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Trying
2020 - 2024 7.6 (103 votes) 4 Seasons
Official Website
Genres
Comedy
Networks
Apple TV+
Created By
Andy Wolton

Trying

Older not wiser.

Overview

All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

Key Crew

Producer: Sam Pinnell, Chris Sussman, Emma Lawson

Top Cast

Rafe Spall
Rafe Spall

Jason

Esther Smith
Esther Smith

Nikki

Scarlett Rayner
Scarlett Rayner

Princess

Cooper Turner

Tyler

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2020)

Series 1 starts with Nikki and Jason becoming devastated when they're told they'll never conceive a child.

8 episodes

Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2021)

Having been approved by the adoption panel, Nikki and Jason now find that matching with a child is not as easy as they thought...

8 episodes

Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2022)

Nikki and Jason wake up as new parents to two children they are still getting to know. Now they just have to keep hold of them, which proves to be trickier than they initially thought. Thrown straight into the parental deep end, Nikki and Jason’s relationships with each other and with their nearest and dearest are tested as they desperately try to navigate the ups and downs of parenting — while hanging onto their kids, and their sanity.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Home
2022-07-22

Jason and Nikki wake up as the new parents of two kids they’ve barely met. But will they be able to keep both?

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 2: The Circle
2022-07-22

Jason worries that Tyler will be bullied at school. Nikki has to fire someone at work. Bad news from the landlord forces Jason to take a big gamble.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 3: Capture the Flag
2022-07-29

On a camping weekend, Nikki and Jason try to bond with the kids. At home, Karen faces an existential crisis and Freddy realizes he’s lonely.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 4: Little Steps
2022-08-05

Planning Tyler’s birthday party proves trickier than Nikki and Jason expected—especially when Karen shares some difficult news.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 5: Pick a Side
2022-08-12

Jason makes a huge sacrifice for Tyler. Nikki attempts some tough love with Princess. Freddy tries a different sort of group therapy.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 6: Feelings Are the Worst
2022-08-19

Jason and Nikki’s future with the kids appears to be in jeopardy after a mistake. Tyler says goodbye to a friend. Scott lands a book deal.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: What a Banker
2022-08-26

Scott’s book launch doesn’t go according to plan. Jason struggles with his new job. Nikki finally masters tough love.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 8: The End of the Beginning
2022-09-02

As Nikki and Jason prepare to find out if they can keep the kids forever, they make an impulsive decision that requires their family’s help.

Runtime: 33 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2024)

We fast-forward six years to discover that Nikki and Jason are experienced adopters who have built a lovely little nuclear family, enriched by an extraordinary support network. However, as their teenage daughter, Princess, starts to yearn for a connection with her birth mother, Nikki and Jason find themselves confronted with the ultimate test of their parenting skills.

8 episodes

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