Sally4Ever: Season 1

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Sally4ever: Episode Five

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: November 11, 2018

Summary: Sally (Catherine Shepherd) reluctantly accepts her boyfriend's proposal but then begins an affair with Emma (Julia Davis), who soon turns her life upside down in this comedy written and directed by Davis.

Creator: Julia Davis

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. Episode 7
Air Date: December 23, 2018
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S1:E7. Episode Seven
Air Date: December 6, 2018
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S1:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: December 16, 2018

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Dana Schwartz

Nov 5, 2018

You'll laugh out loud at the characters' misery and awkwardness, and then feel awful for doing so. Like Davis herself, the show is like nothing else you've seen. [9 Nov 2018, p.50]

Sophie Gilbert

Nov 12, 2018

Potentially cataclysmic. I’m not certain U.S. viewers are--or will ever be--ready. ... The funniest moments in Sally4Ever, though, tend to be not so outrageous. They’re the way Emma pronounces “Pilates” (pill-ah-tez), and the face Sally makes watching David’s a cappella group sing George Michael’s “Faith,” and the robotic selfie stick that appears in one scene out of nowhere. ... These interludes aren’t scandalizing so much as hilarious and horrifying in equal measure, just like Davis intended. Read full review

Malcolm Venable

Nov 12, 2018

Julia Davis impressively keeps believable the more outrageous she gets. All this is imbued with the muted, knowing style of humor the Brits love so much and do so well, and fans of that style will enjoy this to bits. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Nov 8, 2018

The true stars here, though, are the failings of human nature. Sally4Ever is the kind of comedy so dark it pushes straight through bleakness to a morality-play clarity: It’s an unflattering, fluorescent light on the manifestations of human self-interest and weakness. This works better than HBO’s translation of “Camping.” Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Nov 12, 2018

Sally4Ever isn’t necessarily bursting apart established conventions, but some moments challenge a person’s appetite. Although Davis draws our focus with her character’s outrageous selfishness, Shepherd is tasked with carrying Sally4Ever simply by reacting to all the attention in a way any sensible person would. ... Her subdued performance is a welcome counterbalance to Emma’s audacious egomania and David’s simpering foolery. Read full review

Jen Chaney

Nov 8, 2018

It’s not quite as consistently funny as that discomfort-inducing work [the original Office], though it does get more amusing as it goes on. Read full review

Troy Patterson

Nov 9, 2018

Three episodes into this seven-part season, it remains unclear what all this horrible awkwardness and explosions of bowels add up to--how much art can be found in the squicky craft of an evil clown. Read full review

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RichardBStard

Nov 14, 2018

Julia Davis on HBO? Yes!
I have a feeling this show will be misunderstood by a US audience. For the rest of us, hooray, more classic Julia Davis on the small screen. This show is right up there with her past gross-out style but after watching the first three episodes it's promising to beJulia Davis on HBO? Yes!
I have a feeling this show will be misunderstood by a US audience. For the rest of us, hooray, more classic Julia Davis on the small screen. This show is right up there with her past gross-out style but after watching the first three episodes it's promising to be her best yet.… Expand

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acricketer

Dec 4, 2018

If you like comedy that makes you uncomfortable and wonder 'should I laugh here?' and laugh, then Julia Davis is for you. Some elements will make you cringe and look away from the screen, but you are compelled to keep watching to see if that was just a 'oneoff'.

All her work is based onIf you like comedy that makes you uncomfortable and wonder 'should I laugh here?' and laugh, then Julia Davis is for you. Some elements will make you cringe and look away from the screen, but you are compelled to keep watching to see if that was just a 'oneoff'.

All her work is based on the mayhem a sociopath can reap on the weak and those in need of some sort of recognition.

Brilliant observation of human nature.… Expand

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LamontRaymond

Nov 13, 2018

The Pilot has me ROLLING. The two female leads are revelations, and the jilted male fiancee is so gnarly, so gross, and he nails the performance perfectly. This is a must-watch series so far, in my opinion.

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Shakers

Nov 29, 2018

I'm a fan of everything Julia Davis has created upto now. I thought that her most recent series, Camping, was probably her best. For anyone who hasn't seen it, the HBO remake of Camping is poor in comparison. I'm two episodes into SALLY4EVER and I have to say that I'm decidedlyI'm a fan of everything Julia Davis has created upto now. I thought that her most recent series, Camping, was probably her best. For anyone who hasn't seen it, the HBO remake of Camping is poor in comparison. I'm two episodes into SALLY4EVER and I have to say that I'm decidedly underwhelmed. Unlike Nighty Night, Hunderby, or Camping, the atmosphere created in the show is not nearly surreal enough to sustain the inexplicable behaviour of such straight-laced characters. I take no pleasure in saying it, but this is Julia Davis-by-numbers; it resembles her best work, but there's none of their originality, and none of the care taken to create a world in which her characters make any sort of sense.… Expand

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Watchtower

Nov 28, 2018

OMG! That is all i have to say, cause if i say more i will indite myself ... LOL. Watch it and if you like it .. brain + interests is BLPD :)

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 11, 2018
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  S1:E7. Episode 7
  Air Date: December 23, 2018
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  S1:E7. Episode Seven
  Air Date: December 6, 2018
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  S1:E6. Episode 6
  Air Date: December 16, 2018
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  S1:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: December 9, 2018
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  S1:E5. Episode #1.5
  Air Date: November 22, 2018
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: December 2, 2018
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  S1:E4. Episode #1.4
  Air Date: November 15, 2018
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: November 25, 2018
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  S1:E3. Episode #1.3
  Air Date: November 25, 2018
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: November 18, 2018
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  S1:E2. Episode #1.2
  Air Date: November 18, 2018
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: November 11, 2018
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  S1:E1. Episode #1.1
  Air Date: November 11, 2018