10 Crazy Things Louie Did That Could Never Happen On Another TV Show

8. Hallucinating In A Coffee Shop

Season 1 | Episode 8 When Louie smells pot around his apartment while his kids are staying over, he does what every good parent should do and checks out the source, intending to put a stop to it, and more than ready for a confrontation. Things don't quite go to plan, and instead he ends up wasting an afternoon smoking with a smartass neighbour he barely knows. All is well until he wakes up the next day to find he still hasn't recovered. With much trepidation, wrapped in a thick coat, and sufficiently visor-ed with black-out shades, he makes for the coffee shop. Why Could It Only Happen On Louie? First of all it's unusual for a dad to get in on the action with a drug abuser. Also the coffee shop scene itself plays out like a psychedelic deleted scene from Dawn of the Dead. From time to time - actually, all of the time - Louie slips into surrealism, and this is one such moment, as the coffee shop regulars gather round him, mumbling strange words into his ear as he tries to push his way through their faces and make his escape. It's rare for another show on TV to get this weird.