The best episodes of Louie
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- 01
Louie reluctantly acts in a movie.
- 02
Louie leaves for Afghanistan to entertain the troops, but he doesn't know that one of his daughters left him a surprise in his suitcase.
- 03
Louie goes to the doctor and argues with an old friend.
- 04
Louie recalls his awkward sex education lessons as a child, and a high school bully threatens Louie in a donut shop and ruins his date.
- 05
Louie fantasizes about a TV news anchor, and winds up in the hospital after working out with his new personal trainer.
- 06
Louie rides the subway and hangs out with his friend.
- 07
Louie goes on a trip. Louie plays the South.
- 08
Louie witnesses a bum's death on his way to a date, and gets propositioned for casual sex by a single mom at his daughter's school.
- 09
Louie has trouble finding a nice apartment, and when he finally finds a home he wants to buy, it is impossibly out of his price range.
- 10
Louie quits a lounge gig at an Atlantic City casino after a bad night and winds up hanging out with Joan Rivers.
- 11
Louie explores one of his lifelong habits.
- 12
A guy dies, Louie meets a comedian, and has a bad day with a bad kid.
- 13
Louie's brother comes to him with an odd request related to his date, and Louie's mom comes to tell him that she is a lesbian.
- 14
Louie has a pretty bad time in general.
- 15
Louie's age is an advantage and he sets up a play date.
- 16
Louie recalls a traumatic lesson from Catholic school about Jesus dying for his sins.
- 17
Louie goes out for the night.
- 18
Louie remembers his past career failures and tries to get concert tickets for his daughter.
- 19
Halloween is in the air and Louis and his kids go trick or treating. But when they go trick or treating, Louis and his kids meet some very bad people, in which Louis has to fend off to protect him and his kids.
- 20
Louie takes care of his niece while her mother leaves for Philadelphia, but he has no idea how to communicate with her.
- 21
The final in a 3 Episode story.
- 22
While the kids are away, Louie eats a lot of ice cream, gets high with a neighbor, and rescues an old dog from the pound.
- 23
Louie has dinner at a friend's house.
- 24
Louie begins a quest.
- 25
Louie has a challenging day.
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