Happy!: Season 1

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SyFy | Season Premiere Date: December 6, 2017

Starring: Ritchie Coster, Christopher Meloni, Patrick Fischler

Summary: Nick Sax (Christopher Meloni) is a former-cop-turned-hit-man who meets a small, imaginary blue-winged horse named Happy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) after a hit job goes wrong in this black comedy series based on the graphic novel of the same name by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E9. Thus Thrust Zarathustra
Air Date: February 4, 2018
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S1:E8. I Am the Future
Air Date: January 31, 2018
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S1:E7. Destroyer of Worlds
Air Date: January 24, 2018

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Darren Franich

Dec 4, 2017

The bad behavior is fun, but the plot construction can feel thin. ... But, um, there's a unicorn! Oswalt give Happy a sweetness edging into lunacy. ... To quote Home Alone 2, another yuletide tale about a heroic psychopath torturing bad guys in New York City. [8 Dec 2017, p.46] Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Dec 4, 2017

Happy! captures the tone “Marvel’s the Punisher” should have aspired to: grisly, gross and nutty without abandon. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Dec 6, 2017

At best, Happy! is flying toward something bigger than what it finds in these first two episodes; a point or a connection or an original conceit beyond the entertainingly over-the-top nature of its core story. At worst, it’s just throwing a bunch of blood at the wall and hoping the shock is what sticks. Either way, it will be fun to see how crazy the Syfy series can get before it blows its top. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Dec 5, 2017

It’s the kind of project that dances so interestingly on the edge of abrasiveness that one bad storytelling turn could send it off the dark side forever. And yet there’s something almost thrilling about watching Morrison, Taylor, Meloni, Oswalt, and the rest of the gang keep this crazy top spinning for two episodes. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Dec 6, 2017

Happy! communicates such joy in filmmaking that the show seems graceful and airy even though the material is mostly leaden. If you’re able to view Happy! mainly as an exercise in style and attitude, with a brilliant lead performance, you’ll find a lot to admire here. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Dec 6, 2017

By the end of the second hour, the series becomes an entertainment best absorbed in doses, as the initial excitement calcifies into a kind of apathy that detracts from the appeal Meloni and Oswalt grant to the story. Read full review

Josh Bell

Nov 30, 2017

Happy! has a cartoonish sensibility more suited to drawings than live action. The more it strains to be edgy and shocking, the more laughable it becomes. Read full review

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AlexZi

Dec 18, 2017

Very good show and very good main act. Really enjoy all this mess. Deferentially not for children's or very sensitive peoples. But others im pretty sure will be... Happy!

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Jesp1

Jan 26, 2018

Imagine if Grant Morrison and One of the co-creators of Transmetropolitan co-wrote a show.... That is Happy! This show is so blissfully good I cannot even contain my joy as a comic geek. Give it a chance because the first few episodes are set-ups. But I guarantee if you like aImagine if Grant Morrison and One of the co-creators of Transmetropolitan co-wrote a show.... That is Happy! This show is so blissfully good I cannot even contain my joy as a comic geek. Give it a chance because the first few episodes are set-ups. But I guarantee if you like a supernatural psychotic comic book show, with violence and a commentary on the human societal(spiritual?) condition.... You will not be disappointed.… Expand

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SJ1979

Feb 14, 2018

Bloody, cynical, hillarious...Amazing dialogs. Hadnt had such good loughs for a long while.

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CoKronakan

Feb 19, 2018

It's very nice and watchable TV series. Well only for adults but it's entertaining, with interesting concepts rarely visited before, and also 4th wall breaks. Also very charismatic main character so there is that going for it. Overall I can't even give cons to this only one. That some timesIt's very nice and watchable TV series. Well only for adults but it's entertaining, with interesting concepts rarely visited before, and also 4th wall breaks. Also very charismatic main character so there is that going for it. Overall I can't even give cons to this only one. That some times it feel very slow paced and it get's boring. But If you are willing to sit through those boring scenes it's definitely worth a watch.… Expand

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chidime

Dec 21, 2018

Amazing show. Very dark, graphic, but interesting and humorous as well. Chris Meloni, as usual, did a great job. Kudos. 8.5/10

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dk150968

Mar 9, 2019

Had doubts about this show?? It blew me away from the first episode, how crazy and fun this show really is, and lets not forget the violence, Great show cant wait for season 2.

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TonatiuhRP

May 31, 2018

A series full of action and brutal comedy, but quite poor in writing that becomes repetitive, predictable and ridiculous. The music and special effects have nothing remarkable, you can watch it only for the brutality but it would still not be worth it.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 27, 2019
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 6, 2017
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  S1:E9. Thus Thrust Zarathustra
  Air Date: February 4, 2018
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  S1:E8. I Am the Future
  Air Date: January 31, 2018
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  S1:E7. Destroyer of Worlds
  Air Date: January 24, 2018
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  S1:E6. The Scrapyard of Childish Things
  Air Date: January 17, 2018
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  S1:E5. White Sauce? Hot Sauce?
  Air Date: January 10, 2018
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  S1:E4. Year of the Horse
  Air Date: December 27, 2017
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  S1:E3. When Christmas Was Christmas
  Air Date: December 20, 2017
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  S1:E2. What Smiles Are For
  Air Date: December 13, 2017
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  S1:E1. Saint Nick
  Air Date: December 6, 2017