A (very) concise list of Portlandia's best characters and moments.
In no particular order:
1) Battlestar Galactica ultra-marathon (season 2, episode 2)
Fred and Carrie couldn't have depicted any better the insanity that comes from delving into this sci-fi series. Lost your job? Haven't left the couch for two weeks? Avoided contact with the outside world, all so that not a second of Cylon drama is missed? All verge on plausible outcomes due to Battlestar addiction- I can definitely relate. How they convinced Edward James Olmos, though, to participate in the table read of a Fred-and-Carrie-concocted new episode is beyond me- a genius move.
2) Parents of a pre-schooler (season 2, episode 5)
They capture the unique pretensions of cool Portland parents who would shame you for a music collection with even one toe dipped into the mainstream pool. Theirs is far funnier than WASPy pretension, and just as mean.
3) The Knot Shop (season 2, episode 2)
Pure capitalization on Jeff Goldblum's weirdness: Until this episode, I had never heard him purr before, but I'd love to hear it again! And the knot sculptures encased in cloches remind us that even shitty art can be marketable if creatively displayed for a captive audience.
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