Episodes

(2011)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 213 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2011

Runtime: 30 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Дэвид Крейн, Jeffrey Klarik

Cast: Мэтт Леблан, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, John Pankow, Кэтлин Роуз Перкинс, Мирси Монро, Callum Adams

Plot

A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.

British writer-producers Beverly and Sean Lincoln (Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan), have a wonderful marriage and a hit TV series to their credit. Things couldn't be better. Until Merc Lapidus (John Pankow), a Hollywood network executive, gushes over their series at a gala. Merc is certain that a remake of the show will go over well with an American audience. After making the Lincolns a lucrative offer, they pack up and ship out to the States. It doesn't take long for them to figure out that Hollywood is a place where deals are made and broken in the same breath. They soon find themselves holding on tight as creative control of their show starts to slip away from their hands. Merc ultimately dismisses the original star, an elder, distinguished, gentleman, for Friends (1994) actor Matt LeBlanc, a charming, yet manipulative beast, with a grocery list of demands. Hollywood is not what the Lincolns had in mind, but Sean believes he can swim with the sharks. As for Beverly, she'd rather go back to the UK than deal with these Episodes.