Season 1 - 8 episodes (2025)
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Creaed by: Rachel Sennott
Starring: Rachel Sennott, Odessa A'zion, True Whitaker, Jordan Firstman, Josh Hutcherson
Rated: TV-MA
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Plot
A tight-knit friend group gathers after years apart, navigating the complexities of ambition, relationships, and how time has changed them.
Verdict
This could be a fun young adult hang out show in LA or becoming famous in the social media age. Instead it's a show where the annoying characters create problems by making poor decisions and then try to fix those issues with more bad ideas. There's a fun cameo in episode four, but that's the only episode I found interesting. I would love for Maia's job to provide real insight into the industry just to give the show a foundation, but it doesn't. That's used just as a prop. None of these characters seem like real people.
Skip it.
Review
The series was renewed for season two during the first season.
Initially it seems a bit like Girls or Entourage. I wish Maia worked at a firm with legitimate celebrities. It would lead to interesting cameos, and it could lend her job more weight. That would give her decision to leave later in the season more impact as her ultimate goal should be managing film and television stars instead of social media influencers. The industry aspects don't feel grounded or real. Is that how a firm works or is it just someone making it up to bolster the relationship aspect of the show?
The first scene of the first episode features a sex scene. I don't know if that was to show this is rated mature, that it deals with all aspects of relationships, or if it's meant to be tantalizing. It seems like the latter as there's no additional scenes that revealing.
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| Josh Hutcherson, Rachel Sennott play Dylan, Maia |
Maia (Rachel Sennott) works for a talent agency for a boss that ignores her. She tries to get ahead by name dropping an old friend she no longer even likes that's an influencer. Coincidentally that same friend, Tallulah (Odessa A'zion) shows up at Maia's house. Tallulah is pushy, self-centered, and free spirited. Maia portrays her life as better than it is to impress her frenemy Tallulah because she doesn't want to be out-shined. Tallulah takes up all the space in the room. Everything has to be more and bigger. She lands in Los Angeles and everything seems so easy for her, making Maia jealous. They have a confrontation where they make up and Tallulah decides to stay in LA. Is she really okay or is she mitigating Maia's anger?
As much animosity as Maia had for Tallulah, they quickly are back to being besties, as close as they were in college. Tallulah has no personal boundaries and quickly gets Maia and her boyfriend Dylan (Josh Hutcherson) in trouble. It's outsized drama that's self created.
Maia is effectively managing Tallulah, but that means trying to mitigate the crises that Tallulah creates. Maia seems to be the only character in this show grounded in the real world, other than Dylan.
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| Rachel Sennott, Odessa A'zion play Maia, Tallulah |
In episode four Elijah Wood has a fun cameo. He doesn't like to party yet holds one at his house while he hangs out in his bedroom. It's the only episode I would recommend.
The show could be more interesting if it did more to skewer social media. I soon grew bored of the self-destructive, jealous characters. Maia neglects other aspects of her life so she can cater to Tallulah. It could help progress her career, or that might end up being a spectacular mis-step. Either way I'm not going to find out. One season was more than enough for me.
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