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Created by, written by, and starring Josh Thomas the least watched, best show returns.
Life in your 20’s can be undeniably hard. You could be helping to support your bipolar mother, dealing with a father in a mid-life crisis, and a taking care of your new baby sister—all at once. Maybe you’re attempting to win your boyfriend’s heart one hopeless vegetarian meal at a time. Throughout the whole process maybe the most terrifying conclusion you've come to is that you might just be most together person you know.
That’s what life is like for Josh in the critically acclaimed Please Like Me, a comedy that soothes the existential unrest of the under-30 crowd. As Josh and his friends muddle through life, sex gets complicated, relationships wax and wane, friends struggle to see eye to eye, and the dog always steals the show.
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The series airs on Fridays 10pm e/t on Pivot (US) and on Thursdays 9:30pm on ABC (Aus); season 1 & 2 are available for streaming on Hulu (US)

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Josh | Josh Thomas
Tom | Thomas Ward | Josh’s long-suffering and hapless best friend and housemate
Claire | Caitlin Stasey | Josh’s ex-girlfriend and now second best friend
Arnold | Keegan Joyce | Josh’s kind of, sort of, maybe boyfriend
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Rose | Debra Lawrence | Josh’s mum
Alan | David Roberts | Josh’s dad
Mae | Renee Lim | Josh’s dad's new girlfriend
Hannah | Hannah Gadsby | Josh’s mum's new housemate from the mental hospital
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Season 1:
Australian trailer
US Trailer
Season 2:
Australian trailer
Season 3:
Australian trailer
US trailer
So Likeable: An Inside Peek at Please Like Me

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AV Club (review) | Please Like Me stops begging in a standout season premiere (A)
Westword | Please Like Me Is the Gay Comedy About Millennials and Mental Illness You Didn’t Know You Needed
The Guardian | This millennial comedy is more than just the Australian Girls
Sydney Morning Herald | Lunch with Josh Thomas: Please Like Me, the future and what people think
Observer | Josh Thomas on Not Writing for an Audience

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Official site
Official site (Aus)
Season 3 Premiere (Full Episode, Youtube)
 
Sounds interesting; the AVClub review is enough for me to at least check out an episode or two... do you recommend checking out the previous seasons first?
 
jgwhiteus said:
Sounds interesting; the AVClub review is enough for me to at least check out an episode or two... do you recommend checking out the previous seasons first?
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The show is quite heavily serialised so I would not recommend starting anywhere else than season 1 episode 1.
 
Marathoned this show earlier in the year and totally forgot the 3rd season was happening this year. I can relate to this show much more than some of the other recent gay themed shows. Glad it's back!

The first ep was pretty good. I find it funny how Claire is still somehow part of the show even after moving away 2 seasons ago. Other shows would have used that cliched plotpoint to get RID of a character lol.

Mae is my fav <3
 
I love Please Like Me and I totally crushed on Josh from Talkin Bout Your Generation days. Definitely a great show!
 
Totally just binge watched the first season since it was only 6 episodes. It's a really interesting show! I'm sad about Geoffrey though. He was nice and so good-looking but I knew it couldn't last between him and Josh. They have nothing in common!
 
berzeli said:
The show is quite heavily serialised so I would not recommend starting anywhere else than season 1 episode 1.
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Thanks - I just did a marathon of season 1 (easy since it was so short) and have started on season 2, and I really liked it! I've found myself laughing out loud several times during each episode, but it's not structured like a typical comedy - there's just some really great writing and one-liners.

I like how the characters can be insensitive and brutally honest toward one another but you can still sense the sweetness and love underneath, and how all the awkward interactions seem true to life. It does seem a little fantastical at times that Josh ends up attracting and being surrounded by so many beautiful people (though the show tries to make a joke of it), but otherwise it's been great so far.
 
Annnd now I just finished binge watching the second season. It was much better than the first! Hannah is awesome! Arnold is adorable! And I want there to be more episodes. Fortunately, there are still more coming.
 
I really enjoyed the second season on Hulu as well, though it felt a bit disjointed with Josh and his mum having separate storylines... and Tom was a bit of a trainwreck. But really nice writing and strong performances. I was also impressed with the production values - it doesn't seem like it'd have much of a budget at all, but the camerawork seems really high-quality, and everything is always colorful and beautifully lit.

I want to keep up with Season 3, but it seems besides the first episode being on Youtube you have to have Pivot to watch it in the US? I hope at some point Hulu starts picking up the third season.
 
Caught the premiere of S3 randomly last week and it's pretty hilarious.

Episode 2's got some golden lines.

"It's not like we can pinpoint why someone's homophobic. It's not like being scared of dogs, Tom, he wasn't bitten by a homosexual as a child!"
 
I remember burning through series 1 when when it had just finished and there was doubt as to whether a series 2 would film because Claire's actress had other projects.

Guess I've got some catching up to do, haha.
 
Marathoned the show over the last few weeks and love it. Really perfect for 20-somethings. As someone with relationship-ruining anxieties I totally associate with Arnold.

Slightly bums me out that Josh doesn't get called out on his shit more though. I mean seriously, you go into the ocean in your boxers with your ex-boyfriend who is drunk and naked, who then proceeds to make out with you, and you wonder why your new boyfriend is freaking out.
 
Bump because it deserves more love.
I binged all 16 episodes in a matter of days. I could've done it in a day, but felt bad finishing it so fast.
Already from the get go I fell in love with every character. The writing is fun, witty, heart-warming, but at the same time can break your heart.

Easily one of my favorites shows.
 
Just binged Season 1 on Hulu. Couldn't recommend it enough for nerdy millennials on the edge of a nervous breakdown that can't get enough witty and honest dark comedy in their lives regardless of sexuality.
 
God I really do not like Arnold. At all. And I'm supposed to buy that a mentally ill gay dude who freaks out over the most minuscule of things wants to be in an open relationship and have sex with randoms?

I miss Geoffrey. And Patrick. S1 was really the best season of this show.
 
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God I really do not like Arnold. At all. And I'm supposed to buy that a mentally ill gay dude who freaks out over the most minuscule of things wants to be in an open relationship and have sex with randoms?

I miss Geoffrey. And Patrick. S1 was really the best season of this show.
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Speaking as someone that suffers from anxiety stuff I do think the way they handled Arnold was kind of all over the place.

Like you say, one minute he's freaking out about Josh being around an ex, the next he's fine with them both sleeping with whoever.

Generally speaking I think the show works a lot better when Josh is single and screwing everything up.
 
paradox121 said:
Speaking as someone that suffers from anxiety stuff I do think the way they handled Arnold was kind of all over the place.

Like you say, one minute he's freaking out about Josh being around an ex, the next he's fine with them both sleeping with whoever.

Generally speaking I think the show works a lot better when Josh is single and screwing everything up.
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Agreed, which is why I hope they get rid of Arnold for season 4, or only have him for an appearance or two. Hannah can get out too. Claire absolutely needs to be in the whole season though.
 
Just watched season 1 and this show is really what I needed at this stage in my life (25).

It reminds me of a Skins for people in their 20's. But instead of teenage angst and drama it's all social awkwardness and laughs.
 
Friendly reminder that S4 has now started!

I was going to ask how it had flew under the radar and then remembered we were all distracted by the literal apocalypse. But hey, if there was ever a time for a show like this its right about now.
 
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Friendly reminder that S4 has now started!

I was going to ask how it had flew under the radar and then remembered we were all distracted by the literal apocalypse. But hey, if there was ever a time for a show like this its right about now.
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Oh god, I've been bad at updating the thread. Might freshen it up if I can find the time.

Still no word on a new US home but it is airing in Aus on ABC and in the UK on Amazon.

There's a nice interview with Josh in The Guardian:
Josh Thomas on Please Like Me season four: 'We're doing so many sex scenes'
 
So there's nowhere to watch the new season in the US? Fuck. Hopefully it comes to Hulu soon, or is that not possible either since Pivot is dead and they handled all of that?
 
‘Please Like Me’ Season 4 Lands At Hulu
On the heels of acquiring exclusive SVOD rights to Australian comedy Please Like Me, Hulu has picked up the fourth season of the critically praised series for the U.S.

The Participant Media original series, which previously aired on Participant’s Pivot network, will debut its fourth season in the U.S. on Hulu early next year. Under the new deal, all six episodes of the latest season, as well as the complete series to date, will be available to stream, only on Hulu.
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Also; the first three seasons have been added to Netflix in various regions.
 
Well that was a gut punch

To be honest I've kind of been waiting for it for a while now, and particularly this season they seemed to be signposting that she was getting worse without anyone really noticing but still...

My high watermark for 'Someone Dies' episodes is still Buffy's 'The Body' but that was definitely up there. Particularly at capturing how useless and lost everyone involved feels
 
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