Feel Good (2020): Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: March 19, 2020

Summary: Canadian comedian Mae (Mae Martin) juggles living in London, dealing with her parents (Adrian Lukis and Lisa Kudrow), her recovery from addiction and falling for heterosexual girl named George (Charlotte Ritchie) in this dramedy co-created by Mae Martin and Joe Hampson.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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IndieWire Jude Dry

Mar 19, 2020

Hilariously crafted, thrillingly paced, and brimming with the kind of raw honesty rarely found on TV, “Feel Good” will certainly make you feel, if not necessarily good, then something refreshingly real. Read full review

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Mar 18, 2020

Feel Good should make you feel good. It’s not only an immaculately written and paced piece of work and a properly funny comedy, it is also has created a delicately and intricately constructed, deeply humane world where people make mistakes but are not damned, and have flaws that are not fatal, and – despite all the obstacles – connect across and despite their divides. It is good for almost everything that ails us. Read full review

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The Independent Bessie Yuill

Mar 19, 2020

The actors’ natural chemistry keeps the struggle from being exhausting. George and Mae share a language of sorts – they understand each other’s sense of humour instinctively – so you end up rooting for this sweet, weird couple just as much as you worry for them. Perhaps most impressive, though, is how generously Feel Good captures the flaws and strengths of its supporting cast. ... Thoughtful, hilarious series. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Mar 18, 2020

Feel Good isn't a series without joy or pleasures, mind you, but it's mostly a tart, clear-minded, sometimes funny series about exactly how much (or little) damage love can repair and the harder, more personal work necessary to fix what's left. Read full review

Willa Paskin

Mar 25, 2020

What it lacks in rom-com purity it makes up for in substance. I found myself rooting for the couple to stay together and also get the hell apart. It’s a buoyant, bingeable comedy that’s worth arguing about. Trust me when I say: It feels good enough. Read full review

Caroline Framke

Mar 19, 2020

With enough warmth and humor to keep its heavier subject matter afloat, “Feel Good” feels lowkey, insightful and real in a way that so much of TV tries to be, but rarely achieves quite like this — and yes, it also can feel pretty damn good. Read full review

The Telegraph Michael Hogan

Mar 18, 2020

Although this opener had plenty of charm, it wasn’t quite funny enough. There were decent lines about Guernsey, eggs (“I call them the devil’s orbs”) and penetrating somebody’s inner sanctum (you can imagine the rest), but the gaps between gags were simply too long. Read full review

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DukeCumberjack

Mar 23, 2020

Great first 6 episodes. Very well written and well acted. Some of the scenes about addiction absolutely blew me away.

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brockcheese

May 7, 2023

This is an excellent first season that shows off Mae Martin as a comedian and their sense for drama while exploring modern romance.

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All_ButTrU4

Dec 18, 2021

Quick witted,provocative and confusing (rarely) . Feel good ,as it's titpe suggests is a deely personal journey through the pitfalls of addiction and gratification culture which leave our generation unsatisfied. Mae's quasi autobiographical hand grounds the story so that it feels like a fourQuick witted,provocative and confusing (rarely) . Feel good ,as it's titpe suggests is a deely personal journey through the pitfalls of addiction and gratification culture which leave our generation unsatisfied. Mae's quasi autobiographical hand grounds the story so that it feels like a four dimensional protagonist who's actions aren't cliché or sensationalist but informed and clever. If you can make it through without laughing breathlessly in between tears then you are stronger than me.… Expand

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hypeatia

Mar 27, 2020

The script may have been good, but it was hard to tell because the acting is hammy, each character appears to believe that they are screamingly funny (which they are not). Kudrow does what she can do to elevate this steaming pile but its not really enough.

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johnxreed

Jun 17, 2020

Comedy... hmmm, I tried to get into this, but I could not. Maybe invest in a better casting budget next time. Felt forced. I could not watch more than two episodes, maybe the acting improved in later episodes, but I'll never know.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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  Air Date: June 4, 2021
Season 1

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  Air Date: March 19, 2020
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