Imaginary Mary 

A workaholic adult woman's imaginary friend from childhood comes back to her, but ends up being more of a troublemaker than a great companion.

Creators:

Adam F. Goldberg, David Guarascio, Patrick Osborne

Stars:

Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider, Nicholas Coombe

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jenna Elfman	...	Alice 9 episodes, 2017
Stephen Schneider	...	Ben 9 episodes, 2017
Nicholas Coombe	...	Andy 9 episodes, 2017
Matreya Scarrwener	...	Dora 9 episodes, 2017
Erica Tremblay	...	Bunny 9 episodes, 2017
Rachel Dratch	...	Mary 9 episodes, 2017
Jeny Cassady	...	Mary Puppeteer 9 episodes, 2017
Jennifer Chu	...	Clara 2 episodes, 2017
Denise Jones	...	Florence / ... 2 episodes, 2017
Bronwen Smith	...	Megan 2 episodes, 2017

Storyline

A hard working independent woman, Alice, is all grown up, but when faced with a challenge she soon comes across an old childhood friend to help her through her fear of intimacy and children. Only problem is Alice is the only one who can see this blast from the past, imiginary Mary, and Mary doesn't exactly see things eye to eye with Alice.

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Plot Keywords:

live action cgi hybrid | woman | imaginary friend | sitcom | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Воображаемая Мэри

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Guarascio Productions, ABC Studios, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, the show was called 'Imaginary Friend', and the genders of both Jenna Elfman and Stephen Schneider's characters were reversed. The original premise revolved around a single man falling for a divorced mother with three children with the former's childhood imaginary friend complicating things.

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Connections

Featured in Conan: Jenna Elfman/David Koechner/Ian Abramson (2017)

User Reviews

Better without Mary

This show wasn't bad, though the leading man was a poorly developed character.

Actually, the notion of a woman in her late-30s or in her forties suddenly thrust into the role of being "Mom," is a good concept and "Mary" became the weak link. I would've perhaps made the man an engineer and a widower (so the female lead would be stuck as the "only mom" in the show, having failures and successes as she stumbles toward late motherhood with older children.

Elf an can be a delight, but the show often left me confused as to if the couple was living together (whole episodes would pass without her going home) and so on. The boy and older girl seemed very mismatched and neither were believable as the male leas's children.

It needed a renovation at least. Make changes and try again.