'Horace and Pete' - The Series that No One is Watching and Should Be Watching

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By Darian Scalamoni

Louis CK did the unthinkable when he decided instead of continuing on with his successful dramedy series, Louie on FX but he has made even more waves for his new series titled simply, Horace and Pete. You’re probably asking yourself why you haven’t heard of the series, I mean after all, the show does star Louis CK, Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Jessica Lange and Alan Alda. So why isn’t a show with such a high profile cast being talked about more? The reason being is that Louie decided not to market the show at all. He dropped the first episode of the web series on his website, Louisck.net on January 30^th at $5.

The web series follows two brothers Horace (Louis CK) and Pete (Steve Buscemi) who run a bar together that has been around in Brooklyn for one hundred years. The bar has always been run by two members of the family whether it be brothers or cousins but their names have been Horace and Pete. The series acts as if it is a play as every episode has an intermission along with two settings throughout the entire series. Don’t let that turn you off though if you’re more of a normal television watcher, because this series is filled with laughs and an interesting format that only Louis CK can do justice. The casting is fantastic as CK surrounds himself with heavy hitting Emmy winners like Buscemi, Falco and Lange, though it might be another Emmy winner, Alan Alda who truly steals the show as Uncle Pete. His dry and bitter tone throughout makes you laugh at the old man as he suffers through more days as a bartender in a hundred year old bar.

The show is not all laughs though as it touches upon serious issues such as mental illness, adultery and cancer as the main characters navigate through their messed up pasts to try to bring positive light to their future. The show also is very current as the scripts are filled with current events such as the presidential race and transgender debates as ensemble characters fill the bar benches with laughs, tears and real issues.

The whole series costs $31 in total which might seem like a lot for you Netflix watchers but I guarantee if you’re looking for an authentic, original and different kind of web series, Horace and Pete is something that will fulfill that need.