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- 2015
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2015
- TV-MA
- HBO
Summary Tina Morris (Amanda Peet) moves in with her sister Michelle and her husband, and Brett (Melanie Lynskey and Mark Duplass) and Brett’s friend Alex (Steve Zissis).
Created By: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Steve Zissis
- 2015
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2015
- TV-MA
- HBO
Togetherness
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 11, 2015
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7.6
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Summary Tina Morris (Amanda Peet) moves in with her sister Michelle and her husband, and Brett (Melanie Lynskey and Mark Duplass) and Brett’s friend Alex (Steve Zissis).
Created By: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Steve Zissis
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
77
80% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
20% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Togetherness finds a lovely, inspirational cohesiveness in a remarkably brief amount of time. By the end of the second episode, it's clear something special is happening among the cast--Lynskey is the true standout, though Pappas and Peet won't be short of fans--and the two brothers leading them in front of and behind the camera couldn't be more in tune with everything they've created.
It's a slower-paced, smaller-scale show about the sad reality of sticking it out in Hollywood into middle age. It also veers into weirder territory that would feel impossible outside California. But thanks to the chemistry between Peet and Zissis, it's endlessly engrossing.
As was true in season one, the first thing to notice about Togetherness--in addition to its spectacularly talented cast--is the amount of sophisticated wit the writers manage to dredge from standard sitcom craziness, the exuberance they wring out of emotional pain and everyday sodden travail.
Togetherness can be hard to watch at times, given that it looks unflinchingly at the difficulties of marriage and friendship as middle age approaches, but the show is absolutely worth sticking with, if only for the virtuoso performance from Zissis, whose failed-actor character is one of the finest new creations to arrive on television in some time.
So much of Togetherness hung together with a very deft blend of humor and angst. But then the angst took over, the loopiness kicked in too hard and schmaltz came charging up through the backstretch.
Togetherness is a likable enough show about likable enough characters portrayed by very likable actors. Lynskey and Zissis, in particular, portray mundane and exhausting sadness so believably that you want to reach into your screen and give them a hug. But the same can’t be said of Togetherness as a whole.
Tiresome though well acted Togetherness finds HBO falling back into the niche rut of whiny indie-film malaise. [5-18 Jan 2015, p.16]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 100 User Ratings
7.6
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 100 User Ratings
7.6
79% Positive
79 Ratings
79 Ratings
10% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
11% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Duplass Brothers Productions
- HBO Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Jan 11, 2015
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 2 Nominations
"An Irish Person" TV Awards
• 1 Nomination
