Official HOUSE OF LIES S5 Thread – Series Finale 6/12

[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#367626

First trailer for one of TV’s best comedies looks like they’re as sharp as ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVklgnvICA 

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[Rooney Moore Joined: Aug 2nd, 2014 Topics: 10 Posts: 1399 View Predictions]

#367628

Get that Emmy, Don Cheadle!
Just like Kristen says in 1:28 “God, you’re GOOD.”

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[Riley Chow Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 156 Posts: 17582 View Predictions]

#367629

Duplicate thread:

http://www.goldderby.com/forum/topics/view/13498

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#367630

Duplicate thread:

http://www.goldderby.com/forum/topics/view/13498

Screw your duplicate thread.   This is the official season 5 thread.  The other one was pointing out TV history being made.  You don’t like it, ban me. 

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[Riley Chow Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 156 Posts: 17582 View Predictions]

#367631

I do not have the power to ban you.

And it is your duplicate thread.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#662060

The season 5 premiere is already online, thanks to Showtime, so might as well kick this off.

Episode
5.1: Creative Destruction Phenomenon
Written
and directed by Matthew Carnahan

Marty
and Jeannie, back together for real, negotiate the perils and
joys of joint parenting, along with each other’s new relationships.
Doug and Clyde maneuver for position, and a familiar face from the
past approaches Marty with an intriguing offer. 

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#663024

New start time for HoL – 9PM this season.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#1201746733

Episode
5.2: Game Theory

Jeannie’s
boyfriend drops a bombshell that could devastate her, which is
exacerbated when Clyde uncovers an issue with her. Marty goes after
potential new business at Doug’s “Dungeons & Dragons”
dinner party.

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[Riley Chow Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 156 Posts: 17582 View Predictions]

#1201819442

Showtime has mailed out the episodes #3 “Holacracy” and #6 “Johari Window” in their for-your-consideration DVD set to Emmy voters.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#1201820028

Episode 5.3: Holacracy
Guest stars: John Cho, Malcolm Jamal-Warner
Written by Matthew Carnahan; directed by Daisy Von Scherler Mayer

With Jeannie back at Kaan and Associates, Marty and The Pod consult for a new company trying an unconventional management style. Doug looks for romance with K&A’s newest client as Clyde experiences an ill-timed breakup.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#1201820122

Johari Window will be Don Cheadle’s directorial debut, I believe, on the show.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#1201836160

Episode 5.6: Johari Window
Written by Theo Travers; directed by Don Cheadle

Marty’s entrée into the black-hair market on behalf of a client hits a surprising snag. Clyde’s great hope for mayor only has eyes for Jeannie. Also, Roscoe lands his first modeling gig.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#1201837450

Kristen Bell has spectacular timing. As expected, Showtime pulled the plug on its best comedy running.

http://tvline.com/2016/05/17/house-of-lies-cancelled-showtime-season-5/

The truth is right here: House of Lies will be no more.
Showtime has cancelled the Don Cheadle-fronted comedy, announcing that the show’s current fifth season will be its last. The series finale will air on Sunday, June 13 at 9/8c.

“House of Lies is a comedy that has frequently been ahead of the curve,” says Showtime president David Nevins in a statement. “Over the course of its five seasons, it has tackled such hot-button topics as gender identity, wealth inequality, white privilege, police brutality, interracial relationships, and code-switching with honesty and a biting sense of humor. Matthew Carnahan and Don Cheadle have been dream partners and impeccable leaders. The core cast of Don, Kristen, Ben and Josh are one of the best comedy teams on television. They have brought the series to an incredibly satisfying conclusion with this historic final episode shot in Cuba.”

“Creating and running HOUSE OF LIES has been a true dream gig, a creative apotheosis,” said series creator Matthew Carnahan. “Working with the remarkable team that Jessika Borsiczcky, David Walpert and I were allowed to put together, along with the incredible cast and crew, coming to work every day was a joy. Getting to work with heroes like Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell and Glynn Turman, breaking out amazing performers like Dawn Olivieri and the shockingly funny Josh Lawson; seeing Ben Schwartz, already so well-known as a comedic actor doing a deep-dive into really complex work; watching great actors like Matt Damon be willing to skewer versions of themselves; and then going out on the high note that is shooting in Cuba — these are all the kinds of reasons I got into this business in the first place.”

I wonder if the cast already knew they were filming the series finale back then.

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[Cobalt Blue Joined: Apr 27th, 2016 Topics: 3 Posts: 337 View Predictions]

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I’d like to think that they knew it was the series finale, but I don’t know. The timing of this announcement feels more like a sudden cancellation. They haven’t been promoting it as the final season at all.

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[Guest2014 Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 148 Posts: 2504 View Predictions]

#1201837481

The preliminary episode title of the now-series finale? “End of the Kaan” before it was switched to ‘No Es Facil’ (the Havana episode). At least Cheadle won a Golden Globe and Bell a People’s Choice (against one of the strongest fields in recent memory; Best Premium Cable Lead Actress nominees were Julia Louis Dreyfus, Claire Danes, Emmy Rossum and Lisa Kudrow). Should’ve both gotten Emmys as well, but the Emmys are too same old same old. They’re going out on a creative high and it seems like the perfect way to end things. I believe they knew the Havana trip was the end. And TV comedy will be a little less rich in quality when they’re gone.

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