couple's inclusion was so organic and they never once felt tacked on or more trivial compared to the other two couples.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 2, 2025 4:26 PM |
I started last night. I think Steve Carell gets hotter as he ages. The gay couple is cute. I can't place the actress playing the Sandy Dennis role. She looks familiar but like someone else too. I kept thinking aged Chloe Webb.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 2, 2025 5:16 PM |
I knew she looked familiar. Thanks R28.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 2, 2025 5:34 PM |
R12 you kinda called it. Alda died today.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 2, 2025 5:36 PM |
WHAT?!
by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 2, 2025 5:37 PM |
Vanity Fair just published this today, please tell me you're joking, r30.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 2, 2025 5:38 PM |
Hopefully he's still with us and this was all a mistake.
I'm crossing my fingers that this project has brought Marco Pigossi, into Fey's orbit and might result in comedic work for him down the line.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 2, 2025 7:18 PM |
Wasn't High Tide one of those Very Serious Dramas? I had no idea Pigosi could do comedy, and he's so good at pulling faces too. He was like a ray of sunshine in this show, a perfect pairing for Colman's character.
I did find it strange that he was named Claude, given that his character was Italian. Maybe it was Americanised.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | May 2, 2025 7:27 PM |
I actually really liked this show. Thought it was good.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | May 2, 2025 7:28 PM |
Marco Calvani is the half of the couple in The Four Seasons, R34. It's the other Marco I was referring to, the one from Invisible City and Generation V.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 2, 2025 7:39 PM |
It's lovely to see something for grownups that's deft and light.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 2, 2025 7:43 PM |
r36 Thanks, I keep mixing up the two Marcos. This never happens with straight couples!
by Anonymous | reply 38 | May 2, 2025 7:53 PM |
Terry playing the guitar was hilarious.
If I was facing life with Claude a fatal heart attack would seem like a mercy.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | May 2, 2025 9:54 PM |
r38 Imelda and Ferdinand? I can tell them apart!
by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 2, 2025 9:55 PM |
I like that they fleshed out the drippy wife more and the "ugly" daughter was not just an emotionless robot like in the movie. Is it just me or did the actor playing Tina's husband seem femme as hell?
by Anonymous | reply 41 | May 4, 2025 1:56 AM |
I recognized Terry with the guitar right away!
He was the "NOBODY BEATS THE WIZ!" commercial guy on Seinfeld.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | May 4, 2025 2:17 AM |
So was it just one season?
by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 4, 2025 2:28 AM |
[quote]Is it just me or did the actor playing Tina's husband seem femme as hell?
Yes, Will Forte is more on the gentler side. But he's just a goofy straight guy, I've always liked him.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | May 4, 2025 3:25 AM |
r42 He's one of those actors who's been on every show imaginable, his IMDb list is pretty incredible. He featured most extensively in Dickinson as Emily Dickinson's dad, which is where I remember him from.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | May 4, 2025 3:29 AM |
I love that movie. I quote it all the time. "Now, come on are you really afraid of your underwear?" I may know it by heart, I'm not sure.
I started the series today. It's ok.
Alan Alda can't be dead. I just saw him on the show!
The irony would be too much for me. Somehow I will feel personally responsible for his death., like I cheated on him and he dropped dead.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | May 4, 2025 3:31 AM |
Alan Alda's not dead.
But he does have Parkinson's.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 4, 2025 3:36 AM |
I think that poster saw the obituary-like shot and headline of Vanity Fair's article at r32 which came out that day, and jumped the gun.
It's understandable, but please don't do it again.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | May 4, 2025 3:48 AM |
I really enjoyed this series (I hope there is a second season....it left us with a bit of a cliffhanger).
I think it got better, more poignant as we got into Fall and Winter. Although, not in the same situation as most of the characters i.e. coupled, a lot of the premises resonated with me.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | May 4, 2025 12:35 PM |
The comedy is quite mild - in some places, almost non-existent.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | May 4, 2025 1:25 PM |
Which made those signature Tina Fey comedic observations land that much harder when they did happen, I thought.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 4, 2025 1:29 PM |
I dont know who those guys are at R2. They are very handsome.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | May 4, 2025 1:58 PM |
We had a thread about them when High Tide came out. Beautiful auteur couple, though the movie was apparently just so-so.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | May 4, 2025 2:03 PM |
Sandy Dennis was the best thing in the movie. Alan Alda, as usual, gave the most self indulgent performance.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | May 4, 2025 2:03 PM |
I really liked it.
Kerry Kenney was probably my favorite in what I think was the trickiest role - a beautiful judged comedy-drama performance.
Domingo was also wonderful and clearly having an absolute ball. And while I often find myself grading Fey’s acting on a curve, I think she was objectively really good in this. I also think her writing of the dynamics among and between the couples were more interesting than in Alda’s version - I think his performance felt self indulgent as you say, R54, because he so clearly wrote himself a much juicier part than what he gave Burnett. Fey was much more generous.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | May 4, 2025 5:04 PM |
Fey gays? No way.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | May 4, 2025 5:13 PM |
r55 I agree, I think Tina actually phones in most of her performances, and you can spot it immediately too. Not here, though. This was obviously her passion project and it shows in her acting as well.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | May 4, 2025 5:19 PM |
it was okay, although i admit i paid only half of my attention to it over the two days i was watching it because of a situation with the bipolar neighbor upstairs.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | May 4, 2025 5:40 PM |
R32, my partner texted me that the other day all upset that Alan Alda died (he loves him). So I just believed him and didn't give it any more thought.
So sorry to spread a falsehood! Yikes!
Thrilled Alda is still alive and kicking. I did think it was weird that we had no DL threads about it, but, again, I kinda forgot about right away.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | May 4, 2025 7:05 PM |
Mandela Effect in play here re: Alan Alda.
I also thought he was dead. Not because I read anything or heard anything, it just seemed like he should be.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | May 4, 2025 8:17 PM |
I liked the show but some of the edited was off or I just wasn’t paying attention during some of the episodes. They checked into a hotel for the funeral and then all of a sudden they are staying in the daughter’s room. Made no sense. I loved the daughter’s play, especially after she made the dad buy her the bookcase. LOL
by Anonymous | reply 61 | May 4, 2025 8:48 PM |
r61 No, you're right, that was odd. I'm sure they have an explanation for it, but I remember being confused as well.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | May 4, 2025 8:59 PM |
“lol”
by Anonymous | reply 63 | May 4, 2025 9:00 PM |
Colman Domingo has sexy feet
by Anonymous | reply 64 | May 4, 2025 9:11 PM |
[quote]Thrilled Alda is still alive and kicking.
Well, maybe not kicking so much these days.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | May 4, 2025 9:14 PM |
Kick shake turn
1 out of 3
by Anonymous | reply 66 | May 4, 2025 9:26 PM |
R61 I was totally confused by that, too! As much as I could figure, they were reserving a block of rooms for the out-of-town people attending the funeral, which you could do online.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | May 4, 2025 9:59 PM |
I almost wondered if it was because the girl playing the hotel clerk (who had just gotten the boot from SNL after one season) had been up for the daughter part and Fey wanted to be kind and give her a consolation part.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | May 4, 2025 10:09 PM |
They booked 12 rooms and yet some of you couldn't work out that they weren't for them?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | May 4, 2025 11:01 PM |
Is the audience for this middle aged fraus? A man would never watch it.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | May 4, 2025 11:13 PM |
I just finished it today. It’s a nice, light series. The writing is good, even shape at times. In general I don’t like Steve Carell as his delivery in comedies is subpar. But I like him in dramas, or dramedies. (He was wonderful in Dan in Real Life.) I thought he was good in this.
The Millennial girlfriend was well done, especially during the ski trip episode. It was comedy and tragedy simultaneously.
I gave it a 6 on IMDB.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | May 5, 2025 12:01 AM |
It was good. I liked that it was short episodes.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | May 5, 2025 12:16 AM |
I love Dan in Real Life, and Carrell in it - such a great movie. One of the few DVDs I have kept and like to watch from time to time.
"Put in on my tab..."
by Anonymous | reply 73 | May 5, 2025 12:23 AM |
[quote]especially during the ski trip episode.
That ski trip looked like my worst nightmare, with all those Zoomers judging every word coming out of his mouth. I hate that Ginny made Nick feel like shit when it's actually her friends who were unreachable cunts and never really gave him a chance. Just laugh at the newbie's jokes and anecdotes even when they're not that funny in order to make them feel more included, this isn't rocket science.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | May 5, 2025 2:00 AM |
I don't know how many episodes I got through (some time after the play) but I finally gave up and shut it off.
I was bored. So, my final review-Meh. Full disclosure - I love the movie and I have for lo these 43 years.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | May 5, 2025 2:26 AM |
Alda was at the premiere and generously praised Fey who was visibly moved. Maybe Alan has humbled with age.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | May 5, 2025 2:36 AM |
My friend binged and liked it but wondered why gay couples are always either cheaters or in an open relationship.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | May 5, 2025 2:52 AM |
Because, proportionally speaking, they tend to be open more often than straight people (this goes for gay men, not lesbians) and so it makes for an interesting dynamic to explore. However, their openness was never once the thing that caused them to argue – they clashed over things wholly unrelated to that, which I found refreshing.
I actually found it really cute, the way they scoped out that small town together via Grindr, with not a hint of jealousy or competition.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | May 5, 2025 3:18 AM |
I am enjoying it way more than I thought I might. Will Forte is looking way sexier than I remember him.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | May 5, 2025 5:37 AM |
I really liked it.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | May 5, 2025 3:29 PM |
I've wondered that too R77. I was going to recommend this to my mom but she would really dislike that part. Obviously not the gay couple but the 3-way would make her uncomfortable and she'd invariably get curious and ask the next day if that was the norm and about my adventures and sex life. No bueno.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | May 5, 2025 5:07 PM |
The original was basically a tv movie with theatrical release and had way too much Alan Alda.
This is a streaming series that is actually pretty good for a streaming series. There were some little things that do detract. Colman Domingo is good and the boyfriend would be better if he wasn't quite so goofy, which would have made them more believable as a couple. The girlfriend is a little too much of a stereotype and the Sandy Dennis character lacks the natural ability to be really, really neurotic--a bad haircut, an unused pottery shed, and a goofy boyfriend aren't enough. Will Forte is better than I expected as is Tina and thankfully Forte is nothing like the insufferable Alda.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | May 5, 2025 5:20 PM |
I never thought of the Dennis character as particularly neurotic, just really, really boring.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | May 5, 2025 5:27 PM |
No Sandy Dennis character can not be neurotic because of who is playing her.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | May 5, 2025 5:29 PM |
There was a sitcom version many years ago, but no one but Jack Weston and the Alda daughters returned from the movie.
Marcia Rodd took over for Rita Moreno, and other people (Tony Roberts, Barbara Babcock and Joanna Kearns) played new characters.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | May 5, 2025 7:11 PM |
Colman Domingo is a really good actor and you can see how much fun he's having in this role, but it's Kerry Kenney's time to shine and she nails it. Her character on "Reno 911" was hilarious but so broad and she gets to be gently comedic and dramatic in this role. I hope she gets an Emmy nod and a lot more work.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | May 5, 2025 7:54 PM |
R79 - I’ve always thought Will Forte was sexy, and also had/have a hard time believing he’s straight. Marries and starts having kids at 51 with someone who’s at least 15 years younger…
by Anonymous | reply 87 | May 5, 2025 10:50 PM |
Now watching the original movie on Netflix. Tina Fey did a smart update in retrospect.
Alan Alda, as always, plays everything a notch too high. Smartly, Carol Burnett reacts by downplaying her lines.
Alda's dialogue slips into bad Neil Simon territory too often ("One of them farts, the other one thinks they're listening to Guy Lombardo!" ba-dum-ssss).
But I'd forgotten Bess Armstrong plays the younger woman and she's very good. Always thought she was cute and spunky when young, but she handles the sexy part well and doesn't overplay.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | May 6, 2025 4:56 AM |
I'm glad Kerri Kenney's path finally crossed with Tina Fey's. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | May 6, 2025 5:06 AM |
This show got the Alan Alda cameo, and Hacks got the Carol Burnett one.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | May 6, 2025 5:10 AM |
I have finished it. The Anne character was infinitely better developed in the series than the movie. AI really supposed to give a damn about a woman who spent three years of her life photographing vegetables? Snooze.
However, Claude was no Rita Moreno.
Forte and Fey were so much better than Alda and Burnett.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | May 6, 2025 5:31 AM |
It's funny that Rita Moreno played "Italian" in the film and that character is now played by an actual Italian....man.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | May 6, 2025 7:40 AM |
Ugh, I tried. Too many stars being themselves.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | May 6, 2025 10:48 AM |
I’ve always thought Colman had nice arms and chest..but I’d never seen him in shorts before this. He obviously skips leg day. He is great in this, though. They all were. But yes, Kerry Kenney steals the show. Loved her on Reno 911, but she’s even better here.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | May 6, 2025 10:52 AM |
[quote]I never thought of the Dennis character as particularly neurotic, just really, really boring.
C'mon she was heartbroken. She was abandoned, not just by the husband but by her friends too. It was the 80's, there was no texting or internet to keep in touch when you needed your friends. They were traipsing all over the place with her replacement. Team Anne!
by Anonymous | reply 95 | May 6, 2025 11:14 AM |
I don't get the love for Kerry Kenney, especially with that haircut. No one could do endearingly neurotic like Sandy "I dance like the wind" Dennis and giving a bigger version of the part to an inferior actress makes it worse. Dennis managed to be a scene stealer with all her tics like treating sentences as though they were injured birds while seeming to be economical in her acting otherwise.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | May 6, 2025 11:45 AM |
Look at his feet, I’m quite hard
by Anonymous | reply 97 | May 6, 2025 11:52 AM |
Claude, short for Claudio, r34.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | May 6, 2025 1:05 PM |
That's the thing, the Italians don't shorten it like that. And they said his name the French way too in the show. Whatever, I just thought it was curious, I wasn't nitpicking.
And I noticed I again wrongly called him Pigossi in that reply, lol.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | May 6, 2025 1:10 PM |
Having just re-watched the first 2 seasons of THE CROWN (Claire Foy is nothing short of astounding!), I need some light Netflix fluff and will begin it tonight!
by Anonymous | reply 100 | May 6, 2025 1:25 PM |
I really enjoyed it. It gets better after first episodes and stays good. Light, fun entertainment for us olds. Doubt it will resonate with anyine under 40.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | May 6, 2025 1:51 PM |
Very little resonates with anyone under 40.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | May 6, 2025 1:56 PM |
[quote]This show got the Alan Alda cameo, and Hacks got the Carol Burnett one.
Palm Royale got Carol too, and also has an SNL connection.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | May 6, 2025 2:28 PM |
I know, but that was a proper role not a cameo and it happened last year. I just found it funny we got these two in the space of two weeks.
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