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| Hulu | Season Premiere Date: September 16, 2021 |
Summary:
The half-hour anthology series from B.J. Novak features character-driven stories.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama
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Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E3. The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler
Air Date: September 23, 2021
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S1:E2. Moment of Silence
Air Date: September 16, 2021
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S1:E1. Social Justice Sex Tape
Air Date: September 16, 2021
The Daily Beast
Sep 13, 2021
While it’s clear that Novak has a take on the big topics, his script largely serves as a canvas for a cadre of quick-witted, deliciously entertaining characters—played by titans like Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Dae-Kim, Kaitlyn Dever, and Tracee Ellis Ross. ... The script twists around drama-comedy corners in an altogether promising showcase of dexterity.
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Sep 14, 2021
Some will accuse Novak of taking easy swings at low-hanging piñatas about to burst with mockable topics, and he’s already been scolded for doing so from a privileged perspective, with symbolic more than fully fleshed-out characters. Regardless, the premises within “The Premise” yield stories crafted with care and played-out with sincere commitment — even when it’s all in the service of snide irony.
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RogerEbert.com
Sep 15, 2021
Sep 9, 2021
The Guardian
Nov 3, 2021
Sep 14, 2021
[The five episodes critics were given] can be exasperating and confusing, but also intriguing. At times, it’s god-awful, and at others genuinely good. But the shifts in tone and execution from episode to episode — or even scene to scene within certain episodes — feel incredibly jarring, even when The Premise seems close to achieving its full potential.
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Sep 9, 2021
Most of the episodes feature lengthy, clumsy bits of dialogue or monologue that feel ripped from the daily concerns — and the ranty, discursive way of talking at, not to, one’s followers — of social media. ... Only one episode here seems to get at what “The Premise” was trying to do — create, through storytelling ratcheted past the point of plausibility, a situation that places a frame around certain intractable sensations of living in this moment.
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Oct 14, 2021
Thoroughly disappointed in what I thought would be a great show, thanks to the misleading trailer. After the 1st episode I was so turned off by it, I refused to watch any more. Definitely not what I was expecting.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 16, 2021
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S1:E3. The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler
Air Date: September 23, 2021
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S1:E2. Moment of Silence
Air Date: September 16, 2021
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S1:E1. Social Justice Sex Tape
Air Date: September 16, 2021
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Season 1 Overview