Crashing

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 19, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 36
  3. Negative: 3 out of 36
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  1. resca
    May 14, 2017
    9
    There is a sense of realness that is so delightful. The way the struggle is presented is in the most subtle way. Great show to let you wind down, definitely advertises new york comedy clubs!
  2. neothinker
    Apr 22, 2017
    8
    This show has a lot of heart. It doesn't make stand-up look easy. So it's charming to see Pete try to make a professional climb. The other characters add a lot of spice to the mix. Artie Lange in particular really sets a fun atmosphere to the show. I'd recommend it.
  3. metabad
    Apr 29, 2017
    6
    The show has it's charms and is entertaining, but it lacks energy.
    Pete comes across as a sympathetic looser and his journey is interesting and funny enough, but the performances of the other comedians trying to act are hit and miss.
    I'll keep on watching for now, but I'm not sure whether it will keep me interested...
  4. ourtimehascome
    Mar 2, 2017
    5
    I enjoy Pete Holmes' stand-up, so it's odd to see him out of place in Crashing, where he plays an unsuccessful comedian. It's as if he is dumbing his own routine down to make others look better, no doubt an effect of Judd Apatow's influence. Unfortunately, plot is devoid of any real complexity and the characters lack enthusiastic charisma.
  5. NavyBean
    Feb 7, 2022
    9
    Really, really liked it. Sorry to read there're only three seasons. Pete Holmes is a very likable guy. You root for him and he is very funny ... in his interactions with other characters/comics. His stand up in S1? Not so so so good. Deliberate I know. There is a bit of jock-sniffing going on with the professional/ successful comics ... and they're all portrayed as super kind, generousReally, really liked it. Sorry to read there're only three seasons. Pete Holmes is a very likable guy. You root for him and he is very funny ... in his interactions with other characters/comics. His stand up in S1? Not so so so good. Deliberate I know. There is a bit of jock-sniffing going on with the professional/ successful comics ... and they're all portrayed as super kind, generous people who want nothing more than to help new comics. While I've heard anecdotally that most successful comics are angry and dark-hearted. This is a light Sunday breeze that goes right up the kimono and tickles you right where you like to be tickled.… Expand
  6. quagmire0
    Feb 11, 2019
    6
    There are definitely good parts of this show, but very few of them have much to do with Pete Holmes. I find myself far more interested in the supporting characters and the one-off cameos than I am with the main character - and that's a problem. I don't know if they are purposefully making him boring and mostly unfunny, or that's just him. While the main character doesn't have to be theThere are definitely good parts of this show, but very few of them have much to do with Pete Holmes. I find myself far more interested in the supporting characters and the one-off cameos than I am with the main character - and that's a problem. I don't know if they are purposefully making him boring and mostly unfunny, or that's just him. While the main character doesn't have to be the funniest character in the show, he definitely needs to have his moments and show signs of life. I just don't get enough of that from Pete. It'd be much more funny and compelling to see Pete (the character) really killing it for shows and then see the younger guys or other comedians going on to have success while he just doesn't figure it out. Instead, I'm kind of like "yeah, that guy was much funnier and he deserves to be picked over Pete". While the love story in Season 3 is endearing, I just hope things pick up a little more.… Expand
  7. Connman
    Mar 14, 2017
    10
    I love Petey, and i love watching a fictionalized version of his early days pursuing his dream. i can't wait to watch him catch his first big break, or watch him gradually inch his way to success.
  8. Eman0221
    Jan 16, 2018
    5
    It starts off interesting enough, the struggles of a stand up comic loosely based off of Pete Holmes's life, but Apatow goes and turns it into his usual and typical and tired cliche of laughing at the dorky, awkward, manboy trying to make it into the real world.

    The only true highlight of this show is not Pete Holmes's act and Apatow's writing, which gets old by the third episode, and    It starts off interesting enough, the struggles of a stand up comic loosely based off of Pete Holmes's life, but Apatow goes and turns it into his usual and typical and tired cliche of laughing at the dorky, awkward, manboy trying to make it into the real world.

    The only true highlight of this show is not Pete Holmes's act and Apatow's writing, which gets old by the third episode, and downright irritating by the final episode, but the guest appearances of top-tier comics such as Artie Lange, Sarah Silverman (her performance is arguably the best one of the show) and Lauren Lapkus. Otherwise, you've seen it before in the form of "40 year old virgin," "Silicon Valley" (especially considering that TJ Miller acts too much like his Silicon Valley character), and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" which, despite it being set in a different time period, its literally the same plot and characters, albeit with much better acting and writing.    … Expand
  9. GrantD243
    Mar 7, 2019
    7
    Crashing is unique in that it follows a real life comedian acting as an up-and-coming comedian in New York. With guest spots from several other famous comedians, the humor is almost always on point, even if the story occasionally hits a bit of a snag.

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#76 Best TV Season of 2017

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Feb 21, 2017
    80
    As raw and raunchy as the comedy sometimes gets on Crashing, there's something incredibly endearing and downright sweet about this new HBO series. That something is the performance of the immensely likable Pete Holmes.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Feb 21, 2017
    80
    Pete has yet to figure out that the art of winning an audience is perfected through enthusiastically failing again and again. Crashing shows that Holmes has already mastered that lesson and has moved on to quietly, honestly killing it.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Feb 21, 2017
    80
    There is a lot of talk--practical and philosophical--about comedy, and Crashing is very good with the details of low-level nightlife. But what most makes the show entertaining are Pete’s episodic adventures with characters who will help form him, challenge him and wake him from his self-satisfied sleep into a better sort of happiness.
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