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The Comeback
Why this pick
Like Episodes, this sharp Hollywood satire finds cringe-comedy in show-business vanity, compromised creative control, and a performer battling to manage a public persona.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2011 0h 25m / episode USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Shows like
Episodes
Comedy
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Extras
Why this pick
Its uncomfortable, tightly observed comedy similarly turns entertainment-industry ambition and celebrity encounters into escalating social disasters.
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The Larry Sanders Show
Why this pick
A foundational backstage comedy with Episodes’ blend of cutting industry satire, fragile egos, and the gap between polished television and messy personal lives.
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The Other Two
Why this pick
This show shares Episodes’ savvy, affectionate bite toward fame machinery, with relationships constantly tested by career absurdity and media-world opportunism.
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I'm Alan Partridge
Why this pick
For the British side of Episodes: exquisitely awkward comic timing, a hilariously self-deluded media figure, and industry humiliation treated with precision.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Episodes follows the lives of Sean and Beverly Lincoln, British sitcom producers who are persuaded to move to Hollywood and remake their series for an American audience. When the couple is forced to cast Matt LeBlanc in the lead role, a bizarre triangle is formed that strains their marriage and threatens their show.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc
Stephen Mangan
Sean Lincoln
Tamsin Greig
Beverly Lincoln
Kathleen Rose Perkins
Carol Rance
John Pankow
Merc Lapidus
Mircea Monroe
Morning Randolph
Joseph May
Andy Button
Daisy Haggard
Myra Licht