10.031 minSeason 3 • Episode 6
LatestAs summer winds down, it's the end of an era for Red Oaks Country Club - but the start of a bright future for David Meyers and friends.
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes awkwardness beautifully.
Production
1985 production design that's aggressively authentic, not parody.
Acting
Paul Reiser's Getty—corporate villainy with weird pathos.
Creators
Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gregory Jacobs met Joe Gangemi at Princeton in the actual 1980s; the tennis club setting is drawn from Jacobs' own summer job experiences.
The show's cancellation after three seasons mirrors its own themes—interrupted coming-of-age, futures unwritten. Amazon never officially explained the decision, leaving fans in David-like limbo.
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