Friends try to dissuade a suicidal man from jumping off a ledge, but they are not much better off than he is.
Writing
Dialogue that cuts like passive-aggressive group chat
Acting
Jessica Hecht steals every scene she's in
Production
Single-location tension that never feels stagey
Director
Justin McCarthy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in 8 days on a real Manhattan rooftop with permits that expired hourly.
Prefigured the 'sadcom' boom by a decade—think Fleabag's ancestors in flannel.