You're the Worst

While Geere and Cash are razor sharp, the supporting cast are just as entertaining, if not more so.

Not only are the first two episodes of the new season smart, edgy and funny as hell, but Falk also has moved the story forward in a way that makes logical sense and keeps things delightfully fresh and sassy.

Gretchen, Jimmy and even Lindsay aren't exactly antiheroes. They're just on the wrong side of everyday folk, constructed to enthusiastically represent the repressed dark side in all of us while simultaneously conveying their largely sound logic for supporting an unsupported worldview. The fact creator and showrunner Stephan Falk can do all this in one of television's most addictively hilarious series only makes the series all the more delectable.

What FXX has bet on isn't the usual cheery, good-time sitcom. It's a show that unleashes the dark heart of the romantic comedy.

If formalizing Jimmy and Gretchen’s relationship has narrowed the show’s narrative possibilities, it doesn’t show from the first two episodes, which are as nonchalantly winning as anything in the first season.

The first two episodes of the new season struggle slightly, now that Gretchen and Jimmy are living together--there’s a risk of tilting into hipsterism, like a sour West Coast riff on “Mad About You.” And yet your fingers are crossed for the show to make the leap.

You’re the Worst proved to be one of the most amusing and unusual sitcoms to premiere last season, and Wednesday night’s second-season premiere lives up to its promise.

How long they can keep topping their previous screwups while giving us brief, telling glances of their deeply buried Better People may be the show’s biggest challenge. But right now, they’re bad in a good way.

It all works. Jimmy and Gretchen are horrible people, but they are endearing in their congenital terribleness. They are unlovable, which makes them inherently lovable.

You’re the Worst remains an irreverent yet surprisingly poignant riot, but season 2 has some adjustments to make to be the best it can be.

The show’s subversiveness, if it can be called that, is partly a matter of degree. It stands out (on basic cable, at least) for its frankness.... You wonder whether Mr. Falk can keep the plates spinning. Some jokes seem to be repeating themselves.

This slightly sweeter You’re the Worst still works.