Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 10:00     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember how Libby’s mom died?


I don't recall but I am rewatching the series and will keep my eye on this and let you know.


In the scene where Akiva is drinking with his buddies at the restaurant, one of them says "the insurance money came today," so I assume that Libby and her mom were killed together in a car accident.


Libbys mom died earlier. That was mentioned in Season 2 I believe.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 09:21     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember how Libby’s mom died?


I don't recall but I am rewatching the series and will keep my eye on this and let you know.


In the scene where Akiva is drinking with his buddies at the restaurant, one of them says "the insurance money came today," so I assume that Libby and her mom were killed together in a car accident.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 07:26     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Those Jews
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 06:57     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
I just finished season 3 and am ready to talk about it

I loved seasons 1 and 2 but was slightly disappointed in season 3. The thing I loved most about seasons 1 and 2 was how human and relatable the people and situations were, but season 3 was too much like a soap opera, too much drama to be real.

So what happened with the surrogate? Didn't she get pregnant on the first try? They never mentioned that situation again after Ruchami got pregnant herself.

Is Racheli ultra orthodox too? I couldn't figure that out. Based on her lifestyle she doesn't seem to be, but if she's not, why would Akiva's family encourage them to stay together beyond the fake marriage to please social services?

Why was Giti so opposed to the match with Shira #1? Other than the embarrassment of breaking off the engagement with Shira #2, what was wrong with Shira #1 or her family in Giti's eyes?

How did Libbi die, and if they didn't make it clear in the show why not?

The evolution of the relationship between Lippe and Giti kind of bugs me. It started at one place in season 1 when Lippe left for Argentina, and by season 3 it seems completely different and not believable given where they started.

There also were so many sub plots going on in season 3 that really didn't seem that relevant or important to driving the overall story. For example the thing with buying the car and Zvi Avri getting trapped inside. They were trying to point out tensions in gender roles and in the marriage, but it just seemed kind of disjointed from the other storylines. And even if you couldn't open the car doors from the back seat, surely the front doors would open!

All that said I did enjoy it and I'm sure it was difficult to film in 2020. I notice that most scenes only included a few people, hardly any with many people together, which is probably due to the difficulties of filming during a pandemic. All in all it was a fun watch and I'll be curious to see where they go with these characters if there's a season 4.


Anonymous
Post 04/03/2021 23:00     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
I think it is fair to take those things into consideration. After all, filming during the pandemic must have been traumatic experience. It could have been deadly dangerous endeavor. In all fairness they deserve a credit when we look at it from this perspective, even if I feel bit short changed but after all it is easy to sit at home and judge someone who is facing the contagion on the set. If not anything else, they were working under tremendous stress conditions.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2021 22:57     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I might be in the minority but I didn’t feel the magic like the first and second seasons. I thought there was a new writer and felt that the show lost the raw authenticity and crossed over to a predictable tv series. I will admit the ending surprised me but initially thought that the storylines were obvious, trite and had too much impending doom setups.. Seasons 1&2 were masterpieces - I couldn’t stop watching, not so much with 3.


I agree with you to a degree.. and I think that there are few factors that contributed to certain change of the feel:

- The season 3 have been recorded during Covid epidemic.
- There is significantly less characters then in previous episodes, that added to the many smaller or larger themes,
that we did not reconnect in any way with:
grandma
her friend
Akiva's mom
Akiva's estranged sister and her family
Alisheva and her son
The School secretary that had a crash on Akiva's death
Two other widows that had crash on him
The young lady form the train while they travel with "the baby"
The Argentina's job local boss of Lippe.. and his wife
The Matchmaker and his wife
The Stetchin rabbi who died
The Art seller who Akiva ghost painted for
The Golem guy
The other ghost painter
The first bride to be and her family

So that's a whole lot of people

I think there are more but just what I noticed during rewaching and I am only half deep into first episode.
The third season had way fewer actors and themes and just the sheer number of episodes 8.. left us all surprised.
I personally really miss the oldest generation theme of the old folks home that somehow added some nostaliga
to the show and once that whole generation touch is gone there is some kind of hole left.

I hope that the next season if they ever make it will be more thought through, will have more lighter and uplifting moments and perhaps reconnect with some of the past characters.

Still worth watching the episode 3 certainly left to desire in my book.





I agree, makes complete sense. Due to COVID and all the restrictions, they did the best they could do and even though the season was short, it did make me forget about the pandemic.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2021 21:59     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I might be in the minority but I didn’t feel the magic like the first and second seasons. I thought there was a new writer and felt that the show lost the raw authenticity and crossed over to a predictable tv series. I will admit the ending surprised me but initially thought that the storylines were obvious, trite and had too much impending doom setups.. Seasons 1&2 were masterpieces - I couldn’t stop watching, not so much with 3.


I agree with you to a degree.. and I think that there are few factors that contributed to certain change of the feel:

- The season 3 have been recorded during Covid epidemic.
- There is significantly less characters then in previous episodes, that added to the many smaller or larger themes,
that we did not reconnect in any way with:
grandma
her friend
Akiva's mom
Akiva's estranged sister and her family
Alisheva and her son
The School secretary that had a crash on Akiva's death
Two other widows that had crash on him
The young lady form the train while they travel with "the baby"
The Argentina's job local boss of Lippe.. and his wife
The Matchmaker and his wife
The Stetchin rabbi who died
The Art seller who Akiva ghost painted for
The Golem guy
The other ghost painter
The first bride to be and her family

So that's a whole lot of people

I think there are more but just what I noticed during rewaching and I am only half deep into first episode.
The third season had way fewer actors and themes and just the sheer number of episodes 8.. left us all surprised.
I personally really miss the oldest generation theme of the old folks home that somehow added some nostaliga
to the show and once that whole generation touch is gone there is some kind of hole left.

I hope that the next season if they ever make it will be more thought through, will have more lighter and uplifting moments and perhaps reconnect with some of the past characters.

Still worth watching the episode 3 certainly left to desire in my book.

I agree, makes complete sense. Due to COVID and all the restrictions, they did the best they could do and even though the season was short, it did make me forget about the pandemic.









Anonymous
Post 04/03/2021 21:48     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
I watched the Unorthodox on Netflix. Lippe and Gitti's daughter Ruhami actress plays main character there. It looks very interesting.
I think it is important to watch it after watching Shtisel because while Shtisel has a nostalgic character that romanticizes Orthodox community, the Unorthodox provides certain balance and bring more and very different reality to the scene. It is set between NYC and Berlin so far at least as the little I watched. Without any spoilers I can not say more but I think it is very good series to watch.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2021 21:43     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:I might be in the minority but I didn’t feel the magic like the first and second seasons. I thought there was a new writer and felt that the show lost the raw authenticity and crossed over to a predictable tv series. I will admit the ending surprised me but initially thought that the storylines were obvious, trite and had too much impending doom setups.. Seasons 1&2 were masterpieces - I couldn’t stop watching, not so much with 3.


I agree with you to a degree.. and I think that there are few factors that contributed to certain change of the feel:

- The season 3 have been recorded during Covid epidemic.
- There is significantly less characters then in previous episodes, that added to the many smaller or larger themes,
that we did not reconnect in any way with:
grandma
her friend
Akiva's mom
Akiva's estranged sister and her family
Alisheva and her son
The School secretary that had a crash on Akiva's death
Two other widows that had crash on him
The young lady form the train while they travel with "the baby"
The Argentina's job local boss of Lippe.. and his wife
The Matchmaker and his wife
The Stetchin rabbi who died
The Art seller who Akiva ghost painted for
The Golem guy
The other ghost painter
The first bride to be and her family

So that's a whole lot of people

I think there are more but just what I noticed during rewaching and I am only half deep into first episode.
The third season had way fewer actors and themes and just the sheer number of episodes 8.. left us all surprised.
I personally really miss the oldest generation theme of the old folks home that somehow added some nostaliga
to the show and once that whole generation touch is gone there is some kind of hole left.

I hope that the next season if they ever make it will be more thought through, will have more lighter and uplifting moments and perhaps reconnect with some of the past characters.

Still worth watching the episode 3 certainly left to desire in my book.










Anonymous
Post 04/03/2021 20:35     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
I might be in the minority but I didn’t feel the magic like the first and second seasons. I thought there was a new writer and felt that the show lost the raw authenticity and crossed over to a predictable tv series. I will admit the ending surprised me but initially thought that the storylines were obvious, trite and had too much impending doom setups.. Seasons 1&2 were masterpieces - I couldn’t stop watching, not so much with 3.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 04:06     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember how Libby’s mom died?


I don't recall but I am rewatching the series and will keep my eye on this and let you know.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 04:03     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:i just finished the series. Season 3 lacked the charm of seasons 1 and 2. I'm depressed. Dov Glickman is a phenomenal actor, Michael Aloni is still hot as is the actor that plays Lippe but man was that a depressing story.

I'm amazed at how well the actor that plays Yosale acted. Being a child actor with a few lines in seasons.1 and 2 does not translate necessarily to being a good adult actor. He was great.


I actually liked Season Three best even though it was definitely darker.

Agree that the boy who plays Yosale did a very good job.


I did like it but definitely darker. My fav was first one. It had most of characters and then they kind of keep disappearing. I really did like a presence of Matriarch of the family, the Grandma Shtisel, and also her friend at the home. I miss that generation in the series. I wish they left someone to go on, or introduce a new older person .. perhaps a parent of one of the spouses of the Shtisel adult children.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 04:00     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did I miss how Libbe died? Did they ever say in the show? Also, what was Ruchemi saying "yes" to in the final scene?


I'm curious as well.


So what does it mean?
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 04:00     Subject: Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
Anonymous wrote:That’s the thing about all the israeli shows i watched. Low budget but great acting and character development.


Totally agree.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2021 01:09     Subject: Re:Shtisel Fan club Seasons 1 2 3 free range discussions. Spoiler alert. Episodes content inside. :)
This is fun read too:

Life Magazine: Meet Shtisel producer Dikla Barkai ahead of third series
With the hit series confirmed for another season, Brigit Grant asks the brains behind it what viewers can expect

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/life-magazine-meet-shtisel-producer-dikla-barkai-ahead-of-third-series/