Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow...
As made apparent by episodes 5 and 6 of Season 4 that aired tonight (titled "Elevator Part 2" and "Elevator Part 3" just to make sure I make a numerical mistake somewhere in my writing), Louie's ditched the satire for a more genuine "slice of life" feel. Telling a long-form story which, from the looks of the titles for next Monday's episodes, still has more to go.
Last week's encounter with Evanka (Ellen Burstyn) and Amia (Eszter Balint) planted the seeds for this story, along with the issues both Louie and Janet were having with young Jane. Issues that continued this week when Jane, fed up with her school and holding bizarre contempt for all her classmates and teachers, pulled down her teacher's skirt in front of the other kids. So again, like last week's Part 1, not a lot of actual "comedy" going on here in this tale. In its place is the wonderful, agonizing awkwardness of being a parent and having to try and figure out what's going on with your child when they act out. The answer, of course, is that Jane is currently messed up because of everything. Divorce, the city, being the youngest, having two parents who communicate with her on totally different wavelengths. The works. And I appreciate the hell out the fact that there's really no fix for this.
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