EPISODE
HAPPYish - Season 1
The first and only season of this dark-minded dramedy follows a middle-aged couple who struggle to feel genuinely happy with their lives.
16 April 1954, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
28 September 1933, New York City, New York, USA
18 July 1968, Bronx, New York, USA
6 March 1947, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
23 September 1980, White Plains, New York, USA
7 January 1993
2 November 1977, Manchester, England, UK
14 April 1981, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
April 27, 2015
Too much of a vulgar thing turns out to be weak.
April 27, 2015
There is a chance that Hoffman might have made this creaking, feeble material work.
April 24, 2015
As rare as its humor can be, it bites with every appearance.
April 26, 2015
If I've left the impression that Happyish isn't a laugh-fest, I've done my job. But the show is not without its pleasures.
April 26, 2017
It's a real mixed bag - brilliant and original in parts, average in others.
April 27, 2015
There are some genuinely funny moments... but these tend to get lost amid the show's onslaught of acid.
April 26, 2015
The half-hour Happyish premiering tonight proves there is such a thing as comedy too dark to qualify as tragicomedy or even dramedy. It ends up being merely a sad, pretentious piece of work, desperate to be taken seriously.
April 27, 2015
It has been a long time since I've loathed a TV show as much as I loathed the series premiere of Happyish.
April 24, 2015
The animation segues -- Payne's alter-egos that torment him or vice versa -- are just a series of elaborate joke setups without punchlines.
April 24, 2015
Happyish has a few genuinely imaginative moments amid its many, many excesses. But in the end, it's too much of a one-note Hell-On-Earth "Greatest Hits" album whose principal characters have the overall appeal of vinegar-drenched cotton candy.
