Happyish (2015) - The A.V. Club

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Season 1

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10. Starring Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin and Josef Stalin
9. Starring Mr. Mike, Joseph McCarthy and Alfred Bernhard Nobel
8. Starring Rene Descartes, Adweek and HRH the Princess of Arendelle
7. Starring David Ogilvy, Anton Chekhov and Gluten Enteropathy
6. Starring Helen Keller, Moses and Lenny Bruce
5. Starring Josey Wales, Jesus Christ and the New York Times
4. Starring Sigmund Freud, Charles Bukowski and Seven Billion A**Holes
3. Starring Vladimir Nabokov, Hippocrates and God
2. Starring Marc Chagall, Abuela and Adolf Hitler
1. Starring Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus and Alois Alzheimer

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)

Creator

Shalom Auslander

Synopsis

On his birthday, Thom Payne gets the gift of insignificance and also a new boss. He suspects 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.