History Series / HoraceAndPete

''Horace and Pete'' is a 2016 American dramedy web miniseries created, written and directed by Creator/LouisCK, starring Louis C.K. and Creator/SteveBuscemi as Horace Wittel VIII and Pete Wittel, current owners of the one hundred year old family bar Horace and Pete's. Throughout the ten-episode series, Horace struggles with his sense of responsibility for the family business and his relationships with his dysfunctional family. While its predecessor ''Series/{{Louie}}'' was a dark comedy, ''Horace and Pete'' crosses the line into full blown tragedy.

* RacistGrandpa: Uncle Pete, as well as the previous generation's Horace, although, while both are reprehensible jerkasses beyond reproach, they are equal-opportunity jerkasses, and, in the flashback scene, the crowd in their day was actually more diverse than in the present. While the racial and hobophobic slurs are thrown about more or less constantly, it's a two-way street, and while customers get thrown out for a variety of reasons, both trivial and legitimate, more or less anyone who can tolerate their abuse is welcome.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's never said exactly what Pete suffers from. There are hints at OCD, but he also has hallucinations.

''Horace and Pete'' is a 2016 American dramedy web series created, written and directed by Creator/LouisCK, starring Louis C.K. and Creator/SteveBuscemi as Horace Wittel VIII and Pete Wittel, current owners of the one hundred year old family bar Horace and Pete's. Throughout the ten-episode series, Horace struggles with his sense of responsibility for the family business and his relationships with his dysfunctional family. While its predecessor ''Series/{{Louie}}'' was a dark comedy, ''Horace and Pete'' crosses the line into full blown tragedy.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Series/{{Louie}}, and a worthy one at that. Contains many similarities, including the general (if much darker) tone, oddball side characters, anomalistic episodes (including one, the entirety which is a conversation between two characters), a divorced protagonist and father of two who is often shamed, humbled and used as the butt of all jokes, and scenes that function more as comedic shorts rather than parts of a single episode.
** Could also be considered SpiritualSuccessor to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as it takes place in bar (which even looks a bit like Paddy's Pub), features a "three guys, one girl" cast of largely unlikable characters who show no real love or loyalty to one another, one of whom is a crotchety old man who turns out to be [[spoiler: the father of the woobie of the group]]. Also present is the tendency to use actors' real first names for the characters they play.

%%* MoodWhiplash

* RealityEnsues: An ''absolutely crushing'' example in the finale. [[spoiler:When Pete shows up at the bar after having been written off by the police as dead, Horace is bursting with joy to see him and of course doesn't think to restrain him or anything. Pete is in the middle of a psychotic break, and ends up killing Horace with a knife that was out at the bar.]]

* MoodWhiplash
* ParentalAbandonment