TV series
HAPPYish
Overview
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," or does he just have a "low joy ceiling?" Maybe pursuing happiness is a fool's errand? Happiness after all is pretty high bar. In a world as absurd as ours, maybe the best anyone can hope for is happyish.
Details
- First air date
- 2015-04-26
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 10 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Network
- Showtime
- Production
- In Cahoots, Cooper's Town
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Coogan as Thom Payne
- Kathryn Hahn as Lee Payne
- Bradley Whitford as Jonathan Cooke
- Ellen Barkin as Dani Kirschenbloom
- Carrie Preston as Debbie
- Rob Reiner
- Mason Schneiderman as Clarence
- Lucca De Oliveira as YA 6
- Robert Hogan as Priest
- Kirk Zipfel as Tony / First A.D.
Creators and crew
- Shalom Auslander - Creator
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Executive Producer
- Ken Kwapis - Director
- Ken Whittingham - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Starring Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus and Alois Alzheimer
44 year-old Thom Payne is pressured to rebrand himself.
Episode 2: Starring Marc Chagall, Abuela and Adolf Hitler
Thom gets a lesson in corporate America. Lee's bubble is invaded.
Episode 3: Starring Vladimir Nabokov, Hippocrates and God
Julius gets ill. Thom endures dueling takes on the meaning of suffering.
Episode 4: Starring Sigmund Freud, Charles Bukowski and Seven Billion A**holes
While waiting for the mothership to return, Thom is overrun by a**sholes.
Episode 5: Starring Josey Wales, Jesus Christ and The New York Times
Thom gets a life lesson - when his train kills a commuter.
Episode 6: Starring Helen Keller, Moses and Lenny Bruce
The Swedes attempt to steal Lorna while offering Thom a big account.
Episode 7: Starring David Ogilvy, Anton Chekov and Lady Liberty
Thom travels to LA. Lee gets a new cell phone and comforts Julius.
Episode 8: Starring Rene Descartes, Victor Frankenstein and HRH The Princess of Arendelle
Thom is forced out of his office. Lee vents about "Frozen."
Episode 9: Starring Bill Hicks, Joseph McCarthy and Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Thom discovers something about Larry. Lee takes Julius to Hebrew School.
Episode 10: Starring Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin and Josef Stalin
Thom writes a story involving underpants - then he quits. Season finale.
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