I've been watching the newest season on Netflix over the past few weeks, and I gotta say, it's a little strange getting used to the fact that this very funny, often crude show has taken a turn this season to focus more on... feelings. Like, love feelings.
But, I gotta say, it's has a few wonderful moments. My favorite so far comes from Episode 10 'Pamela: Part I'. Louie fell in love with a woman in his apartment building, but she was from Hungary, and had to move back. In this episode, he's mourning her move, and talking to his nutty neighbor/doctor about it in an opening scene. He's bummed, he's heartbroken, and his nutty doctor says maybe one of the most brilliant things I've ever heard about heartbreak:
I've been dealing with heartbreak a lot lately - getting over it myself, seeing friends go through it - so that's probably why this touched me so much. We've all dealt with it. But I've noticed that when I start to feel it coming on, I get this odd excitement about it. It sucks, but it reminds me I'm alive. This clip speaks to exactly what the experience should be like, at least in my opinion. When I'm trying to coach a friend through it, I often want to pass along this "idea", but I struggle getting him/her to understand exactly what I mean about that weird positive aspect of feeling hurt, so I end up dropping it. But I'm thankful that this nutty doctor confirms that maybe it's not such a far-fetched idea after all...
Or maybe we're just both nutty.
