30 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestEsther and Benji try to stop Jeff from becoming a boring couples-person by hijacking his Big Bear couples retreat.
Esther and Benji are platonic best friends who want nothing more than to be accepted by the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles. Despite their sometimes contentious relationship, when push comes to shove, they’ve got each other’s back … And they have nobody else to hang out with.
Writing
Self-aware jokes about being too mediocre for Hollywood.
Acting
Esther and Benji's genuine best-friend chemistry.
Creators
Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Eben Russell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Esther and Benji are real-life best friends who created the show after their podcast, essentially playing exaggerated versions of themselves.
The show premiered during the 2018 'loneliness epidemic' discourse, accidentally becoming a time capsule of pre-pandemic millennial isolation.
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