10.046 minSeason 7 • Episode 12
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Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.
Acting
Sutton Foster's physical comedy sells every ridiculous lie.
Costume
Liza's '26-year-old' wardrobe is a character in itself.
Writing
Darren Star's zingers about publishing aged better than expected.
Creator
Darren Star
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sutton Foster was 40 when she started playing 40-playing-26, making the meta layers genuinely delicious.
The show's publishing satire hit different after 2020—watch millennials and Gen Z editors argue about TikTok while book sales crater.
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