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You're the Worst
2014 - 2019 7.4 (222 votes) 5 Seasons
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Genres
Comedy Drama
Networks
FX
FXX
Created By
Stephen Falk

You're the Worst

Terrible people. Perfect for each other.

Overview

Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy Shive-Overly thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen Cutler knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together.

Key Crew

Producer: Melissa Wylie

Top Cast

Chris Geere
Chris Geere

Jimmy Shive-Overly

Aya Cash
Aya Cash

Gretchen Cutler

Desmin Borges
Desmin Borges

Edgar Quintero

Kether Donohue
Kether Donohue

Lindsay Jillian

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2014)

Meet Gretchen and Jimmy. She's a cynical PR rep and he's a narcissistic British novelist. Impressed by each other's bad behavior at Jimmy's ex-girlfriend's wedding, they begin what they swear is a casual sexual relationship—until it turns out to be more than that.

10 episodes

Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2015)

In Season 2, Jimmy and Gretchen are forced to take their relationship to the next level by moving in together.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Sweater People
2015-09-09

Although they're now living together, Jimmy and Gretchen try to avoid domesticity by partying all the time -- a lifestyle that's harder than it looks. Meanwhile, Edgar is smitten with Lindsay, who attempts a desperate reconciliation with Paul.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 2: Crevasses
2015-09-16

Gretchen, realizing she doesn’t really have any adult belongings, takes the gang on a trip to the mall. Jimmy uses this opportunity to gain some writing inspiration. Meanwhile, a newly single Lindsay recruits a hesitant Edgar to help her pick up guys.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 3: Born Dead
2015-09-23

Gretchen makes an attempt to reconnect with her old group of friends by throwing herself a housewarming party. Jimmy does his best to affirm his belief that friends are for babies. Edgar continues his pursuit of Lindsay, and Lindsay meets her estranged husband’s new girlfriend.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 4: All About That Paper
2015-09-30

Jimmy spends the day with an eccentric author on a day-long job interview. Gretchen deals with a work crisis. Edgar discovers the magic of improv comedy. And Lindsay gets served with divorce papers.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 5: We Can Do Better Than This
2015-10-07

Jimmy questions his ability as a writer but finally zeroes in on his next project. Meanwhile, Gretchen and Lindsay discover all they do is talk about men and set out to change the status-quo. Edgar gets close to his improv teacher, Dorothy.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 6: Side Bitch
2015-10-14

Jimmy discovers Gretchen's been sneaking out of the house at night and suspects she's having an affair. Lindsay's life spirals as she discovers she doesn't know how to live on her own. Edgar takes Dorothy out on a date.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 7: There Is Not Currently a Problem
2015-10-21

The group tries to get rid of a mouse in Jimmy's house; Gretchen finally opens up to Jimmy.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 8: Spooky Sunday Funday
2015-10-28

Jimmy tries to stealthily help Gretchen with her depression by planning a Halloween-themed Sunday Funday.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 9: LCD Soundsystem
2015-11-04

Gretchen becomes fascinated by a slightly older, cool couple that appears to have it all. Jimmy employs a punishment-based system to ensure he meets his writing deadline.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: A Right Proper Story
2015-11-11

Jimmy’s trashy family comes to visit from England, much to Jimmy’s dismay. In the throes of her depression, Gretchen struggles to help Jimmy entertain them. Lindsay fills in for Gretchen at work. Edgar bonds with Jimmy’s little sister.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 11: A Rapidly Mutating Virus
2015-11-18

Jimmy gets closer to his bartender friend, Nina. Gretchen accompanies Sam to do a radio interview. Edgar attempts to make inroads with Dorothy's comedy friends.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 12: Other Things You Could Be Doing
2015-12-02

Gretchen’s depression comes to a head, forcing Jimmy to make a tough choice. Lindsay finally lets Paul go. Edgar has his improv graduation show.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 13: The Heart Is a Dumb Dumb
2015-12-09

Jimmy attends Becca and Vernon’s baby gender reveal party. Gretchen takes care of some unfinished business. Edgar and Dorothy’s relationship reaches a turning point. Lindsay confronts Paul.

Runtime: 26 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2016)

After a whirlwind courtship and rough post-cohabitation period, Jimmy and Gretchen try to keep the good times rolling while confronting the f-word—“family”.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Try Real Hard
2016-09-01

Jimmy and Gretchen adjust to life after saying I love you. Edgar and Dorothy have sexual problems. Lindsay and Paul start a new hobby.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 2: Fix Me, Dummy
2016-09-08

Gretchen starts therapy; Jimmy's confidence wavers; Lindsay neglects a bedridden Paul.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 3: Bad News: Dude's Dead
2016-09-15

Everyone comes together to break some big news to Jimmy.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 4: Men Get Strong
2016-09-22

Gretchen helps Jimmy process a tragedy. Lindsay decides she wants to be a good mom.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 5: Twenty-Two
2016-09-28

Edgar spends the day trying to find some relief for his PTSD.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 6: The Last Sunday Funday
2016-10-05

The gang embark on a very special Sunday Funday.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 7: The Only Thing That Helps
2016-10-12

Gretchen and Jimmy hold an unconventional funeral. Paul struggles to give Lindsay what she needs sexually. Edgar takes a stand against the VA.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 8: Genetically Inferior Beta Males
2016-10-19

Gretchen parents her friends with mixed results. Jimmy does Vernon’s podcast. Edgar embarks on an alternative therapy. Lindsay pushes Paul too far.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 9: The Seventh Layer
2016-10-26

Vernon and Paul take a road trip.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: Talking to Me, Talking to Me
2016-11-02

Jimmy builds a tree house. Gretchen accompanies Lindsay during a potentially emotional event. Edgar's professional life flourishes to Dorothy's dismay.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 11: The Inherent, Unsullied Qualitative Value of Anything
2016-11-09

At a wedding together for the first time since the day they met, Jimmy and Gretchen's tensions come to a head. Edgar's relationship is jeopardized by his newfound success. Lindsay is forced to come clean to Paul.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 12: You Knew It Was a Snake
2016-11-16

The three couples engage in day-long fights.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 13: No Longer Just Us
2016-11-16

Jimmy and Gretchen investigate a murder site. Lindsay sees a new side of Paul. Edgar makes a sacrifice with unforeseen consequences.

Runtime: 26 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2017)

Season four kicks off after Gretchen accepted Jimmy's marriage proposal, only to see him leave her stranded in the Hollywood Hills after he freaked out that she would be his family. Now broken up and involved with other people, Jimmy and Gretchen struggle to move on while constantly being pulled back toward one another.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: It's Been (1)
2017-09-06

After proposing to Gretchen and immediately abandoning her on a hilltop, Jimmy has gone into hiding in the middle of nowhere in an attempt to escape reality. Reality does not comply.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 2: It's Been (2)
2017-09-06

Gretchen takes the first baby steps toward reconstructing her life as Edgar and Lindsay struggle to find normalcy in their new post‐Jimmy/Gretchen world.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 3: Odysseus
2017-09-13

After Jimmy returns to Los Angeles, he attempts to make amends with Gretchen, leading to their first confrontation. Lindsay and Edgar enjoy their new friends‐with‐benefits arrangement while Edgar tries to show Jimmy that Gretchen wasn’t the only person he abandoned.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 4: This Is Just Marketing
2017-09-20

Jimmy learns that his literary novel is being marketed as erotica. While doing Vernon’s podcast, Gretchen realizes she’s been letting Jimmy off easy. When Edgar and Lindsay babysit Tallulah, Lindsay learns for the first time that she’s capable of love and Edgar tries a new technique to pick up women.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 5: Fog of War, Bro
2017-09-27

Gretchen has moved back into the house and plays mind games with Jimmy, sabotaging his first interview for the new book. Seeing an opportunity in Gretchen’s return to the house, Edgar and Lindsay plot to get Jimmy and Gretchen back together.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 6: There's Always a Back Door
2017-10-04

Edgar takes Jimmy on a “man date” in an effort to emotionally bond with him while Gretchen discovers some startling news about the new guy she’s seeing. Lindsay attempts to make friends at work.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 7: Not a Great Bet
2017-10-11

Gretchen goes home for the birth of her brother’s baby, but instead ends up reconnecting with a friend from her past, who inadvertently reveals why Jimmy may have left her.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 8: A Bunch of Hornballs
2017-10-18

Jimmy goes out of town for a Romance/Erotica fiction convention while Gretchen throws a divorce party for Lindsay, leading to an unintended deepening of Gretchen’s relationship with Boone. Meanwhile, Edgar’s friend Max encourages him to overspend on party planning.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 9: Worldstar!
2017-10-25

Lindsay's mom comes to town, shedding light on the origin of Lindsay's issues, while Jimmy attempts to get over Gretchen by hooking up with someone from his past. Meanwhile, Edgar struggles to reconcile his new writer life with his old veteran life.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: Dad-Not-Dad
2017-11-01

Jimmy spends a day with a woman from his past and attempts to fit in with her friends while Gretchen attempts to impress Boone’s ex‐wife. Lindsay reconnects to a former father figure and Edgar, prompted by Max, buys a fancy car he can’t afford.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 11: From the Beginning, I Was Screwed
2017-11-08

Gretchen participates in a family tradition with Boone and his daughter while Jimmy competes on an NPR game show in an attempt to regain some literary cred. Lindsay’s desire to help people leads her back into Paul’s orbit, and Edgar attempts to deepen his friendship with Max.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 12: Like People
2017-11-15

Gretchen spends the day with Boone and his daughter in an attempt to distract herself from having slept with Jimmy the previous night, while Jimmy tries to prove to himself he’s moved on. Lindsay attempts to save Olivia from getting too close to the unreliable Gretchen, and Edgar trails Max to figure out why they’re no longer writing partners.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 13: It's Always Been This Way
2017-11-15

Jimmy and Gretchen go for a long drive to force a conclusion on the confusing state of their relationship. Edgar finds closure with Max while Lindsay figures out a way to solve Becca, Vernon, and Paul’s problems all at once.

Runtime: 26 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (2019)

Will they? Won't they?

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Intransigence of Love
2019-01-09

Jimmy and Gretchen tell the story of their love to a prospective wedding planner.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 2: The Pin In My Grenade
2019-01-16

Jimmy and Gretchen reveal that they're forgoing a traditional wedding, opting instead for a Courthouse elopement.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 3: The One Thing We Don't Talk About
2019-01-23

Jimmy challenges Gretchen to tackle some of the responsibilities that come with being an adult.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 4: What Money?
2019-01-30

Jimmy unexpectedly receives a large advance and must fend off all his “friends” who just want a piece of the pie.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 5: A Very Good Boy
2019-02-06

Jimmy attempts to prove that, despite being on the verge of becoming a married man, he has not lost his edge. Edgar and Lindsay attempt to go on a real date.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 6: This Brief Fermata
2019-02-13

Jimmy “gifts” Gretchen a week of no-strings-attached sex.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 7: Zero Eggplants
2019-02-20

Gretchen and Jimmy make “couple friends.”

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 8: The Pillars of Creation
2019-02-27

Paul, Vernon, and Becca air their dirty laundry on a weekend getaway.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 9: Bachelor/Bachelorette Party Sunday Funday
2019-03-06

Edgar and Lindsay plan the most epic Sunday Funday yet.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: Magical Thinking
2019-03-13

Gretchen’s anxiety comes to the surface at a major event she’s organized for her new client.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 11: Four Goddamn More Days
2019-03-20

Gretchen maintains an elaborate act of deception while Jimmy prepares for the big day.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 12: We Were Having Such a Nice Day
2019-03-27

The day before the wedding, Gretchen’s mom comes to town and Edgar takes Jimmy on an epic best-man date.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 13: Pancakes
2019-04-03

On the day of their wedding, Jimmy and Gretchen grapple with the meaning of marriage.

Runtime: 26 min

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