This new Louis Theroux is heavy (1 Viewer)

[nooleen]

i took it as meaning his own personal consumption

five pints wouldn't be a lot in a heavy-drinking culture but objectively it's a fair bit

 

[David Kronenbourg]

True. I remember once drinking two bottles of wine before going out and I got barred from my local that night

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I think the distinction is that Louis can possibly think of doing two bottles on a Saturday or something, but the antiques dealer was doing it every night. Plus the lager.

And they didn't say what happened to him. Do we assume he died in three months?

 

[chris d]

I couldn't get my head around that exchange. Wouldn't there be a gentler approach than blurting out that a patient has a 75% chance of dying in 3 months?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I wonder if he's had similar conversations with different doctors at various points in his life and maybe that's why he didn't seem particularly perturbed

 

[Lili Marlene]

A friend of a friend died recently, he hadn't drank in recent years but 20 years ago he was going through a hundred pints a week.

5-6 a night Monday to Thursday and then solid drinking all weekend

It never doesn't seem mental to me, but I can see it being possible, 25 over the course of a day....

 

[David Kronenbourg]

A friend of a friend died recently, he hadn't drank in recent years but 20 years ago he was going through a hundred pints a week.

5-6 a night Monday to Thursday and then solid drinking all weekend

It never doesn't seem mental to me, but I can see it being possible, 25 over the course of a day....

How can anyone afford it? That's 500 quid a week!

 

[Lili Marlene]

How can anyone afford it? That's 500 quid a week!

Ah times were cheaper back then and sure he had a full time job, somehow.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I couldn't get my head around that exchange. Wouldn't there be a gentler approach than blurting out that a patient has a 75% chance of dying in 3 months?

I'm wondering if they sat in on 10 appointments and got a jackpot with a guy being told he'd be dead before Christmas.

No follow up really bothered me.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I wonder if he's had similar conversations with different doctors at various points in his life and maybe that's why he didn't seem particularly perturbed

Seemed like a bit of a joker, and his way to deal with it was to have a laugh.
Also, to be frank, seemed a bit pissed when he was getting drained. Could have been pills for the procedure though.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I think my way of dealing with it would me more like Joe’s style – crying, wobbling around, falling down etc

 

[chris d]

Poor Joe. He was in an awful state.

I felt like the Doctor got sucked into Louis' innocent style of direct questioning and just answered honestly.

It was totally mad watching.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

It was totally mad watching.

It was. Watching people do that to themselves. Mind-bending.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I think my way of dealing with it would me more like Joe’s style – crying, wobbling around, falling down etc

Dude had basically no one in the world.
His dad let him stay with him in Brighton but he was fucked if he was letting them film in the house "Get down to the fucking pier" or something similar was the instruction.

Kind of wished they'd been let follow Aurelie's boyfriend about. It would be nice to root for someone to fail alongside the people you want to see get better.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Kind of wished they'd been let follow Aurelie's boyfriend about. It would be nice to root for someone to fail alongside the people you want to see get better.

what a cunt that guy was

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

what a cunt that guy was

Probably a lot of street bluster. Cuntish bluster though it has to be said.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Probably a lot of street bluster. Cuntish bluster though it has to be said.

At one point you hear him threaten to "ruin" Louis if they don't take the mic off him

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

At one point you hear him threaten to "ruin" Louis if they don't take the mic off him

Yeah, typical shite you hear from these guys. Sweet as roses one second, super cunt the next.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Poor old Aurelie. She didn’t seem interested in any sort of recovery. She didn’t seem to particularly care if she lived or died. She was really sweet, and smart as hell.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Poor old Aurelie. She didn’t seem interested in any sort of recovery. She didn’t seem to particularly care if she lived or died. She was really sweet, and smart as hell.

No one ever put any value on her. Dumped from the get go.