An NYC Professor spends the week reconnecting with his family while defending his reputation over controversial behavior at his college. Meanwhile, his family is determined to make an around-the-clock effort to support their matriarch when she’s admitted to New York’s Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to die within a few days.
Acting
Lynn Cohen's final performance— devastating and lived-in.
Writing
Schechter's script weaponizes awkwardness like a second language.
Direction
Balances two crises without letting either breathe.
Director
Daniel Schechter
Justin Long
Josh
Kate Berlant
Jackie Cohn
Lynn Cohen
Agatha
Michael Godere
David Cohn
Fran Drescher
Diane
Richard Schiff
Jeff Cohen
Dana Eskelson
Sherry Cohen
Becky Ann Baker
Mary
Samrat Chakrabarti
Terry
Camrus Johnson
Eugene
Bryce Romero
Peter
Shenell Edmonds
Tiara
Bern Cohen
Dr. Peterson
Emily Ferguson
Jennifer Mann
Tyler Wladis
Ben Cohn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lynn Cohen died months after filming; this was her swan song, making Agatha's hospital scenes almost unbearably meta.
Schechter based the script on his own mother's death and his adjunct teaching gig— the 'controversy' mirrors real academic anxieties about canceled-adjacent misconduct.
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