Adults is a show that tries to capture its generation’s specific joys and woes, much like what Friends did in the 90s, How I Met Your Mother did in the 2000s, Girls did in the 2010s…you get it. Like them, Adults’ core cast is comprised of a group of friends who are funny, relatable, confused, and frustrating—sometimes, to the point of annoying obnoxiousness, but it all goes back to age: these are people in their 20s. They (we) rarely make sense. At least in the 30-minute episodes the show offers, that mayhem is wrapped in bittersweet delight. It’s not without its faults, to be sure. The characters and plots are thinly sketched, saved only by the cast’s charisma and chemistry. But the first season is promising; like any young adult, it just needs time to figure out its voice.
"Casting makes such a difference in a project like “Adults,” and all five of the leads bring their own comic energy in a way that distinguishes them without stealing focus or throwing off the rhythm of the entire piece."
— Brian Tallerico
A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.
Follows five friends who share a home in Queens as they navigate love, work, and friendship in their 20s.
Here’s hoping Issa, especially, gets a bigger arc in the next seasons. Right now, it’s hard to see her as anything other than Broad City’s Ilana 2.0.
Gen Z’s version of Friends is funny and worthwhile, even if it’s riddled with flaws.
