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Flaked
2016 · TV series · 33 min episodes · 2 seasons
Created by Will Arnett, Mark Chappell
In his funky California beach enclave, Chip's the go-to guy for personal insights. But he isn't quite as enlightened when it comes to his own baggage.
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In an episode of Flaked, a character says his pin is "one eleven one", and there's something about that being easier to remember than "one one one one".
I will say I think about "one eleven one" all the time, so maybe there's something to that (when I was a kid our house number was "eleven eleven")
I always love how on the show Flaked[0], Will Arnett's character lifts Giametti's speech on Pinots and why he loves[1] them down to the word, and there is zero nod to it in the show.
If you didn't know the speech was from Sideways you'd think Arnett's character is deeply eloquent, and if you did happen to see Sideways recently, you see him for the fraud he is.
[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4973548/
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCS1Gnwbtp0
Last time I watched a new show on Netflix, I literally said to myself "I am ready to get hurt again" before hitting play.
I really wish Flaked had a season 3, but I still enjoy the two seasons we got. I guess we just have to accept what we have sometimes.
Someone recently commented elsewhere that they were tired of paying for streaming access to a bunch of shows nobody wants to watch, and they wanted access to the most popular movies/network shows/whatever.
I didn't comment then, but FWIW: some of the best shows available are now streaming originals from Netflix, Prime, etc. If you haven't checked out specifically any of the Netflix originals, you're missing out. It's a complete replacement for the non-sports watcher.
As posted in response elsewhere below, here's a list of Netflix's best work:
- Stranger Things - Narcos - The OA - The Haunting of Hill House - Marvel series. All of them! - GLOW - Ozark - Altered Carbon - American Vandal - 13 Reasons Why
Also good:
- Atypical - Love - Flaked - Maniac - Master of None - Chef's Table - Making a Murderer
This is by no means a complete list, you can find that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_distributed_by_Netflix
I tried to skim through it and provide my own short list of what I really liked, so this is just one person's opinion.
I think there's enough good stuff on Netflix to last at least a year of watching - you just haven't discovered it.
The issue is discovery - not the amount of stuff.
People lean towards looking for well known stuff on Netflix - that's a mistake.
It's actually much more interesting to discover the gems you wouldn't normally discover, by watching a little bit of what seems like it may be interesting.
The Hollywood model had me in their shackles where I did the exact same thing you described - I'd subscribe for a show/movie I knew I'd want to watch, search for a few well known movies to re-watch and then give up when they weren't there.
The really good stuff is discovering stuff that doesn't have A list celebrities - it's more original (in the good sense of the word) and now that I've put in the little bit of work of trying out shows I have no idea about, it's paid off.
The really good stuff on Netflix that I've really liked: Flaked, Peaky Blinders, Hell on wheels
Hell on wheels gets no credit anywhere and it's an incredible show, there are many others like it.
Is the tech company story line in Netflix's Flaked[0] about Snap? I had no idea.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4973548/