The series follows Louie, a fictionalized version of C.K., a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.81 million household viewers and gained a 0.4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Despite wanting to lose weight, Louie and Bobby (Robert Kelly) go on a "bang-bang", during which they go to different places to eat complete meals.
In April 2014, FX confirmed that the third episode of the season would be titled "So Did the Fat Lady", and that it would be written and directed by series creator and lead actor Louis C.K..
'"[2] In its original American broadcast, "So Did the Fat Lady" was seen by an estimated 0.81 million household viewers with a 0.4 in the 18-49 demographics.
Sarah Baker was wonderful in this episode as a confident, self-professed non-fan of comedy who pretty much filled her entire speech pattern with disarming one-liners.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, "If this is going to be the last standalone episode for a while, it was an awfully good one, as both an education of Louie piece and a showcase for guest star Sarah Baker.
Not all of us fat girls have a secret speech stored inside of us, or are content to replace the possibility of love with the immediacy of hand-holding.
"[8] Jake Cole of Slant Magazine wrote, "The self-contained nature of each episode likely means this lesson will stick with Louie about as well as Rick Crom's dignified takedown of Louie's 'ironic' use of homophobic slurs, but for the time being, 'So Did the Fat Lady' stands out as one of the show's high-water marks.
"[9] Joe Matar of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4.5 rating out of 5 and wrote, "on the whole, the stuff I mentioned notwithstanding, I believed in Vanessa as a person and Louie as a person and that this was a time in these people's lives where they had a bit of connection and Louie acted kind of like a dick, but ended up learning something from her.
wanted to write a message, but instead of just typing it up on Twitter, he told it in a 22-minute television spot on FX and showed absolutely no respect for his audience.