Web Therapy

I can't believe that (a) I had never heard of Web Therapy until today, and (b) there is only one user comment about it on IMDb! Do we need any more proof that Lisa Kudrow is a genius? And is there anyone in Hollywood more willing to embrace the ugly side of celebrity (okay, Ricky Gervais -- another genius)? Her Fiona Wallace in Web Therapy is just as brilliant and original as Valerie Cherish in The Comeback. No valiant, selfless characters for Lisa. Only those that are devastatingly funny and self-absorbed, and wholly original.

Lisa, if you're out there: keep up the good work! We are starving for your kind of comedy and social commentary.

Not long ago I was wondering why I couldn't see this series streaming anywhere, especially what with the pandemic and everything occurring online like work, school, and telemedicine. Then lo and behold today it appears on IMDB via my Amazon prime account! YAY! It's just as much fun now as it was years ago on Showtime. Now if I could only get my hands on the series "Head Case" with Ali Wentworth all would be great in the entertainment world. Lisa Kudrow always manages to make shows I love, whether it be this, or The Comeback or even "Who Do You Think You Are". Keep bringing it, girl!!!!!

First of all. I love Lisa Kudrow. She is brilliant in everything she is in. That doesn't mean I like everything she is in. In Friends she played a quirky but likeable character. Unfortunately, in Web Therapy, her character is annoying, self-righteous, totally self-unaware, and outright mean. I could barely get through the first episode. Yes, you can compare her to Larry David, but only because both seem to have settled on cringe comedy as their only creative outlet.

Comedy is supposed to make you laugh. Instead of watching Web Therapy just listen to two minutes of fingernails scraping on a blackboard. It's just as irritating and you'll save yourself 24 minutes. Lisa Kudrow deserves so much better than this mess.

Lisa Kudrow is perfectly cast! The scripts are fresh and timeless. And at the time (pre-pandemic) the idea of going online to speak to a professional was considered absurd.

Supporting cast, especially her husband and Mother (Lily Tomlin) are unforgettable.

It's the kind of show that's worth revisiting, as it's impossible to remember all the lines of the script that hit true!!!

Highly recommend. And if you disagree with this review, you need therapy!!!

One has to be, I think, a particularly gifted comedian to adopt an unlikable, mostly unsympathetic character and still create good comedy. Few have that skill, and Lisa Kudrow (the one-hit wonder from that cheese ball "comedy" aimed at teenage girls known as Friends) has none of it.

This is why her show is on Showtime (the HBO for the simple minded, the unemployed, and the farm belt). But even with that easy-to-please audience, there is a snowball's chance in hell that this exercise in comedic mediocrity will be "rewarded" with a second season.

The premise, along with the title, seems to represent a desperate attempt to attach itself to the "hip new worldwide web," no doubt in response to Showtime's understanding of the fact that its subscribers would rather watch cat videos on YouTube, than to watch its low- budgeted, poorly written, and inevitably predictable programming.

My advice to Lisa is that she fall in love with a vampire before Showtime's viewers realize that their money is better spent on a web cam of their own.