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  • MTV
  • 1997
  • MTV
  • 1997

Summary The misadventures of three young people in Austin, Texas. Howard is the amiable slacker who by taking advantage of his friends gets by without a job or a permanent place to live. Laura is the responsible one, with a real job as a journalist at The Austin Weekly. The eternally optimistic Chip stumbles his way through a succession of menia...

  • MTV
  • 1997
  • MTV
  • 1997
Austin Stories
Season 1
Season Premiere: 1997
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
78
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Summary The misadventures of three young people in Austin, Texas. Howard is the amiable slacker who by taking advantage of his friends gets by without a job or a permanent place to live. Laura is the responsible one, with a real job as a journalist at The Austin Weekly. The eternally optimistic Chip stumbles his way through a succession of menia...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 10, 1997
Rambling Prague Vest
Episode 2 • Sep 17, 1997
I Want Candy
Episode 3 • Sep 24, 1997
Suspicion
Episode 4 • Oct 1, 1997
Stalker of a Sales Band
Episode 5 • Oct 8, 1997
Cults
Episode 6 • Oct 15, 1997
Party
Howard wants to move in with Mona, but first he has to meet her cantankerous grandmother, which outrages Howard's old-people phobia. Laura becomes a local celebrity. Chip starts a new job at a pizza place.
Episode 7 • Oct 22, 1997
Chip's Mother
Howard returns from a New York trip only to spew hatred of Austin. Laura ticks off her coworkers with her cutthroat bowling. Chip's mother visits, but unexpectedly brings a boyfriend.
Episode 8 • Nov 5, 1997
River Tubing Trip
Episode 9 • 1997
Chicks with Discs
Howie loses his girl over his greed. Laura is forced to tale over editing duties when Andy becomes distraught over the loss of his cat. Chip sees a homemade video plea that makes him fall for a mystery 'Hula girl'.
Episode 10 • Nov 19, 1997
Austin Sex Stories
Episode 11 • Nov 26, 1997
The Story of Cereal
Episode 12 • Jan 7, 1998
My Brother's Creeper
Howard's brother visits, and he's ten times as obnoxious. Laura avoids going to work after sleeping with Mark. Chip thinks he inherits the apartment when Chloe moves out.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
78
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5 Reviews
0% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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0% Mixed
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17% Negative
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100
Jun 18, 2015
A wonderfully relaxed, off-the-wall comedy series that has more spunk and imagination than almost any new network sitcom you're likely to surf on by this fall. [10 Sept 1997, p.5C]
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 18, 2015
It is shot in the seemingly off-handed manner of an independent film, and its concerns are with fending off boredom as the days drift by. It is invigoratingly easygoing. [10 Sept 1997, p.3]
By Steve Johnson FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 18, 2015
Austin packs a sweet, loose-limbed sensibility reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" by way of early Woody Allen that makes this debuting series one of the more interesting and inventive efforts likely to air this season. [10 Sept 1997]
By Miles Beller FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 18, 2015
One of the season's coolest, funniest and most genuinely offbeat treats. It's MTV's best since the sardonic "Daria." [10 Sept 1997, p.3D]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 18, 2015
Combine these characters with some clever plotlines, mix in some unusual elements (or lack thereof) - on-location shooting using film, not tape; no laugh track; no audience - and now we're talking something gale-force true, something we haven't quite seen before. [10 Sept 1997, p.1]
By Mike McDaniel FULL REVIEW
20
Jun 18, 2015
It's laudable that the show goes without a laugh track and studio audience. Going without appealing characters, however, is foolhardy.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW

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