What if it was all different?
Recently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return.
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Starting each episode with an upside-down NYC skyline seems a fitting way to look at almost an autopsy* of a relationship in decline and divorce, yet funny and thoughtful. * Yes one character is a Doctor, though not a coroner.
Superb commentary on middle age. The last few episodes have much to say and are not light viewing. Highly recommended and will watch again at some point and/or read book.
Started off well but by the end it was really dragging and getting quite annoying. Think they must have just been trying too hard to stretch it into 8 episodes when it could have easily been 6. Enjoyed the book more overall.
In my life i have now seen two productions depict marriage as an absolute pain in the ass to everything in between and after reflecting on this, I feel even more justified in wanting to steer clear of it entirely.
Fleishman is in Trouble has got everything. The actors are great and perfectly cast, it’s visually ambitious and there’s such rich writing, that tackles midlife crisis, couples in troubles, abuses, nevrosis, bad healthcare, classwar, parenthood, small hypocrisies, trauma, being unable to communicate and everything else you could think of. It’s maybe a bit stretched here and there but when it works it’s amazing and that penultimate episode is out of this world.