This awesome series didn't get much love when it was streaming on the AT&T Audience (?!) platform, which actually went under before S3 was ready to go. Now that it's on Netflix, it's finally getting the attention it deserves. Indie go-to guy Ron Livingston plays the title character, a hard-partying rock critic turned substance-abuse counselor for an "AA ripoff" outfit, Sober Friends. He presides over a shifting cast of weirdos and lovable losers--all very funny, even the ones who never talk--plus a foxy art girl/recovering meth head protégée (Anja Savcic) and Loudermilk's former sponsor, now fallen from grace, a kind-hearted dufus played by Will Sasso.
The series was filmed on the cheap in Vancouver, though it's ostensibly set in Seattle (more relatable??), and many of the supporting cast are Canadian, including Sasso, Ricky Britt as New Guy, a volatile ex-meth head personal-injury lawyer, and gorgeous Laura Mennell as the obligatory hot-girl neighbor. The dialogue's smart and funny, Loudermilk's glum misanthropy is actually quite refreshing in a workplace-comedy context, and the storyline, though it can veer pretty far into the outlandish, never quite jumps the shark. The show's portrayal of recovery and the weekly routine in "the rooms," from what I've heard, is pretty much on the money.
Though we tried hard not to binge, three seasons of 10 half-hour shows each weren't nearly enough for us, and I was stoked to hear that, accd'g to series co-creator Peter Farrelly, a fourth season might soon be in the works now that the show's such a hit on Netflix.
The series was filmed on the cheap in Vancouver, though it's ostensibly set in Seattle (more relatable??), and many of the supporting cast are Canadian, including Sasso, Ricky Britt as New Guy, a volatile ex-meth head personal-injury lawyer, and gorgeous Laura Mennell as the obligatory hot-girl neighbor. The dialogue's smart and funny, Loudermilk's glum misanthropy is actually quite refreshing in a workplace-comedy context, and the storyline, though it can veer pretty far into the outlandish, never quite jumps the shark. The show's portrayal of recovery and the weekly routine in "the rooms," from what I've heard, is pretty much on the money.
Though we tried hard not to binge, three seasons of 10 half-hour shows each weren't nearly enough for us, and I was stoked to hear that, accd'g to series co-creator Peter Farrelly, a fourth season might soon be in the works now that the show's such a hit on Netflix.
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