HAPPYish

2015 • Showtime

5.0

15 reviews

TV-MA

Rating

Eligible

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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 Starring Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus and Dr. Alois Alzheimer

26/4/15

The day after his 44th birthday, Thom Payne comes under pressure to rebrand himself after his agency hires a pair of young Swedish creative directors to evolve the company (skinny jeans are an option). Meanwhile, Dani, a headhunter, advises Thom to admit he's hit his joy ceiling.

2 Starring Marc Chagall, Abuela and Adolf Hitler

3/5/15

Thom loses his couch and gets a lesson in corporate America from Jonathan - it involves German pornography. The Swedes push a new campaign, and Lee's bubble is invaded when her mother sends Julius a package.

3 Starring Vladimir Nabokov, Hippocrates and God

10/5/15

When Julius gets ill, Thom's Catholicism and the Geico Gecko offer dueling takes on the meaning of suffering. MGT departments begin the downsizing process. And a sh*t fan hits New York Life.

4 Starring Sigmund Freud, Charles Bukowski and Seven Billion A**holes

17/5/15

While waiting for the mothership that left him on this sh***y planet to return, Thom is overrun by a**holes. The Swedes (a**holes) continue to castrate him at work, Jonathan (occasional a**hole) introduces the official Nazi handbook at a meeting and Julius gets suspended for hitting Fitzgerald Miller (a**hole).

5 Starring Josey Wales, Jesus Christ and the New York Times

24/5/15

When Thom's train strikes and kills a commuter, he gets a life lesson. Gottfrid questions Thom's priorities when he misses his morning meeting. And Lee finds a new studio with a Holocaust survivor landlord.

6 Starring Helen Keller, Moses and Lenny Bruce

31/5/15

A new store at the local mall sends Lee into a tailspin. Thom takes over a campaign and consoles Larry. And the Swedes attempt to steal Lorna while offering Thom another big account.

7 Starring David Ogilvy, Anton Chekhov and Gluten Enteropathy

7/6/15

Thom travels to LA and promises Julius he'll bring him back a toy. Lee gets a new cell phone and comforts Julius when Thom is forced to stay in town till the next week by Gottfrid.

8 Starring Rene Descartes, Adweek and HRH the Princess of Arendelle

14/6/15

Thom gets forced out of his office for the new "Ideation Room." Lee vents on Frozen while helping out as lunch mom and meets Sandy. James Deen gives three fool-proof tips on success in porn/corporate America.

9 Starring Mr. Mike, Joseph McCarthy and Alfred Bernhard Nobel

21/6/15

Tragic news greets Thom this morning, as the agency tries to sell the Army on fear as a marketing strategy. Thom wants to quit. Lee wants Julius to be a Jew. Also: lobotomies, ISIS, and the meaning or not meaning of Life.

10 Starring Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin and Josef Stalin

28/6/15

Thom writes a story involving meaning, underpants, a church and a cop. Then he quits. Also: "Radical Capitalism", the New Yorker, hopes, dreams and a big red slide.

About this show

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? Maybe, after 44 years on this ludicrous planet, settling for happyish is the best one can expect. Bitingly funny and raw, HAPPYish features a stellar cast led by Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, and Bradley Whitford.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

15 reviews

Linda Everist

17 September 2016

I can't believe this got canceled! Changed my thinking.

Sean Domici

23 May 2019

Cancellation after 1st season shows the truth behind the shows content...

SNAQ

3 October 2015

Perfection

6 people found this review helpful

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