Catastrophe

Exceptional British dramedy. ... Delaney and Horgan give their deepest and most moving performances yet in the series finale.

To write out episode-themes like this makes Catastrophe sound potentially dreary about marriage equality and parental strain. Trust me, it’s the exact opposite: so exhilarating, so gaspingly funny, you’ll burn through the episodes as fast as you can.

Horgan and Delaney, who wrote the show together, play their characters off each other to perfection. The result may well turn out to be the worst--by which we mean the best--new comedy of the year. [19 Jun 2015, p.56]

There's nothing revolutionary here, but man, what is here is some of the funniest, most soulful TV of the summer.

It is glorious, and hilarious to watch.

A powerfully charming rom-com in all the best ways (including being British).

Mr. Delaney and Ms. Horgan, as writers and actors, are able to make most of the serious moments believable and bearable, even touching (though the twist ending of the season finale feels like a miscalculation). And while the show’s humor, alternately subtle and pummeling, doesn’t always click, each episode has its moments.