Fleishman

It has become an increasingly common caveat to even the most enthusiastic of TV recommendations. “You must watch X!” a friend, who wishes you only happiness, says. “It doesn’t get going until episode two or three – but after that it’s…

Seventeen years ago, when Lizzy Caplan was 24, it was foretold: she was going to be a star. Following the huge success of Mean Girls, in which she played the artsy outsider Janis, Caplan had been cast in CBS’s hottest new sitcom, The Class.…

Pick of the weekFleishman Is in TroubleToby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg) is a neurotic New York doctor dealing with the physical pathologies of American capitalism. When his wife Rachel (Claire Danes) leaves him, the emotional dysfunctions…

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who’s rolled their eyes at a TV show — only to find themselves still thinking about it weeks, or months, later. In this week’s edition, Screen Gab editor Matt Brennan writes about his…

"Fleishman Is In Trouble" doesn't have any the-butler-did-it style twists. Instead, it forces the viewer to adopt another perspective. One of its two major shifts comes in Episode 7 ("Me-Time") when the audience learns that…

“Even our crises had to be small and polite,” laments Libby, narrator and ringer for author Taffy Brodesser-Akner in the 2019 novel “Fleishman Is in Trouble.” In adapting the book to eight roughly one-hour installments for FX/ABC,…

| Maxim Swinton is about as talented as they come as a younger actor in Hollywood. Appearing in numerous shorts, films, and television throughout his short career, he's featured in several higher profile projects, including the Netflix…

So far there's just a teaser trailer, which FX released on YouTube on October 6. It's light on the details, but it's still a good introduction to the show's overall tone. The trailer begins with Libby narrating. "This is a…