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Somebody Somewhere (2022)First aired 16 Jan 2022Sam's return to Kansas includes loss, family friction and the gradual work of finding people with whom she can be unguarded. Singing and ordinary companionship provide space between the painful conversations. Its three-season dramedy journey is a generous starting point for this mood, with grief…0
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Sort Of (2021)First aired 9 Nov 2021Sabi moves between paid care, family expectations, friendship and the question of how much self-editing other people expect. The Toronto dramedy lets pauses and small changes in intimacy matter. Three seasons form a considered journey, with a final run that includes grief; it is a particularly good…0
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Trying (2020)First aired 1 May 2020Nikki and Jason's attempt to become parents makes bureaucracy, self-doubt and small practical kindnesses part of a relationship story. The comedy leaves room for other people's needs rather than treating adoption as an instant emotional reward. The family continues to change across the series,…0
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As We See It (2022)First aired 20 Jan 2022Three autistic adults sharing a home want work, relationships and more control over how others interpret them. The eight-episode dramedy is strongest when ordinary preferences and unequal expectations become the story. It is one specific fictional perspective, not a template for autistic adulthood;…0
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High Maintenance (2016)First aired 16 Sept 2016A cannabis delivery route links New Yorkers whose short encounters gradually reveal fuller lives. The 2016 HBO series expands an earlier web project into an observational anthology, so the breathing room comes through attention rather than one continuous protagonist's arc. Sex and drug use are…0
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Lodge 49 (2018)First aired 6 Aug 2018A bereaved former surfer finds a fraternal lodge whose members are also searching for a place in a changing economy. Its mystery can be enjoyed as a way of noticing work, debt and companionship rather than demanding constant plot acceleration. The two-season run was cut short, with some larger…0
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Olive Kitteridge (2014)First aired 2 Nov 2014Frances McDormand's Olive is not an easy companion, but four episodes allow small gestures and long gaps in a marriage to accumulate meaning. The Maine setting contains loneliness and kindness without insisting that either cancels the other. This is the sharpest, heaviest option here, including…0
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The Change (2023)First aired 21 Jun 2023Linda leaves an unacknowledged domestic workload and enters a Forest of Dean community whose routines are as peculiar as her old life was restrictive. Bridget Christie's dramedy gives trees, silences and eccentric encounters room alongside its anger. A second series arrived in 2025. The joke is not…0
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This Way Up (2019)First aired 8 Aug 2019Aisling Bea's Aine rebuilds ordinary routines after a mental-health crisis, with her sister's care both essential and complicated. English lessons, awkward jokes and small acts of avoidance receive as much attention as more dramatic developments. The two released series mix comedy with loneliness…0
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My Liberation Notes (2022)First aired 9 Apr 2022Three Korean siblings endure long commutes and exhausting social expectations while searching for a less constricted way to live. Conversations, repetitive work and stretches of quiet become the substance of the sixteen-part drama. Its patience is the recommendation, with alcohol dependency, debt…0