8.0Season 3 • Episode 13
LatestAfter a heated argument, Oscar and Felix decide it might be best to change their living arrangements and find new roommates.
Oscar's life seems almost perfect...sure he's divorced and his apartment is a mess, but he's the host of a well-known sports show, and is enjoying his bachelor lifestyle in New York City. That is until his college friend, Felix, shows up at Oscar's apartment having just been dumped by his wife. Oscar does his best to console his old buddy and get him back on the dating horse, but his attempts uncover just how unresolved his own feelings are about his ex.
Acting
Thomas Lennon's physical comedy as Felix is genuinely sublime
Writing
Joe Keenan's gay perspective queers the classic straight male buddy template
Creators
Matthew Perry, Joe Keenan, Danny Jacobson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Matthew Perry's third attempt at a post-Friends sitcom; he co-created it after 'Mr. Sunshine' and 'Go On' both flopped. Third time's... still not the charm.
The original 1970s Odd Couple was groundbreaking for showing men processing emotions together; this 2015 version arrived when 'bromance' was already becoming a tired trope, making its earnestness feel slightly dated from premiere.
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