Physical: Season 1

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Physical: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: June 18, 2021

Summary: Set in the 1980s, San Diego housewife Sheila Rubin (Rose Byrne) finds direction with the help of aerobics in this dramedy created, written, and executive produced by Annie Weisman.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Bob Strauss

Jun 16, 2021

[Rose Byrne] nails the woman’s painful awareness of her true inner ugliness and poignant desperation, often while maintaining a serene facade. It’s a performance that always looks great yet, somehow, never displays an ounce of vanity. Those are just a few impressive aspects of this year’s most observant new sitcom. Read full review

Kayla Cobb

Jun 18, 2021

It’s through Byrne’s cutting insults and screams buried under her pained smile that Physical truly finds its voice. ... Shelia and her near-constant self-flagellation become Physical’s driving force. It’s a positioning that’s pointedly brilliant. Read full review

John Anderson

Jun 18, 2021

[Viewers] will get sucked into the story, which after three or four episodes may call out to the viewer the way a bag of free burgers and an empty motel room would to Sheila. Read full review

The Independent Alexandra Pollard

Jun 18, 2021

An overabundance of plot and characters means that just like one of Sheila’s workouts, it starts to feel fairly exhausting. Read full review

Alex Abad-Santos

Jun 18, 2021

Physical would be unwatchable misery if it wasn’t for Byrne’s performance. Her Sheila is a mess that’s fraying at her edges. In Byrne’s hands, that jittery exterior gives way to a bellowing sadness and frustration not just at her life gone wrong, but also the state of the world around her. Read full review

Gwen Ihnat

Jun 7, 2021

Physical spends so much time on Danny’s boring campaign that we’re often not rooting for anyone we see on screen. ... The only reason we root for Sheila at all is Byrne, who stokes her character’s desperation while gradually finding the building blocks of her strength, in aerobics class and out of it. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jun 7, 2021

Byrne’s been handed a lead role but saddled with a rudimentary sketch of a character. Sheila’s pains and compulsions are real and will be relatable to many, but they’re anchored in nothing particular about her. What we see, with unfettered access to Sheila’s inner life, is a person who can’t bear to have a single sincere thought. As a tribute to the ethos of the 1980s, this corrosive irony may in fact be perfectly pitched — but what was unbearable then remains so now. Read full review

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nevillejohn

Jun 28, 2021

great if you like 80s nostalgia. very similar vibe to "On Becoming A God In Central Florida" but apple-tv-ified. bits of GLOW and maybe even Enlightened in it as well. the inner monologue narration throughout isn't it's strongest feature but maybe there isn't an alternative. great actinggreat if you like 80s nostalgia. very similar vibe to "On Becoming A God In Central Florida" but apple-tv-ified. bits of GLOW and maybe even Enlightened in it as well. the inner monologue narration throughout isn't it's strongest feature but maybe there isn't an alternative. great acting from Rose Byrne, less so the rest of the cast.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

63

Series Overview
Season 3

68
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: August 2, 2023
Season 2

tbd
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 3, 2022
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 18, 2021
- No episode information is currently available for this season