All three episodes feel like nothing else on TV right now, but they also speak to how often FX has allowed creative voices the freedom to express themselves in ways that feel deeply personal and ambitious.

In Season 3, “Dave” is basking in the confidence earned from its exceptional prior entry, but it’s not resting on its laurels.

In its promising first three episodes shared with critics, [Dave] shows there is still so much more left to explore.

In the hands of someone less self-aware, a show like this could get really annoying, really fast. ... Bless Burd for allowing us to see him laid so bare, lacing juvenile dick jokes with an earnest strain of pathos.

With season 3 of Dave, it’s no longer possible to discern any lines between the Lil Dicky of TV, the real life/YouTube Lil Dicky, and Dave Burd – a real, human man who created both personas and is at his best when acting as the Dave behind the Dicky, a person who just wants to feel seen.

“Dave,” season three, is as raunchy as you remember but also a bit telling. As he makes his way around the country, look for his world view to change. Sometimes, the more you see, the less you know.