Episode 1
Starring Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus and Alois Alzheimer
30m7.4 / 10
44 year-old Thom Payne is pressured to rebrand himself.
Episode credits
Directed by Ken KwapisGuest stars Lucca De Oliveira, Mason Schneiderman
TV series
HAPPYish
2015TV-MA1 season6.8 / 10
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," or does he just have a "low joy ceiling?" Maybe pursuing happiness is a fool's errand? Happiness after all is pretty high bar. In a world as absurd as ours, maybe the best anyone can hope for is happyish.
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Where to watch in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," or does he just have a "low joy ceiling?" Maybe pursuing happiness is a fool's errand? Happiness after all is pretty high bar. In a world as absurd as ours, maybe the best anyone can hope for is happyish.
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Episode 2
Starring Marc Chagall, Abuela and Adolf Hitler
30m7.5 / 10
Thom gets a lesson in corporate America. Lee's bubble is invaded.
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Directed by Ken Kwapis
Episode 3
Starring Vladimir Nabokov, Hippocrates and God
30m7.2 / 10
Julius gets ill. Thom endures dueling takes on the meaning of suffering.
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Directed by Ken KwapisGuest stars Rob Reiner
Episode 4
Starring Sigmund Freud, Charles Bukowski and Seven Billion A**holes
30m7.9 / 10
While waiting for the mothership to return, Thom is overrun by a**sholes.
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Episode 5
Starring Josey Wales, Jesus Christ and The New York Times
30m7.5 / 10
Thom gets a life lesson - when his train kills a commuter.
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Episode 6
Starring Helen Keller, Moses and Lenny Bruce
30m7.4 / 10
The Swedes attempt to steal Lorna while offering Thom a big account.
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Directed by Ken Whittingham
Episode 7
Starring David Ogilvy, Anton Chekov and Lady Liberty
30m7.8 / 10
Thom travels to LA. Lee gets a new cell phone and comforts Julius.
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Guest stars Rob Reiner, Kirk Zipfel
Episode 8
Starring Rene Descartes, Victor Frankenstein and HRH The Princess of Arendelle
30m7.2 / 10
Thom is forced out of his office. Lee vents about "Frozen."
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Directed by Ken WhittinghamGuest stars Mason Schneiderman
Episode 9
Starring Bill Hicks, Joseph McCarthy and Alfred Bernhard Nobel
30m8.0 / 10
Thom discovers something about Larry. Lee takes Julius to Hebrew School.
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Episode 10
Starring Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin and Josef Stalin
30m7.9 / 10finale
Thom writes a story involving underpants - then he quits. Season finale.
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Directed by Ken KwapisGuest stars Robert Hogan
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
More about HAPPYish
Cast
Steve CooganThom Payne
Kathryn HahnLee Payne
Bradley WhitfordJonathan Cooke
Ellen BarkinDani Kirschenbloom
Carrie PrestonDebbie
Rob Reiner
Lucca De OliveiraYA 6
Mason SchneidermanClarenceCredits
- Created by
- Shalom Auslander
Production details
- Status
- Canceled
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 10
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ShowtimeUnited States- In Cahoots
- Cooper's TownUnited States
Themes
dark comedydepression
