US: Happy Endings

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Happy Endings follows the dysfunctional adventures of six best friends living in Chicago: "crazy-in-love" married couple, businessman overachiever Brad (Damon Wayans, Jr.) and his neurotic perfectionist wife Jane (Eliza Coupe); ditzy Alex (Elisha Cuthbert), a happy-go-lucky boutique owner and Jane's younger sister; daydreamer Dave (Zachary Knighton), an aspiring restaurateur and food truck owner who used to be engaged to Alex; slacker manchild Max (Adam Pally), who struggles with trying to hold a job and maintaining a consistent relationship; and klutzy serial dating single girl Penny (Casey Wilson), who fears she's forever doomed for spinsterhood and on an eternal search for Mr. Right.
The series first begins with the six friends dealing with their group dynamic drastically changing after the breakup of the couple that first brought them all together, Dave and Alex. This leaves the rest of the group (Max, Brad, Jane, and Penny) in the awkward position of either trying to stay together as friends or having to choose sides. Dave and Alex decide to stay friends, but there are many more complications down the road.[4]
While the initial "complications following Alex and Dave's breakup" premise was the focal point in the earlier episodes, this premise has mostly been abandoned as the series went on, as the focus became more about the group dynamic of six best friends, in a similar vein of "friends hanging out" ensemble comedies like Friends and How I Met Your Mother. Typically, each episode features two plot lines, in which varying combinations of the six characters find themselves involved.

It's less dreadful than the above suggests and is actually a pretty solid and funny series. Anyone else a fan?

 

[LizardKing]

Tried a few but it went nowhere, found it pretty dull really!

 

[Creature]

Yup, watched the whole show in about 2 weeks, thought the start of season 2 dropped off a bit, by by the end of it and into season 3 it was back up to a good standard. Of course, anything with Elisha Cuthbert is enjoyable to watch.

 

[Deep]

In my eyes its marketed as the new Friends, but this show is too 'zany' and unrealistic.
It's an OK show overall, but I feel it tries to hard with it's referencing and the quips just come too quickly, which is just unnatural (nobody is that quick witted).

 

[HecFam]

I think its pretty funny. All a bit silly, but all in good fun.

Worthwhile watch i think.

 

[drunkenmaster]

Season 1, bits of 2 and 3 are great, had some ups and downs in final two series and some plainly crap episodes.

Elisha Cuthbert, god damned, insanely hot and she played her character brilliantly. Her and Dave were the best characters, Max/Penny often brilliant, often irritating, the married coupled basically ruined the show. Occasionally funny but mostly just irritating, frequently not funny at all.