But it's also indicative of an increasingly important aspect of his character, and a unique, defining feature of Bored to Death : Jonathan is nice. Though he often ends up in degrading, unseemly situations, he retains a basic innocence, humanity, and kindness that's consistently surprising, and completely unlike any other TV show's lead character.
When Jonathan accepts, he's forced to infiltrate a local spa Hee works at called "The Castle," and he decides to bring Ray and George along for the ride as Ray's birthday gift. In between the massages and marijuana, complications inevitably arise, and Jonathan is forced to pose very unsuccessfully as a woman, to get into the women's locker room and try to track Hee down.
Jonathan isn't likely to find her there; Hee, appropriately enough, turns out to be a transvestite. But that's the only joke made about it. On another show, a transvestite might be used as a punch line; in Bored to Death , none of the leads even blink after all, Jonathan posed as a woman less than an hour before.
Conversely, Bored to Death has achieved the unique distinction of making Zach Galifianakis not funny. He smokes weed! And as a fictionalized version of Ames, Jason Schwartzman just looks perpetually confused about how to play his nonsensical character.
House before he became unbearable. But Louis C. In Louie , the joke is very often on Louie; in Bored to Death , the conflict is always between our kooky lovable heroes and the scary world outside of their friendship. Actually, the show that Bored to Death reminds me of the most is Entourage in its last few seasons, when the show became a backslapping montage about totally cool dudes whose only character flaw was occasionally doubting how totally cool they were.
Like all of those shows, Bored to Death comes equipped with all the adornments of beautiful modern television: The show has a gorgeously color-saturated comic-strip aesthetic, and it overflows with cool NYC-actor cameos.
Like all those shows, Bored to Death is shallower than it has any right to be. But unlike all those shows, Bored to Death is also unwatchable. In addition, a shocking revelation drives him to embark on one of his most important cases yet, the quest to find his biological father.
HBO2 playdates: Oct. Ray Zach Galifianakis spends time with his biological son Spencer. Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Michael Lehmann. Other HBO playdates: Oct. On the lam, Jonathan and Ray try to hunt down the person who framed Jonathan. Meanwhile, George covers for them, despite his growing cannabis-induced paranoia.
Other HBO playdates: Nov.
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