Critic Reviews

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.

The first two episodes of the second season are exceptionally funny. I should know; I watched them twice.... You can easily pick up in the second season and put the pieces together, fall for Falk’s searing, caustic and smart writing and the sharp interplay of the cast.

Falk’s biggest challenge is to maintain our interest level in this wackadoodle sextet and especially in Jimmy and Gretchen because these probably aren’t the kind of people you’d want to spend too much time with in real life. He does that by making them all as vulnerable as they are insufferable.

Falk proves right out of the gate in season three that You're the Worst looks as creatively dangerous as ever.

In rebuking standards and connecting as individuals, these angry, antagonistic, self-centered companions break the mold for everyone else, so that we, too, can embrace the brave new world of love, whatever way you want it.

You’re the Worst is one of the best.

The supporting characters are written with as much attention to detail as the main characters, and the performances are just as winning, especially those of Borges and Donohue. You’re the Worst may feel like another example of snappy, snarky “new” sitcoms like “Difficult People” and “Casual,” but beneath its crisp dialogue beats the indefatigable heart of an old-fashioned romantic comedy.

The tightrope-walking of the final season--one that feels both deeply satisfying and yet totally true to its characters--is a thing of masterful beauty. As a whole, the season is funny, smart, and--sorry Jimmy & Gretchen--moving.

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.