Bored to Death: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: September 20, 2009

Starring: Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Burns

Summary: Writer Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman) decides to try his hand at becoming a private eye, while struggling to write his second novel.

Creator: Jonathan Ames (II)

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Take a Dive
Air Date: November 8, 2009
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S1:E7. The Case of the Stolen Sperm
Air Date: November 1, 2009
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S1:E6. The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer
Air Date: October 25, 2009

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Verne Gay

Bored sometimes lags and drags, as if it took a few tokes, too. But when it's funny--and Bored certainly can be--it's a winner. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

It is a bit like Martin Scorsese's "After Hours," filtered through the sensibility of a Whit Stillman and sprinkled with "Flight of the Conchords"--and yet it feels new, because it is so completely itself, consistently itself, a mix of romance, adventure and stoner comedy (there is a lot of pot about) that never abandons the world the rest of us can recognize. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

HBO's Bored to Death sneaks up speedily, an eight-part comic enterprise that's soon transformed into flat-out inspired comedy. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

If the imitation is pale, it's also competent. And Schwartzman's wistful but inept romanticism is hard to resist. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Bored to Death (created by real-life novelist--but not private dick--Jonathan Ames) as a whole is so dry in its comedy that there's very little margin for error. (Like the "Star Trek" movies, I found myself enjoying the even-numbered episodes and struggling through the odd-numbered ones.) Read full review

Troy Patterson

At various points, Bored to Death seems nicely restrained, curiously deadpan, and just flat. It is moderate, and it is middling. Read full review

David Hinckley

He's supposed to be a neurotic slacker who escapes into this cool new world, but even there, he still comes off as a neurotic slacker. You want smack him and tell him to go sit down. And if you did, he probably would. Read full review

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DeclanThomas

Oct 25, 2011

Jason Schwartzman has tapped a gold mine with Bored To Death. Zack Galifinakas(The Hangover), Ted Danson(Becker) provide some of the strongest support to Jason and actor could ask for. The small family dynamic of the three on screen makes this one of the funniest shows on television. The ragJason Schwartzman has tapped a gold mine with Bored To Death. Zack Galifinakas(The Hangover), Ted Danson(Becker) provide some of the strongest support to Jason and actor could ask for. The small family dynamic of the three on screen makes this one of the funniest shows on television. The rag tag team go about taking cases and solving often insignificant crimes all the often while on pharmaceutical or recreational drugs getting into trouble wherever they go. These cases are a product of Jonathan Aims the lead character who also is the name of the writer/ creator who is suffering writers block on his second novel and sets out to seek inspiration by taking away some of the control in his life. This is one of the great black comedys of the modern day. I rate it 10/10 and is a must see show… Expand

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JayP.

Sep 30, 2009

Loved it! I hope Bill Murray makes an appearance!