Edgar quintero is one of the main characters of youre the worst. Youre the worst is a modern look at love and happiness told through the eyes of two people who havent been very successful with either. Stephen falk has always treated edgars ptsd with sensitivity, albeit with some dark humor as wellan actor uses edgars life as material for a role, a v. Everything from the score to any time an inshow song appears in an episode.
Twentytwo is a tremendous structural and tonal break for ytw. Hes the nicest person on youre the worst, so it was tough to see edgar face his demons in an episode that also had some funny moments. Youre the worsts finale was the perfect and perfectly ambitious. Youre the worst magical thinking season 5, episode 10 airs march, 10. The sites critical consensus reads, you re the worst continues to chart serious territory with intelligence, heart, and noxious wit in its third season, even as the antiromcoms damaged narcissist protagonists slowly start to get over themselves. During last weeks episode of youre the worst, edgar desmin borges said that he had a meeting at the va, but we never saw that appointment take place. Since he stopped his drug regimen, in part to be able to have penetrative sex with his girlfriend dorothy. Twenty two is a tremendous structural and tonal break for ytw. Sep 10, 2014 though you re the worst focuses on gretchen and jimmy, gretchens best friend lindsay donohue and jimmys roommate edgar borges are key to the shows success. Youre the worst edgars ptsd immersion therapy youtube. Youre the worst final season will explore commitment. Since the average episode is just 22 minutes long, you can easily get through both seasons in a week or so, but feel free.
This contains mild spoilers from episode five of youre the worst. A recap of youre the worst season 4 episode 11 from the beginning, i was screwed. Why we all owe edgar from youre the worst an apology guide. Spotlighting edgar desmin borges as his struggles with ptsd take him to. Youre the worst, gretchen deals with depression duration.
The game is on in this selected scene from youre the worst. Edgar putting on a smile before he serves breakfast, as if to put on a face for the world. During last weeks episode of you re the worst, edgar desmin borges said that he had a meeting at the va, but we never saw that appointment take place. Oct 12, 2016 youre the worst stars aya cash, kether donohue reveal why shame is the shows secret ingredient duration. Youre the worst still scores laughs at the expense of. In the episode, edgar hallucinates seeing snipers and enemies who arent there, breaks chairs in the va office after he is. Centers on two toxic, selfdestructive people who fall in love and attempt a relationship. The first two seasons are currently available to stream on hulu. Jimmy and gretchen move on in a subtly emotional youre the worst.
You re the worst is an american singlecamera comedydrama television series created by stephen falk that premiered on july 17, 2014, on fx. The shows finale made it clear that edgar hadnt suddenly become a jerk in season four. Jimmy and gretchen adjust to life after saying i love you. On you re the worst season 2 episode 10, edgar bonds with jimmys little sister when his family comes for a visit and lindsay gets a job for the day. In the previous episode, edgar desmin borges, jimmy. Fxx critical darling youre the worst put ptsd center stage during wednesdays episode as viewers saw edgar desmin borges, now off his meds, begin to struggle with insomnia, rage, anxiety and.
He has a friends with benefits relationship with lindsay jillian. How youre the worst brought tvs most caustic romcom to a. Against the odds, a selfish man and a cynical, selfdestructive woman fall in love and attempt a relationship. Edgar serves an important function on you re the worst. One of youre the worsts best qualities is its ability to juggle and maneuver between extreme tones. Edgar always seemed like the nice guy in the youre the worst crew until that one episode where he wasnt. Youre the worst has received a lot of praise for the way it dealt with big issues like gretchens mental illness and edgars ptsd. The sunday funday concept was a thing already, and youre the worst did an episode about it in the first season that killed it as in, its dead to us because too many hipsters tried to do it. Given the direction this season of youre the worst was headed, twentytwo was an inevitable episode, and yet it still feels like it came out of. But it has a pretty sharp eye for the less obvious ways. On youre the worst season 2 episode 10, edgar bonds with jimmys little sister when his family comes for a visit and lindsay gets a job for the day. Jordan vogtroberts on coming back to you re the worst, directing that heartbreaking scene between jimmy and edgar, and the return of thomas middleditch. Youre the worst takes us back to last weeks episode as seen through the eyes of edgar. Spotlighting edgar desmin borges as his struggles with ptsd take him to rock bottom, twentytwo brought to light.
Youre the worst twentytwo episode 305 airs wednesday, september 28, 10. Desmin borges as edgar quintero, an iraq war veteran. Edgar takes center stage in a devastating, powerful youre. Desmin borges breaks down youre the worsts alledgar. Youre the worst kether donohue lindsay on final season. Over five seasons and 62 episodes, youre the worst helped revive the romcom genre, put a spotlight on ptsd and delivered what multiple critics coined the best depiction of clinical depression ever. Youre the worst ditches its usual cynicism for a standout episode on. Sep 14, 2017 well, edgar is the only one on youre the worst who cares about jimmy just for jimmy. Watch youre the worst streaming online hulu free trial. The most underrated part of youre the worst is the music. Desmin borges is an actor, known for youre the worst 2014, living with yourself 2019 and private life 2018.
Edgar and lindsay go to a diner where edgar removes the wires and they share a meal. Edgar takes center stage in a devastating, powerful youre the worst. The upcoming fifth, and final, season of fxxs critical darling, you re the worst, will explore commitment, creator stephen falk told reporters friday at the television critics associations. The entire run of youre the worst was leading up to this episode, and the rest of the show relies on what goes on within these twentyorso minutes. Jul 17, 2014 watch you re the worst full episodes online. Oct 02, 2016 youre the worst airs wednesdays at 10. But it has a pretty sharp eye for the less obvious ways people with issues act too. Youre the worst has pretty expertly walked the knife edge between taking edgar s condition seriously without having it completely undermine the comedy and without having the occasional ptsd joke. After five seasons and so much breakfast food, youre the worst came to an end wednesday with a series finale that balanced acidic wit and earnest romanticism in a way few other shows could pull. They have a natural rapport, theyre both independent.
Edgars episode of youre the worst is a true american. Later edgar and jimmy see a tv show where the actor appears as a. Stephen falk has always treated edgar s ptsd with sensitivity, albeit with some dark humor as wellan actor uses edgar s life. Watch youre the worst online full episodes all seasons. In last nights episode of youre the worst, actor desmin borges as war veteran edgar quintero delivered a nearperfect portrayal of life with posttraumatic stress disorder. You re the worst is a modern look at love and happiness told through the eyes of two people who havent been very successful with either. Jan 31, 2019 the core four of you re the worst have overcome a lot, but lindsay and edgar, in particular, have a long way to go if they want to get to a good place by the time the series ends. Sep 29, 2016 edgar from youre the worst deserves a solo spinoff called youre the best, but given the weight of his first spotlight episode, it might belong in another fx franchise the fifth episode. Lindsay and edgar kidnap gretchen and jimmy for a bachelor.
Jan 07, 2019 but youre the worst doesnt conform to classic television tropes. On you re the worst season 2 episode, lindsay confronts paul, gretchen takes care of unfinished business while jimmy attends becca and vernons reveal party. Now back home, edgar finds himself grappling with ptsd and searching for his place in the world. Check out esther zuckermans interview with desmin borges. Nov 01, 2017 youre the worst is the best show we have about depression. Edgar tells them they cant because there is a marathon and it is the worst day to drive. This episode of youre the worst does the neat trick of not sugarcoating that reality while making what is, in the end, a swift, compassionate, smart, acerbic and funny episode of television. Gretchen is anxious about it and drinks a lot of vodka to cope. Aug 03, 2018 during the first four seasons of fxs comedy youre the worst, the quartet of jimmy, gretchen, lindsay and edgar have more then lived up to the shows title. Tonights episode of youre the worst was a long time coming. Edgars episode of youre the worst is a true american horror story.
What seemed like an important storyline for the character was strangely abbreviated. Though im ecstatic youre the worst will be back for a third season in 2016, the heart is a dumb dumb would be a perfect series finale had it turned out to be that way. He is friends and roommates with jimmy shiveoverly. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series youre the worst. Desmin borges on edgars harrowing episode of youre the. Edgar from youre the worst deserves a solo spinoff called you re the best, but given the weight of his first spotlight episode, it might belong in another fx franchise. Nov 16, 2016 i would say that working on youre the worst is pretty unique because there are so many different facets of it. Desmin borges as edgar quintero in youre the worst episode 306. Its always been this way edgar quintero is one of the main characters of youre the worst.
He sincerely wants gretchen and jimmys balky relationship to work, and without his kind presence and loopy optimism, the. Also in season 2, gretchen has her car back and is apparently able to drive legally she crashed into an offduty cop and was charged with a dui shortly before the events of the pilot. Given the direction this season of youre the worst was headed, twentytwo was an inevitable episode, and yet it still feels like it came out of left field. Tonight, we got the full story, as the remarkable twentytwo showed us what happened to edgar that day. Falk has written several of youre the worsts better episodes, which makes sense, as he created the show in. The episode ends with the silent student film that stars edgar as a brokenhearted chaplinlike figure who threatens to. Youre the worst is the best at depicting mental illness.
From the very first season, the series could be both snarky and sincere, empathetic and. With chris geere, aya cash, desmin borges, kether donohue. Its been a while since youre the worst gave us a banger of an episode like this. You re the worst has pretty expertly walked the knife edge between taking edgar s condition seriously without having it completely undermine the comedy and without having the occasional ptsd joke. Instead, it plunges viewers into depths of human behavior. Narcissistic, brash, and selfdestructive jimmy shiveoverly, played by chris geere the spa, thinks all relationships are doomed. Aya cash as gretchen cutler, a cynical and reckless music pr executive with clinical depression she mostly keeps hidden. Ep explains why that ending was really, really perfect for jimmy and gretchen by dave nemetz april 3 2019, 7. After depicting his experience with ptsd for two and a half seasons, youre the worst put iraq war veteran edgar quintero in the spotlight with this weeks episode, twentytwo. Edgar and jimmy reconnected a few years ago when jimmy found him living on the streets. During the course of the series, 62 episodes of youre the worst aired, between july 17, 2014, and april 3, 2019. But in tonights episode, edgar is finally promoted to protagonist status.
Youre the worst cast argues over who was the actual worst. Youre the worst is the best show we have about depression. Youre the worst season 3 episode 5 recap, tv spoilers. An original comedy from writer and executive producer stephen falk, youre the worst puts a dark twist on the romantic comedy genre.
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