That lady at the start of the episode was just arrogant as hell

I disagree with a lot of what you said.

First, I think she referred to herself as a young Asian girl simply as a way of saying she is attractive and exotic to someone like Louie, which she is; tell me you've watched all 4+ seasons of Louie and don't think he's the type of guy to be interested in a young, pretty Asian store owner. He is. She says he wants her to "stroke his ego" because that's exactly what he wants; he's seeking credit for showing interest in expensive pots when her whole business is selling top of the line gear to professional cooks, people way above Louie's level.

Second, inherited the store, born into money? These are 100 percent guesses and have nothing to do with the show, just your personal thoughts and ideas. They seem opposed to the subjects Louie was discussing.

As for respecting elders in the Asian culture, again, I don't think her mentioning her Asian heritage was "playing the race card" or drawing particular attention to her origins, she just meant Louie was into her for her (specific) looks and wanted to interact with her on a superficial level, and he used a semi-faux interest in the pots as a legitimate way of getting to talk to her. And again, this fits very much with what we've seen of Louie over the course of the series.

As for blaming other generations for pollution and taking their technology for granted, that can be said throughout history. No one likes their parents music, and everyone complains about hair spray while drinking bottled water. The past few generations have accomplished A TON and also *beep* up a lot of the environment. Both facts are obviously true, and to deny either one is dumb.

I like your point about the inheritance, and I thought of the same possibility after the fact. Anyway, i too was wondering why she even brought up her being Asian, and the best I could do was that since Chinese is one of the 3 great cuisines, Louie thought that she could improve his cooking ha. Im Italian and people expect me to know good food.

My subjective response was confusion.

(And I say that understanding the surreal and subjective [Louie’s perspective] tone of the show.)

I actually had no idea what she was talking about saying he wanted to talk to a young “Asian” woman to stroke his ego. I took it more at face value: He was kind of interested in the pots—and perhaps wanting to appear as someone who appreciated fancy pots was stroking his ego or, put more kindly, to reaffirm his self identification as someone who has some sense of good stuff. But then the owner/clerk was a bitch and he felt compelled to tell her that. He was speaking to her because she was there and he needed to speak to the worker who was there. Really, her age and her phenotype really didn’t cross my mind.

But again, that is my subjective response--it’s what I would have done. I am a guy who loves women, but in that situation I couldn’t give a crap who the bitchy employee was, especially when her personality made her so “unattractive.” I can interact with young women in a lot of places; in a store when I’m pissed off is not the place that comes to mind.

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I didn't even get that part. Did she actually refuse to make profit, because her client was an old guy?! It seemed like another half-baked scene where Louie is being portrayed as a total loser for no rational reason. They really need to tone these down.

Shes young, she knows nothing


There we were, minding our own business, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.

She's just a giant a-hole. The first time Louie tried to ask her a question you could tell that she's an arrogant a-hole from her dismissive attitude. Then when she finally answered Louie she mentioned "very professional grade" first before telling him the more "acceptable" reason why she wouldn't able to help him (she needed a key to unlock the item and she was about to close). She made a lot of assumptions about Louie. He could've been a world class chef as far as she's concerned. Also, What if he's just an idiot who didn't know anything about cooking? Do you really need a license or something to buy that thing? I doubt it.

Come on, you are Asian and you cannot dig a little deeper here?

I assume you are not Chinese Asian because if you were I think you might have had
a slightly different perspective.

Chinese people are going to be the new Nazis is my prediction. I hope I'll be gone
by the time it happens.

She says she's successful because she has her own store in Manhattan, but look
the reality of someone like her and she is most likely being bankrolled by Chinese
money, nothing she merited in her own business or did on her own ... clear by looking
at the way she runs her store.












1) UnWatchable 2)Watchable,ButBad 3)Decent,SeeOnce 4)Good,Repeat&Recommend 5)Great,Classic

I think he just wanted some pots.