Louie 2x11 Duckling

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4/5 (3 votes)

First Aired: Aug. 25, 2011 on FX

Summary: Louie has an adventure in Afghanistan.

Main Characters in this Episode

Keni Thomas	played by Keni Thomas
Lilly	played by Hadley Delany
Jane	played by Ursula Parker
General	played by Don Pugsley
Jamie	played by Lilly Robbins
Afghan Soldier	played by Meshop Agadzhanyan
Miss Hernandez	played by Liza Colón-Zayas
Delores	played by Maria Dizzia

Goof (anachronisms): The iconic Huey helicopters used haven't flown in Afghanistan as they were being used for stateside training and were officially retired from the military in January of 2011.

Mary Louise Szekely, Louis C.K.'s daughter, is credited with coming up with the story idea. According to C.K., he and his daughters really did have to take ducklings home from school. In real life, C.K. had just returned from Afghanistan. His daughter said he should do an episode about taking a duckling to Afghanistan.
Although Louis C.K. normally doesn't go over details of episodes with FX before filming them, he made an exception for this episode due to its large scope and subject matter. The network rejected an initial projection of a $750,000 budget increase for it, and eventually OK'd an extra $250,000 for filming, as well as location work in Texas and California (with both locations standing in for Afghanistan).
Keni Thomas and Lilly Robbins are real performers who performed for the U.S. troops in Afghanistan with C.K.
Sebastian Junger helped with the production of this episode. It is dedicated to his Restrepo co-director Tim Hetherington who died during production. Hetherington was a close friend of executive producer Blair Breard's.
According to C.K., he was genuinely frightened during the scene in which the helicopter breaks down. He began yelling at the pilot to take him home.