Trying

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV
  • Series Premiere Date: May 1, 2020
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    May 1, 2020
    60
    As is so often the case, the opening episode isn’t its best – there is an over-reliance on the traditional dramatic tropes of the childless couple (making awkward jokes about fontanelles to new mothers and so on), but it quickly finds its feet. ... The genuinely loving, intimate banter between Nikki and Jason in their quieter moments too is one of the series’ greatest strengths.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Robyn Bahr
    Apr 30, 2020
    60
    At its best, Trying candidly lays bare the emotional filigree of failing to conceive a child and choosing to devote your life to a tiny stranger. At its worst, it yokes us to two unlikable people who grind you down with their endless neuroses.
  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Michael Hogan
    May 1, 2020
    40
    The zingy script is strongly performed but I spent too much of Trying being faintly irritated by the characters and the cynical way it’s all styled.