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Episodes

2014 • BBC
4.5
67 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (7)

1 Episode 1
3/30/18
Several months have passed since the end of the last episode. Matt's show 'The Box' is now a runaway hit. Unfortunately for Matt, this means he is now only thought of as a gameshow host, his years as an actor completely forgotten. Matt's agent tries to persuade him this is all for the best: 'Can't you just think of it as reinventing yourself...?'
2 Episode 2
4/6/18
Matt's tryst with the Danika, the girl in the box, has gone viral. By the next morning, the sex tape has already gotten millions of hits. The network is freaking out. No amount of damage control can contain this. Sponsors are pulling their ads. The FCC is threatening to take action against 'The Box'. And yet it's Christmas morning for Merc who hopes to use this as the excuse to get rid of Matt once and for all.
3 Episode 3
4/13/18
Matt is back on top. He's leveraged his newfound celebrity to get a guaranteed new series from the network. He tries taking pitches from various writers, but ends up convinced that his best chance for success is to do another show with Sean and Beverly. The Brits are reluctant to abandon 'The Opposite of Us', even though they're still miserable working for Tim. So Matt continues to woo them. A large stuffed gorilla is involved.
4 Episode 4
4/20/18
Back on the hiking trail for the first time in months, Carol confesses to Beverly that she has again found happiness in Merc Lapidus's arms. As appalled as Beverly is, she agrees to support her friend. Her support is quickly challenged when she discovers that Merc is two-timing Carol with surgically-enhanced actress Morning Randolph. To make matters worse, Morning reveals that she and Merc have recently become engaged. Beverly can't imagine how she's going to break this news to Carol.
5 Episode 5
4/27/18
Carol reveals to Beverly that she's pregnant. Even more significant, she's planning on keeping the baby. Beverly now feels she has no choice: she breaks the news to Carol that Merc is not only sleeping with, but engaged to Morning Randolph. Carol is obviously distraught, but much of her anger is directed at Beverly for withholding this information for over a week.
6 Episode 6
5/4/18
Sean and Beverly pitch their new show to Helen who buys it on the spot. The celebration is short-lived when they find out that Matt is demanding a credit as co-creator. Sean and Beverly refuse to give it to him. They insist he doesn't deserve it. They came up with the premise for the show, created the characters, developed the storyline; Matt just supplied office supplies! Matt is equally incensed when he hears they're balking. He feels completely entitled as he was in the room when they came up with it.
7 Episode 7
5/11/18
The series finale. After Matt 'passes' on the new show that he developed with Sean and Beverly, the British writers are forced to figure out what lies ahead without him. Carol purses her lawsuit against Helen and the network with surprising results.

About this show

Comedy starring Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan. When husband and wife writing team Sean and Beverly set out to reproduce their British TV hit for an American network, all of their worst fears come true as Hollywood lives up to its reputation for absurdity. Not only does the network cast Matt LeBlanc in the starring role, but Matt takes the lead in deviously twisting their beloved series into a terrible cliche, while testing the couple's marriage with diversions and temptations.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
67 reviews
Rich Johnson
September 6, 2015
Definitely one of my favourite shows. Incredibly funny with the two different comedy takes of British dry humour mixed with mates American sarcastic louder brilliant humour. Matt is great in this. Hope there's loads of series' still to come :-)
Annie Lewis
June 22, 2015
I love the Englishism and Americanism of the relationships. It makes you appreciate cultural differences. In all this, the characters are staying true to themselves and work out the issues thrown at them. The acting is superbe. For me, the best story is the Shawn and Beverly's relationship. The actors are in tune and are having fun. They made me care for the characters. I laughed and I cried and really wanted to know if they will mend.
Matthew Manning
July 13, 2018
Great run, very funny. All the main cast are brilliant... Quite possibly the worst opening credits ever, but don't let that put you off!