Trying has the power to bring a tear to the driest eye without warning, and that’s the case again in season five. .... Purely as old-fashioned comedy, every episode is so awfully good.

The kind of season that will have you laughing one minute and quietly tearing up the next, tugging at your heartstrings in the gentle, non-showy way that the show has always done best. Five seasons in, Trying remains one of the best-written, best-acted, and most emotionally rewarding comedies on television.

“Trying” Season 5 feels like the hard-won reward after a decade of arduous parenting decisions.