Fleishman Is in Trouble: Season 1

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Fleishman Is In Trouble: Critics Review

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Season Details & Credits

FX | Season Premiere Date: November 17, 2022

Summary: 41-year-old Dr. Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg) is recently divorced and finding great success on the dating apps when his ex-wife, Rachel (Claire Danes), disappears, leaving him in charge of their two young children in this series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's book of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. The Liver
Air Date: December 29, 2022
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S1:E7. Me-Time
Air Date: December 22, 2022
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S1:E6. This Is My Enjoyment
Air Date: December 15, 2022

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i Marianne Levy

Feb 22, 2023

Illuminating and destabilising, Fleishman Is in Trouble is the kind of show that makes you want to grab people by the shoulders and shake them, to shout "watch this!" Read full review

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Jonah Krueger

Nov 10, 2022

The series doesn’t end with answers or cures to the problems it deals with, just as it doesn’t fall into the trap of categorizing different characters as heroes or villains. It does, however, end with a truly human portrayal of life’s hardest moments, beckoning viewers to remain empathetic even with those who have caused them their greatest pain. Read full review

Collider Ross Bonaime

Nov 10, 2022

Fleishman Is in Trouble is a fascinating and contemplative show that hits on some hard truths with an exceptional cast that brings Brodesser-Akner’s story to life with grace and specificity. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Nov 16, 2022

It’s about middle age and divorce, but it’s also about storytelling and subjectivity. ... Eisenberg is just right in the role, easily making the swing between being a super dad who’s intensely aware of his kids’ sensitivities and being an intellectual whose snide comments can cast a pall over a room full of people. Libby narrates the series in a warm, wry voice-over that holds everything together nicely. Read full review

Sophie Gilbert

Nov 23, 2022

The show, because it has to hew strictly to an eight-episode format and the conventions of TV, sometimes feels like it’s indulging old patterns more than upending them. But its cast is so compelling, and its truths so sharp when they stick you, that it doesn’t really matter. There’s enough packed into it that you’re bound to find something that resonates. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Nov 16, 2022

This is an exceedingly well-cast show, with Eisenberg, Danes, Caplan and Brody all playing to their strengths and hitting notes we’ve seen them master in previous roles. Even though Toby, Rachel, Libby and Seth can all be insufferable narcissists at times, we believe them as three-dimensional, feeling human beings, and we find ourselves rooting for them. Well, most of them. Well, maybe all of them. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Nov 10, 2022

In its themes, it resonates: The sense that even the choices one retrospectively would do over are ones that have limited future options is an essential part of the human condition. ... The challenge “Fleishman” sets for itself, and one it finally cannot overcome, is that one never believes that its two leads would have been married in the first place. Read full review

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erolsabadosh

Nov 28, 2022

Great show; very well written, acted and filmed. Based on a novel I haven't read so I can't comment on how it's adapted but if you enjoy adult dramedy with dry wit then you'll probably enjoy this.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

danielsetyanata

Dec 29, 2022

Just finished the show. Very good show that makes you questions your relationships and their impact on other people as well

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

bertobellamy

Aug 20, 2023

Good series about the impact midlife crisis has on people. The acting is very convincing, and the writing keeps you hooked all the time. The voice-over can be too much at times, but it doesn't drive you away. In the end, 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' will make you rethink your role asGood series about the impact midlife crisis has on people. The acting is very convincing, and the writing keeps you hooked all the time. The voice-over can be too much at times, but it doesn't drive you away. In the end, 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' will make you rethink your role as husband/wife, father/mother, friend, and professional.… Expand

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AncientAmber

Nov 21, 2022

Two episodes in here. It's just fine light entertainment. The comedy is gentle and fine, the premise is an intriguing approach to familiar themes.

Downsides include the voiceover, which always bugs me unless done very well. Here, it adds almost nothing and tells rather than shows. TheTwo episodes in here. It's just fine light entertainment. The comedy is gentle and fine, the premise is an intriguing approach to familiar themes.

Downsides include the voiceover, which always bugs me unless done very well. Here, it adds almost nothing and tells rather than shows.

The acting is a bit mixed in quality. Claire Danes is obviously perfect, Lizzy Caplan is good, but I'm a bit iffy on Eisenberg. He does approach the role without ego, but for me he's just not quite good enough at portraying the subtleties and nuances that his role requires.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

Formenager

Dec 29, 2022

I don't really know if the show is in fact a satire. It shows the "problems" that some mid to high class jews had to suffer, which, you can imagine, most people would like to have.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

WatchinMovies

Jan 6, 2023

What a trite subject carried out by unfunny actors and a production not really worthy of much. Our overall view is "Not worth watching in spite of Critics reviews."

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

79
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 17, 2022
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  S1:E8. The Liver
  Air Date: December 29, 2022
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  S1:E7. Me-Time
  Air Date: December 22, 2022
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  S1:E6. This Is My Enjoyment
  Air Date: December 15, 2022
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  S1:E5. Vantablack
  Air Date: December 8, 2022
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  S1:E4. God, What An Idiot He Was!
  Air Date: December 1, 2022
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  S1:E3. Free Pass
  Air Date: November 24, 2022
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  S1:E2. Welcome to Paniquil
  Air Date: November 17, 2022
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  S1:E1. Summon Your Witnesses
  Air Date: November 17, 2022