Luck

[Linny]

Hoffman is the biggest name in the show and I have found his role hard to get. Clearly he's a big, connected business guy who took a fall and did time, but he appears closer to Rain Man than an all powerful guy. He even walks in that shuffle. I hope the character becomes less stiff. This is a guy that one would assume would be the commanding figure in a meetings etc and yet other than the outburt with the ripped shirt, he seems almost timid.

I also agree that there is little likeable out the 4 degenerates. None seem to have the redeeming quality that makes you root for them in spite of themselves. I hope that changes. I get that they have compressed many different "gambler characteristics" in to just 4 guys, but it sure would be nice if one of them was appealing on some level.

In the same way, they have taken many "typical horse trainer" qualities and crammed them into two men who end up looking like stereotypes; the old hardboot and the hispanic guy with cheaper horses who gets involved with a shady but wealthy owner to aquire a fancy stakes horses.

I think Gary has been good and the bug rider has done a good job of being "naive kid" but that might be easy for him if he doesn't understand racing.

[tbonds]

With Garys role, I wonder how far they will take him down.
Is his role along the lines of VP?

[richard]

HBO video recap of series so far.

http://www.hbo.com/luck/index.html#/...ayMQIAVKYXOA==

[TouchOfGrey]

Maureen Ryan: Why You Should Stick With Luck

I've had a lot of discussions with various people -- readers, friends, Twitter followers, my spouse -- about "Luck" in recent weeks. People who've struck up conversations about "Luck" don't know whether to stick with it, and I keep asking them to do so -- for just one more episode, at least.

I've developed a short pitch for the show that I feel bears repeating here: If you've liked David Milch's work in the past, give the first four episodes of the show a try. If, after Episode 4, you don't want to watch more, fair enough. But anyone who sticks with the show that long will likely stay with it until the end, and the end is really worth the ride.

[richard]

I watched episodes 2 and 3 twice. How can you not smile at the shot of the Four A Stable (Jerry,Marcus,Lonnie, Renzo) holding their carrots out with open hands near the end of episode 3. The next shot was a close up of Mon Gateau watching these characters, as you just did, and wondering, as you just did, what the hell is going on now?

[PatCummings]

Overall, I wish the "every-part-of-this-needs-to-be-real-or-else-I'll-find-something-to-dislike-and-talk-about-it" phase of this show would stop, and the general enjoyment/entertainment would begin.

I don't think mobsters and their associates sat around after the first three episodes of The Sopranos and said - "come on, Tony didn't eat enough bracciole" or "your office doesn't have that many files in it to make it look legitimate" or "when I whack guys, they don't fall like that"

Let's stop overanalyzing the trees and start enjoying the forest.

Lets be fat and stupid.