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Cast
Steve Coogan (Thom Payne)Kathryn Hahn (Lee Payne)Sawyer Shipman (Julius Payne)Bradley Whitford (Jonathan Cooke)Carrie Preston (Debbie)Nils Lawton (Gottfrid)Tobias Segal (Gustaf)Hannah Hodson (Lorna)Sean Kleier (Mikal)Molly Price (Bella)Lauren Culpepper (Tracey)Andre Royo (Barry)Ellen Barkin (Dani Kirschenbloom)Kevin Kilner (David)Reshma Shetty (Maya)Marsha Stephanie Blake (Michelle)Michael Zegen (Atomic Goldfarb)Molly Hager (Lisa)
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Creator
Shalom Auslander
Synopsis
On his birthday, Thom Payne gets the gift of insignificance, and also a new boss. He suspects that his ED pills are interfering with his anti-depressants, leaving him with neither happiness nor... happiness. In a culture that reveres youth--a culture he helped create--Thom needs to figure out what his purpose is now that he's halfway to death and nobody cares what he thinks. Because in a world where any Kardashian is trending up, perhaps the wise among us would heartily embrace trending down.
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