HBO premieres Hello Ladies, an all-new comedy series executive produced by Stephen Merchant (Extras, The Ricky Gervais Show), Lee Eisenberg, and Gene Stupnitsky about a gawky Englishman searching for the woman of his dreams in Los Angeles. In his first starring series role, Stephen Merchant portrays Stuart, a web designer who relocated to LA from England in hopes of finding excitement, romance, and maybe even a soul mate. Working out of his home office, Stuart has an easy rapport with his attractive roommate Jessica (Christine Woods), though it is clear she's not romantically interested in him. Half as charming as he thinks he is - and twice as desperate - Stuart is obsessed with infiltrating the glamorous world of beautiful people. Seduced by the promise of the best restaurants and hottest nightclubs, Stuart's cheapness and pettiness often finds him just outside the door of LA's most desirable locales. In eight episodes this season, Stuart doggedly hits the LA social scene in search of beautiful women, often in the company of pals Wade (Nate Torrence), who's in the throes of a divorce, and Kives (Kevin Weisman), a charismatic paraplegic who fares far better with the ladies than either Stuart or Wade.
N**Z
Brilliant narcissism
A wonderfully detailed and accurate script, great acting, but incredibly depressing. I find each episode to be sad in the way that Stewart continually gets in his own way. His narcissism dictates that the only person he sees is himself. His only concern on a date, party, life is that he be the center of attention and be generous to only himself. He is beyond a truly selfless gesture or generous gift at all, much less without expecting something he believes he deserves in return. Because of his self-centeredness he doesn't anticipate or understand the reactions of those around him. He genuinely expects others to love him and be generous in a way he isn't and can't be. So he barrels straight ahead expecting to achieve his highest wish of going to his school reunion with a model to make a girl regret not being the great catch that he thinks is. While a common reunion fantasy, even if he achieved it, he would be stuck with a girl he had nothing in common with (because all he required was a model... no other attributes) assuming that he was a great catch. He still wouldn't have the high school love, lost money, time and opportunity to find a true love. And without introspection or valuing any opinion other than his own, he will never understand how he created his own lonely end . Entertaining in a way that it would have been nice to see if it got funny in a second season. I love Steven Merchant's work, depressing or not.
G**S
Maybe it's me.
Maybe it's me.I too, like a lot of other reviewers on here, wanted to like this show for some reason. I went into it thinking that the talent involved had a decent track record, but I made it about ten minutes into the first episode and shut it off.A few days later I looked at some reviews - most of which were really positive so I figured I'd give it another shot. Made it through the first episode and was really surprised with the negative taste I'd gotten from it. I figured hey, it must be me, cause people on here seem to like it. IMDB has it at 7.5. Rotten tomatoes had it ad a 52 for critics and an 85 for audience members so I was like, ok, I'll bang out a few more episodes, but it just never got better. If anything it got more negative in tone, more mean spirited and more depressing overall.Maybe it's me. Maybe I went into this thinking it'd have more of a comedic vibe like some of his earlier work but it was just dark. The characters are vile towards each other, un-empathetic, condescending, self absorbed and just plain rude. I can't imagine ever interacting with anyone again in my life if they'd treated me anywhere near the way the characters in this series treated each other and yet they continued on.And so did I. I wish I'd broken it off at this point but I was already several episodes in, and I'm the type who, if I open a book or start a movie, I have to finish it. So I did. I watched every episode, all the while hoping that something would shift and it'd get better but it never did.Had to be me right? 75-85% of people across the internet seem to like this show. Maybe this is what's acceptable for funny nowadays. Maybe it was supposed to be a dark depressing drama all along. I don't know. Bottom line is I wanted to like it but just really did not.Or maybe it's not me.
S**N
Hello Ladies To all the girls Stewart Meets
Hello Ladies - I found the first episode very depressing but liked it enough to keep watching to see where all this was going. Srewart is an English geek with coke bottle glasses, thin and tall. His mother must have told him every day he was God's gift to the world; and he believed it. He has a desire to date only beautiful models and actresses (in LA). To that end he plans his schemes to meet and party with them. All this while overlooking, and just being friends with his tenant, a wanna be actress with her own esteem issues. It has many funny moments and the soundt track works beautifully with the series. I won't spoil it for you; but the more you watch, the more you look forward to the next episode. So I was sad to learn the show will not be renewed for a second season. Someone said it would have done better in the UK, as it is more British humor. I love all the British shows and comedies so maybe why I loved it more.
B**T
Such a Sad Fellow, but a Funny Show
I would have given it 5 stars if it wasn't sooooo depressing! This guy is pathetic but I don't feel sorry for him. He's obnoxious and invasive, and doesn't see how annoying his pick-ups are BUT seeing how low he'll go to get a date is nearly intolerable. I guess it's because there really are men out there who are just as pathetic and blind to their own mistakes. This is why it is so depressing - art imitating life in the saddest way.I laugh at some of the scenes while watching, but turning it off find myself really down. Odd how a comedy would do that.And he lives in L.A. and makes that much money as a web developer? I gotta up my game (I'm a web developer, live in a low-cost-of-living city, and drive a Ford, NOT a BMW.)
A**.
Solid, Funny Show. Sex and the City minus the Sex! Haha!
Honestly, at first I didn't see much for this show. I watched a few and left it alone. Then I thought about it at random times and would have a laugh, so I went back to it. The star of the show is so damn funny. When I saw him on the Today show and he announced that HBO was ending the show my heart sunk. He looked really sad about the news too. He seems like a cool down to earth guy in real life. I think the character he portrays resonates well with the audience because you see a lot of yourself and or have a friend that reminds you of this guy. Solid, funny show and I feel like I just missed it the first time around. Now that I love it, it gets cancelled. Awww, life. Well, if there is a petition to get this show up and running again, you will have my full support.
A**R
A Hidden Gem
This show certainly didn't deserve to be cancelled, as it's one of the stronger HBO comedies to date. I frequently found myself pausing because I'd lost my composure laughing so hard. Merchant is one of my favorite comedic actors, and his character is loveably self-absorbed. This isn't the kind of show where you'd expect to be drawn into a budding romance, so it's a pleasant surprise when you are as a viewer. The story gets more touching as you go--if only the movie conclusion was free for Prime users...
A**R
Not a hit
Good delivery and well packed Came a couple of days earlier than promised.. DVD case is in Polish, but DVDs are in English. Mr Merchant's character is played exactly the same as the character of Darren Lamb from Extras., which offers nothing new to enjoy. The episodes are well produced, but flat and predictable. The "will-they-or-won't-they" subplot between the male and female lead is unconvincing as there is no chemistry between them at all.
A**R
Great seller
Great import all played in English from input the disc 5 star seller
A**S
Five Stars
Brilliant show!
S**N
hello ladies
Super mini série!! C'est drôle, sympa et touchant!! Les acteurs sont très bons, surtout l'acteur principal à la recherche du top model alors que c'est un looser sympathique mais touchant quand on gratte un peu!! Bref je conseille cette série! Dommage qu'il n'y est pas de saison 2!!!
A**S
Broken case
The case was broken when I received it in the mail
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