MINISERIES PREMIERE: Acting like a music superstar, Louis C.K. unexpectedly dropped a new project on the public – this time a new miniseries, which he’s unrolling slowly but surely on his own website, for a very reasonable fee: $5 for the expanded premiere episode, and $2 for episode two (the only ones available at this point).
Horace and Pete is set in a bar, managed by brothers played by Louis C.K. and Steve Buscemi – and while some parts are very funny, others are raw and dramatic. Expect less of a
Cheers vibe and more of a Eugene O’Neill one, and you’ll be better prepared for what you’ll encounter here. But it’s completely worth seeking out, and the price – not only because of writer-director Louis C.K.’s approach, but also because of the amazing cast. In the premiere alone, Alan Alda portrays the crankiest, most foul-mouthed person he’s ever played, and Jessica Lange and Edie Falco play two relatives who visit the bar. And on this show, even the term “relatives” turns out to be… relative. To purchase and watch,
see Louis C.K.’s website.