‘The Comeback’ Revived By HBO For Third & Final Season

Excellent news!

Can't wait! She's been asking for one since 2022, at least.

Perfect! We need a 2025ish season after having a 2005 and 2015 season. This makes me happy.

Great news!

[quote]On the 20th Anniversary of her debut, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow have brilliantly scripted her return to HBO, and we can’t wait to see that

Oh, so Michael Patrick King is going to get a break from writing/producing the dreck that is And Just Like That. Ugh.

[quote] On the 20th Anniversary of her debut, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow have brilliantly scripted her return to HBO, and we can’t wait to see that

In this season, Valerie will now become involved with a lovable butch non-binary Hispanic stand-up comedian who likes to finger-bang her at inopportune moments!

Don't see how they proceed without Robert Michael Morris, but they've earned my trust that they have another story worth telling.

OH MY GOD!!!! NO WAY!!!!!!!! YEEEEESSSSSS!!! FUCKING HELLL!!!!!!

Now they need to give "Somebody Somewhere" another season.

This made me gasp!

r9 That story reached its natural conclusion and Bridget said many times she was ready to move on to other stuff. Maybe a decade or two from now.

[quote] Don't see how they proceed without Robert Michael Morris, but they've earned my trust that they have another story worth telling.

I am hoping they will treat his passing in a hilarious and irreverent way, and I know Morris would have loved that.

Love this show. I only watched it in 2020 and loved it. Both series were great.

Guess that means Lisa won't be doing white lotus 4.

Yay!

But can't imagine it without Mickey.

First scene better be at Mickey's mausoleum.

Such great news!

Wonderful news!

Will Valerie Cherish be going to Broadway in the new season?

They need to revive it again in 2035 when Valerie will be like Brendad Ickson.

I can see Valerie hiring some Gen Z influencer type to replace Mickey with lots of tension as she learns social media and tries to go viral.

I could definitely see her trying out TikTok and somehow getting cancelled by both libs and MAGA in the process.

YES

I still say this brief scene where Valerie explains the rod in her back is a masterclass in acting. Lisa Kudrow is so good. And I hate to see it, but you see how good she is in the stark contrast between her and Laura Silverman's clunky reaction to Valerie's story.

r24 that scene is heartbreaking. So much is revealed about Valerie in just a couple of minutes. Lisa was incredible, that scene alone should've won her an Emmy.

R24- It is amazing. That she could make Valerie so utterly human while being filmed with a hand held and playing a character that could so easily be a joke/unlikable-

The entire series was a masterclass.

The scene with Mickey in Season 2 when he says that he was to ill to attend the Emmys and that he hates letting her down. It gives me a lump in my throat now just thinking about it-

Lisa understands that acting is in the eyes- She is fucking brilliant.

Hacks has already navigated through the aging celebrity tries to learn new social media stories this year. Hope they have different stories to tell for Valerie.

I find Hacks vastly overrated. I watch it just trying "to get through it" which surprises me. I love Jean Smart but find the character utterly charmless. For me Hacks and The Comeback are on completely different levels. The Comeback is a classic.

Hacks is overrated and an industry darling due to a dirth of similar quality shows.

I agree r27. "Older person trying to navigate social media and other assorted technology" has become a cliche at this point.

r2 Deborah Vance is supposed to be a cunt. That's the whole premise.

This is most excellent news.

*That* beautiful and entirely unexpected storytelling shift at the end of the second series is one of my favourite moments from any television series. And now that the genie is out of the bottle, I really hope they can continue to play with the fourth wall.

I have zeeeeeero faith in Michael Patrick King at this point. He has lost whatever touch he had. Someone needs to save this new season from his worst impulses. I am deeply concerned.

That seems to be a thing now with supposedly great TV shows...they're really not that great. Unpleasant characters and meh storylines.

Looking at you Hacks, and The White Lotus, and The Bear, and....

This is thrilling news

Giver another take!

They better give Somebody Somewhere a proper final season.

r36 What are you talking about, it did get a proper final season. Even the last one was a bit of a chore for the showrunners, from what I've gathered.

She better get her Emmy

Valerie herself wins an Emmy in the second season.

Kevin spacey is on his own comeback and so why not cast him as the new Mickey?

Will there be role for me??

Yes, include the rise and fall of the career of Kellan Lutz over briskly broadly the same time period as the three series.

R31- That moment when the entire show goes from videotape to FILM with Valerie coming out into the lobby... It's one of my favorite moments - ever.

If you are a fan of the show you probably had your heart skip a beat-

More casual viewers may not "get the shift"

And then Lisa in that car, its pouring, the traffic- and her breakdown- it's just brilliant.

Only Fleabag has really made me really LOVE a show THIS much.. For very similar reasons- in the last 15 years..

(Succession and Industry have also been massive favorites of mine) post Sopranos.

Fucking Hacks does nothing for me.

Just now learning of this entirely unexpected news. I am so happy.

Variety rated Lisa Kudrow's performance in The Comeback as the 4th best performance of the 21st Century.

R43 I could have written your post. Entirely.....except for the last sentence.

I love Hacks, but mostly for Jean Smart. I think the show itself is a bit uneven but it's my favorite of anything currently running (though I have not yet seen the 4th season, which I heard isn't as good).

Have you seen Enlightened? I would put it third on my list after The Comeback and Fleabag.

R46- I loved Enlightened- I watched when it originally aired and was so disappointed when it did not come back for a 3rd season.

I remember really loving the 2 episodes that specifically centered on Luke Wilson and Diane Ladd-

I am so sorry about Hacks- I am currently 1/2 way through the 3rd season and it's very much for me like the book The Goldfinch-

"Do I ever start enjoying this?" Everyone says it's so great!

(and I love shows with unlikeable/flawed characters- clearly- I loved Girls on HBO as well- that one is my top 10 of all time, and I cannot wait for Lena's (I know that she is HATED here) next show Too Much starting on Netflix soon- and I LOVE that Will Sharpe from A Real Pain)

I find Hack's characters utterly unlikeable, the stories not at all compelling, and very been there/done that. I definitely enjoy Ava the most. (Hell I am utterly addicted to Industry and they are generally all repellent- and yet I LOVE those characters)

As narcissistic as Valerie is- she is utterly lovable.

Rewatch wise, Fleabag, The Comeback, and Girls are the most rewatchable shows for me- They are like comfort food.

I could have written your post, r47.

[47] Enlightened only had one season, I thought.

2! R49

[QUOTE] I remember really loving the 2 episodes that specifically centered on Luke Wilson and Diane Ladd

The episode titled “Consider Helen” which is centered around Diane Ladd’s character is a masterpiece. I also remember a memorable appearance by Barbara Barrie. Both of them should have been Emmy-nominated for that.

They can’t press those statues fast enough for you people.

Valerie, I’d like to invite you to set.

R53-

Stop inviting me to the set!

This isn't a party and you think actors just LOVE PARTIES!

But its a FALSE INVITATION!

And you are NOT a fan! I just know that you are NOT a fan!

Amazing. Now how do we get another season of Flight of the Conchords?

[quote]I loved Enlightened- I watched when it originally aired and was so disappointed when it did not come back for a 3rd season.

One of my favorite Enlightened scenes, Laura Dern's voiceover is masterful:

R56

That's the one! I recall it being a perfect episode. I stopped watching the flip immediately as I want to rewatch this show now.

(It's been well over 10 years for me)

ROTFLMAO-Season 1

When Juna wins the illustrious Peoples Choice Award and Valerie hugs her twice because the camera is on her--just soaking in the attention of someone else's moment--- followed by Juna's speech that ends with a tribute to Valerie --and the microphone dies immediately!!!!!

Valerie could be humiliated 10 times in 3 minutes-- and thanks to Lisa- it never gets old.

I love this show so much..

There was an Enlightened episode featuring Mike White's character and it was all about loneliness and how he's always feeling invisible, yet the enjoys the perks that can come with that.

I think that was the episode that turned me onto his work and I've been watching all his products ever since.

I know DL feels he's gotten a little too big for his britches lately, which I can't deny, but he has given us some really wonderful television.

And Mike White is sort of the epitome of DL, isn't he?

R59!!! I remember that one too!!!!!! Shit- that really was a great show-

I love her, and I love the idea of this, but I have a low gag reflex when it comes to cringe. I tried watching the first season but kept having to pause so I could steel myself for what was plainly about to happen next.

R61- I actually understand that.

My comment above is a great example. And she was humiliated from the moment she got to the awards show- basically every 2 minutes--

I adore Lisa Kudrow in this but I suspect she is not an easy person to work with/deal with. Maybe even a big bitch. But at least she's very smart and talented.

Smart? Based on what? She’s one note. She has no range.

I believe she was instrumental in shaping the scripts and look of The Comeback. If you don't like the series, you've got a point to make, I guess.