I remember a year ago an article popped up on my twitter feed saying Lily James and Sebastian Stan have both been cast as Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee in a limited series about their marriage and the subsequent release of their now infamous sex tape. This really caught my eye as a fan of both these actors, with Stan’s famous role as Bucky Barnes in the Avengers movies and Lily James performance in the great underrated movie, Baby Driver. I was curious how they were going to achieve this though because Lily James looks absolutely nothing like Pam Anderson, almost polar opposites. Lily James has that sweet girl next door look and Pam Anderson is the quintessential big boobed blonde bombshell. Then a few months pass by as I’m scrolling down my Instagram feed and see this picture of Pam Anderson. But as I read the comments, I finally notice that it was not in fact Pam Anderson but Lily James in character. When I saw this it quickly became one of my most anticipated shows and was looking forward to the release this past Tuesday.

After watching the first three episodes, what really intrigued me was the story behind the stolen sex tape. Then actual story of the theft of the sex tape is not really well known, all we know is that there is a sex tape and that it pretty much exploded the dial up internet for a very long time. Tommy Lee was acting like a complete douchebag to his carpenter, Rand Gauthier (played by Seth Rogen), and was stiffing him out of thousands of dollars of work he already performed at his mansion. Gauthier got rightfully pissed and broke into Lee’s house and stole a safe and unlocked his golden ticket. Being stupid, I just thought the tape leaked on the internet for some reason. I totally forgot the internet was some black market that not many people knew about. This was in the stone age before the wireless internet and where everyone’s life is pretty much plastered on the internet.

In an absolute crazy move, Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson married each other after only four days of knowing each other, which is mind blowing to me. Yes, I know that Pam Anderson might be the hottest women on the planet back in the 90’s and that Tommy Lee is the bad boy that every girl loves even when they don’t want to admit it, but how about just waiting a few months at the very least? Take her to a few candlelight dinners maybe? Perhaps a nice romantic movie? But to get married after knowing each other for under a week is bat shit crazy.

The performances in this are top, top notch.  In one of the craziest scenes that I have ever watched in my life, Sebastian Stan performs a 5 minute monologue to his talking penis. In case that didn’t sink in the first time you read that; SEBASTIAN STAN PERFORMS A 5 MINUTE MONOLOGUE TO HIS TALKING PENIS! The fact that this actually works and makes sense is a testament to Stan as an actor. If he is ever up for an award for this performance, I hope the people that are running the show has the balls to use this scene while announcing his name. Lily James is on a whole different level as Pam Anderson. Forget the makeup and prosthetics, she totally transforms as Anderson and brings a different layer to her that the public hasn’t seen. Seth Rogen shouldn’t be left in the dust in this. Listen, I love Seth Rogen, he gave some of my favorite comedic performances in the past, but he usually plays the same exact character in every movie. That’s not the case in this show. He raises his game and gives a great counterpart to the Pam and Tommy dynamic that really pushes the show.

I thought the first three episodes were really great. It did a great job at setting the tone of the series and to leave you wanting more. Not knowing much of the behind the scenes of the entire ordeal, I am definitely curious to see what happens and see how the shit show unfolds. And to see how many times the talking penis appears. Did I mention how insane that was?!