The essential episodes of Louie
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Louie — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Louie goes on a date as well as a field trip with his daughters. Both go badly.
- 02
Louie goes to the doctor and argues with an old friend.
- 03
Louie goes on a trip. Louie plays the South.
- 04
Louie reluctantly acts in a movie.
- 05
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.
- 06
Louie fantasizes about a TV news anchor, and winds up in the hospital after working out with his new personal trainer.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
Louie quits a lounge gig at an Atlantic City casino after a bad night and winds up hanging out with Joan Rivers.
- 10
Louie rides the subway and hangs out with his friend.
- 11
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.
- 12
A guy dies, Louie meets a comedian, and has a bad day with a bad kid.
- 13
Mother nature takes control of Louie's life.
- 14
Louie runs into an old acquaintance.
- 15
Louie continues his work on the road.
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