Jimmy and Gretchen are assholes. They know they’re the “worst” but they don’t care to be anything less. These two live moment to moment at work, with their friends, with each other and while that makes for lots of adventure, it also makes for plenty of stress. At some point you have to settle down, right? Well Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash) aren’t so sure.
At first I thought these two were supposed to be a wacky kind of “worst” but they’re not. They’re the real deal, each of them awful in their own special way, so much so that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to stick with the series. Two episodes in and I was beginning to wonder if this show was actually about normalizing / glorifying toxic behavior. Fortunately, I hung in there and got the full story on how Jimmy and Gretchen became so dysfunctional. It’s clear these two need to grow up despite already having been full-fledged adults for some time. They’re resistant, but life has a way of creeping up on all of us no matter how hard we cling to who we thought we needed to be.
You’re The Worst is a comedy at its core but you’ll be pleasantly surprised how often you find yourself in the middle of some intense drama wondering why you’re on the cusp of tears over a character you literally wanted to stab in the face during the first couple of episodes. It’s great.