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This show is excellent. For people who have dealt with mental health on either side of the fence this show is better than any antidepressant out there! With so many different characters, watching it is like being in a hilarious support group. I just fell in love with it and I cannot wait for season 2!

I don't normally review things, but feel this needs more attention. This show is very good. I rarely actually laugh out loud at TV any more, and some of this actually got me laughing. I think it's because a lot of his patients are actually improv comics, so they are very talented at being awkwardly funny. His family are some of the best characters, with Barry being my favorite. It's a quick binge and you won't regret it if you can find it (I think it's on seeso?).

This show is fantastic. The humor is spot-on and a cross between observational and satirical humor. And just when you think it's about to tumble over the line from satirical to truly mean -- about the main lead, or his clients, or especially his dysfunctional family and friends -- it feints and slides over to poignant and very real.

The main character is a sympathetic millennial everyman whose situation is very relatable (for certain demographics, anyway). But he's not generic or predictable. In fact, nothing about this show or its writing is predictable. Which is probably why it is so funny. Yet, at moments (not *too* often, fortunately; it's a dramedy, not a soap or melodrama), it also pulls off "heartwarming." And not in a hokey, smarmy way, but genuine.

The Chicago locations are authentic (and I could swear David's parents' house is a bungalow in Cicero, actually, but hey - Capone had a hotel in Cicero, so it's kind of an extension of the city, heh)... either that, or they've done an amazing job recreating these locations on a sound stage somewhere in LA... or, hell, maybe here in Chicago. It's obviously not a super high budget show, but the production quality is actually quite high -- nothing about it looks or seems low budget.

The ensemble acting is superlative, and the minor characters are a major part of some of the funniest bits. I often laugh more times than I can count with each episode... yet... I get these people, I know these people, I've taken care of these people, I'm friends with and related to these people, and sometimes I am one of these people.

And underneath it all, with their/our bad behavior, poor boundaries, repeated button-pushing, messed up histories, defensiveness (and offensiveness), we're all schlepping through life doing the best we can, however dysfunctionally, fearfully, a$$holish-ly, half-a$$ed-ly, and hilariously that may be.

I'm pretty bummed there apparently won't be any more episodes. It's a real shame. This show belongs on Netflix or Amazon (or should be continued there - please?). It's truly right up there with those networks' best original programming.

This show is absolutely brilliant in its simplicity. Every scene is on point and the comedy is fabulous. The lead is an absolute gem in both his comedic dialogue delivery and his facial expressions. All the actors around him complement each other brilliantly. There is absolutely nothing superfluous about this show and as far as I can remember no other show made me laugh out loud so hard. It is not an exaggeration. The best thing about this show is that the comedy is natural and non repetitive, and is not forced down your throat. It is a real pity that this show is still so obscure as it really does deserve more exposure. I really hope this show has a future and is not cancelled. give it a try and you will not be disappointed.

Do yourself a favour, and watch this. This is a truly well imagined show, funny, intelligent, heart-warming.