Bored to Death

2009 • HBO

4.5

22 reviews

Rating

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (8)

1 Stockholm Syndrome

9/14/09

(Series Premiere) Numbed after his girlfriend leaves, writer Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman) places an ad offering his (unlicensed) services as a private investigator. Within hours he gets his first case--searching for a missing girl.

2 The Alanon Case

9/27/09

During an unsuccessful attempt to win back Suzanne, Jonathan gets a new case: a woman named Jennifer (Kristen Wiig) wants him to tail her boyfriend Gary (Peter Hermann) to see if he's been unfaithful.

3 The Case of the Missing Screenplay

10/4/09

An ill-advised late-night tryst undermines Jonathan's chance to rewrite a Jim Jarmusch script. Meanwhile, George is flummoxed when he runs into his sexy ex-wife Priscilla and her arrogant new husband, fellow publishing magnate Richard Antrem.

4 The Case of the Stolen Skateboard

10/11/09

Jonathan falls for his latest client, the mother of a boy whose skateboard was stolen by a bully. Meanwhile, Ray helps a lesbian couple start a new family, to wife Leah's chagrin; and George has a nostalgic 'armpit crush' on a young publicist.

5 The Case of the Lonely White Dove

10/18/09

A smitten Russian parolee contracts Jonathan to track down a chanteuse known as 'the Lonely White Dove.' Meanwhile, George decides to get in touch with his feminine side as a way to drive sales of his sagging magazines.

6 The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer

10/25/09

Jonathan is enlisted to retrieve a sex tape that a female escort is using to extort money from a married man. With Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well.

7 The Case of the Stolen Sperm

11/1/09

Jonathan and Ray investigate a lesbian black-market scheme; George publishes a scathing editorial directed at his rival, Richard Antrem.

8 Take a Dive

11/8/09

In the Season One finale, George, Jonathan and Ray step into the ring for a grudge match against their publishing rivals. But later, the women in each of their lives offer up some pretty compelling reasons why winning a fight isn't everything.

About this show

Meet Jonathan Ames: writer, romantic, unlicensed private eye. HBO presents this comedy series that tells the story of this noir-fiction-obsessed writer who impulsively advertises his gumshoe services and gets hired for a variety of amusing cases.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

22 reviews

Mark Longley

March 2, 2014

Dare I say it, better than Girls. Oops I just did.

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