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Overview
Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
Key Crew
Producer: Nicole Montez
Top Cast
Jim Carrey
Jeff
Frank Langella
Sebastian
Catherine Keener
Deirdre
Cole Allen
Will
Juliet Morris
Maddy
Justin Kirk
Peter
Seasons
Season 1 (2018)
In season 1, Jeff begins to push back against the limits of the well-oiled machine that is Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time. Seb begins preparing the show for a life after Jeff. Deirdre grapples with her own personal and professional life issues.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Green Means Go
2018-09-09Jeff Pickles decides it’s time to talk about death on Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time. His executive producer, Seb, feels that Mr. Pickles the persona and Jeff Pickles the person need to remain separate. Deirdre punishes her daughter Maddy for not eating her veggies.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Pusillanimous
2018-09-16Jeff makes a rash decision that could affect the ability of the show to continue. Seb strategizes how to rebuild Jeff’s image. The two disagree about how Jeff can repair his family. Deirdre tries to learn more about what’s happening while Maddy is at her piano lesson. Jeff’s son Will decides to let loose with his new friends.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Every Pain Needs a Name
2018-09-23Jeff tries to fix his heartbreak. Deirdre deals with her daughter’s developing medical condition. Seb outlines the future of Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time without Jeff. Jeff tries to get Will off pot by giving him a hobby.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Bye, Mom
2018-09-30Jeff deals with a one-night stand. Jill learns that Jeff has been sending money to someone behind her back and confronts him.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: The New You
2018-10-07Jeff decides to step out of his comfort zone. Seb tries to get Jeff on board with new changes for Puppet Time, as well as his ice skating show – Pickles On Ice, starring Tara Lipinski.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: The Cookie
2018-10-14Will tries to honor his brother in a unique way. Jeff decides to make some changes to Pickles on Ice. Deirdre lets her anger out on Maddy. Jeff tries to convince Vivian to continue with her treatment.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Kintsugi
2018-10-21Jeff goes off script and starts to speak more honestly to children on Puppet Time as Seb panics that Jeff will soon have to appear on live television for the National Tree Lighting Ceremony. Deirdre and Scott get a new visitor from Japan – Mr. Pickles-San. The Pickles have Thanksgiving as a family.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: Philliam
2018-10-28Jeff meets the son of his pen pal, an inmate on death row, and decides to help him.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: LT. Pickles
2018-11-04Jeff wonders if he’s having a breakdown or a breakthrough. Will gets into trouble at school. Scott confronts Deirdre about her feelings for Mr. Pickles-San. Seb decides to make a last-minute change to Pickles on Ice while Jeff is away.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: Some Day
2018-11-11Everyone in Jeff’s life deals with the results of the speech Jeff made on national television.
Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 (2020)
Season two picks up moments after season one’s cliffhanger, and with his beloved Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. As Jeff navigates the most complicated moral gray areas of his life, he discovers a new side of himself in a season full of music, magic, puppets and pathos.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Cleanest Liver in Columbus, Ohio
2020-02-09Jeff realizes that if he can tell a lie for the first time in his life he’ll get everything he’s ever wanted.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Up, Down and Everything in Between
2020-02-09While Jill, Deirdre and Seb debate over who is to blame for Jeff’s recent behavior, Jeff finds himself in the real-world version of Pickle Barrel Falls.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: I'm Listening
2020-02-16Jeff has an idea for how he can speak directly to the children of the world while Seb hands over the reins of the Pickle empire to Deirdre. After finding a book of magic spells, Will finds himself face to face with the past.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: I Wonder What Grass Tastes Like
2020-02-16After realizing that he might not have any real friends, Jeff makes a new best friend. Deirdre tries to get Puppet Time back on the air.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Episode 3101
2020-02-23Jeff tries to teach children about change in the first episode of the 31st season of Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: The Death of Fil
2020-02-23After an international incident, Jeff, Deirdre, Will and Seb attend a funeral at sea.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: The Acceptance Speech
2020-03-01Deirdre deals with a medical issue while attending Jeff’s Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony. Jeff tries to be anyone but himself. Seb meets someone old and someone new.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: A Seat on the Rocket
2020-03-01Jeff decides to start a new Pickles family while Deirdre tries to get some good PR for the show.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: The Nightingale Pledge
2020-03-08Jeff learns the safest place for him is far away from everyone. Will talks to a mysterious visitor at his school. With Maddy’s help, Deirdre gets a win for the show.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: The Puppet Dalai Lama
2020-03-08Jill asks Jeff a question he isn’t sure if he can answer. Season finale
Runtime: 30 min
