One Mississippi: Season 1

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Amazon Prime | AMAZON | Season Premiere Date: November 5, 2015

Summary: Tig (Tig Notaro) returns to her hometown after the death of her mother and is reunited with her older brother (Noah Harpster) and her stepfather (John Rothman) in this dark comedy loosely based on the comedian's own life.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. New Contact
Air Date: September 9, 2016
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S1:E5. How 'bout Now, How 'bout Right Now
Air Date: September 9, 2016
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S1:E4. Let the Good Times Roll
Air Date: September 9, 2016

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Sep 9, 2016

All of these memories, painful and enriching, give the series a density equivalent to many dramas. Yet One Mississippi never sinks too far into the muddy river water thanks to its buoyant bits of comedy. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Sep 23, 2016

Bold and darkly funny. [26 Sep 2016-2 Oct 2016, p.17]

Ellen Gray

Sep 2, 2016

Notaro, who survived a version of these events several years ago, has added tragedy and time to make the kind of comedy that feels both fresh and familiar. She's as appealing, and as low-key, an actress as she is a comedian. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Sep 7, 2016

Notaro is an appealing lead, if you like bone-dry humor and deadpan, which I do. She carries the show in her low-key way, and she, like the show itself, warms up a little bit more with each new episode. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Sep 12, 2016

Getting to know these characters can be incredibly entertaining but, like the pets each keeps at arm’s length in their respective shows, they’re best experienced in limited doses. Read full review

David Wiegand

Sep 6, 2016

There is more than enough room for every variety of comedy on TV today. The only requirement is that they be well made and engaging. That’s another item on the list One Mississippi can check off. Read full review

Mitchel Broussard

Sep 7, 2016

One Mississippi ultimately feels like the fictional version of a true story--with comparative fictional emotions--rather than an honest depiction of Notaro’s struggles. Read full review

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yyysguy

Sep 12, 2016

One Mississippi treats us to Tig Notaro's signature dry humor in a semi-autobiographical comedy, as Tig returns to her childhood Mississippi home after her mother's death. Tig is clearly damaged goods - her physical damage (cancer, mastectomy, gastroenterological), quickly becomesOne Mississippi treats us to Tig Notaro's signature dry humor in a semi-autobiographical comedy, as Tig returns to her childhood Mississippi home after her mother's death. Tig is clearly damaged goods - her physical damage (cancer, mastectomy, gastroenterological), quickly becomes obvious.

What's revealed more slowly is the psychological damage incurred from a semi-dysfunctional uprearing in a locale not noted for its open acceptance of "different" people. Was this damage inevitable, given her makeup, or was it brought on others?

The others primarily include her deceased mother, her rigid stepfather, and her biological father. Everyone's damaged to some extent, so who to blame?

Great performance by John Rothman as the compulsive stepfather who struggles mightily to squeeze out every last bit of empathy contained inside him, which isn't much, but proves he's human after all.

The humor is very dry, but I found it to be effective. I was surprised at how touching many of the scenes were. Everyone struggles, and sometimes small victories are the only ones that are possible. One Mississippi shows us that need to relish these.… Expand

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Thirdrail

Sep 13, 2016

Beautiful, funny, and often heartbreaking. Louie has spawned a whole genre of autobiographical comedian stories, which may not be new in structure or concept, but are certainly new in terms of their brutal honesty and willingness to showcase the mental health issues which seem to define andBeautiful, funny, and often heartbreaking. Louie has spawned a whole genre of autobiographical comedian stories, which may not be new in structure or concept, but are certainly new in terms of their brutal honesty and willingness to showcase the mental health issues which seem to define and codify most comedians. One Mississippi is the most subtle version of that new post-Louie comedy we've been given so far, in that Tig rarely goes for deliberate jokes, and instead lets her dry sense of humor act as a kind of shield against the pervasive sense of melancholy that permeates almost every scene of this show; it's a fascinating choice. The result is that Tig is actually training you, her audience, in her sense of humor, forcing you to develop the same defense mechanisms in the same organic way she developed them herself, rather than simply putting her humor on display, as all previous comedies have done since the dawn of time. I'm not sure anyone will even notice that dynamic, or realize just how far it puts this show ahead of its time, but I hope that One Mississippi will find the audience, and the creative respect, that it deserves.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

82
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 8, 2017
Season 1

77
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 5, 2015
- tbd
  S1:E6. New Contact
  Air Date: September 9, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E5. How 'bout Now, How 'bout Right Now
  Air Date: September 9, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E4. Let the Good Times Roll
  Air Date: September 9, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E3. The Cat's Out
  Air Date: September 9, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E2. Effects
  Air Date: September 9, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: November 5, 2015