Friends from College is a Netflix original comedy television series created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The first season consists of eight half-hour episodes, and premiered on Netflix on July 14, 2017. On August 21, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season of eight episodes.
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Plot
The series irreverently depicts the tragicomic misadventures of a close-knit group of Harvard alumni as they navigate their ambitious yet clumsy and romantically intertwined lives in New York City.
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Cast
Main
- Keegan-Michael Key as Ethan Turner, Lisa's husband, a respected but financially struggling writer
- Cobie Smulders as Lisa Turner, a hedge fund lawyer
- Annie Parisse as Samantha "Sam" Delmonico, a Manhattan interior designer with whom Ethan has been having an on-and-off affair since college
- Nat Faxon as Nick, an unemployed, aging party boy with a trust fund
- Fred Savage as Max Adler, a gay literary agent
- Jae Suh Park as Marianne, a hippie yoga instructor
Recurring
- Billy Eichner as Dr. Felix Forzenheim, Max's partner
- Greg Germann as John Delmonico, Sam's wealthy husband
Guest
- Ike Barinholtz as Degrasso, an obnoxious finance dude
- Billy Magnussen as Sean
- Kate McKinnon as Shawna, an eccentric YA author
- Seth Rogen as Paul "Party Dog" Dobkin, who went to Harvard with the rest of the gang and was Ethan's rival/frenemy during their college days
- Chris Elliott as the Mentalist
Episodes
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 23% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 4.77/10. On Metacritic, the series has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly gave the first season a C- rating, writing that the series wastes the talents of its cast members. Tim Dowling of The Guardian writes, "Each character may be unpleasant in his or her own right, but the sheer charmlessness of the group is hard to overstate. If they were sitting at a table near you, you'd leave the restaurant."
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