Happyish 

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..... See full summary »

Creator:

Shalom Auslander

Stars:

Kathryn Hahn, Steve Coogan, Sawyer Shipman

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kathryn Hahn	...	Lee Payne 11 episodes, 2015
Steve Coogan	...	Thom Payne 10 episodes, 2015
Sawyer Shipman	...	Julius Payne 10 episodes, 2015
Bradley Whitford	...	Jonathan Cooke 10 episodes, 2015
Carrie Preston	...	Debbie 10 episodes, 2015
Nils Lawton	...	Gottfrid 9 episodes, 2015
Tobias Segal	...	Gustaf / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Hannah Hodson	...	Lorna 7 episodes, 2015
Sean Kleier	...	Mikal 7 episodes, 2015
Molly Price	...	Bella 6 episodes, 2015
Lauren Culpepper	...	Tracey 6 episodes, 2015
Andre Royo	...	Barry 5 episodes, 2015
Ellen Barkin	...	Dani Kirschenbloom 5 episodes, 2015
Kevin Kilner	...	David 5 episodes, 2015

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

new york city | 

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Taglines:

Are you?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

SHOWTIME

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Trending Down

Company Credits

Production Co:

In Cahoots

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Showrunner, Shalom Auslander, was originally a memoirist. Happyish is his first script. Katheryn Hahn's reaction to this was "I just thought this is great, he doesn't know what rules there were to break."

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #21.60 (2016)

User Reviews

Excellent!

Probably the best shows I've watched in the last few years. An excellent dark satirical comedy-drama where the main characters are experiencing different issues, all very relatable, as far as I am concerned ! This is a show where a clever mix or imaginary worlds collide with the reality of life, and where technology, corporate America and the idealist views, highlight the terrible state in which most of us actually live….in a society dominated by superficiality, greed and ignorance. If some of the personal challenges , Thom and Lee face, might not be relevant to everyone, the work/office ones are definitely easy to appreciate! If you're Happy and You Know It - watch Happyish and you might start asking yourself a few questions…