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Starring stand-up comedians Esther Povitsky ('Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and named Variety's '10 comics to watch in 2017') and Benji Aflalo ('Not Safe with Nikki Glaser') as two overlooked millennial misfits from different backgrounds trying to make their way in the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles. These two only find salvation in their male/female strictly platonic friendship. Throughout the season Esther and Benji's misadventures include shooting their own music video, standing in line for a Lip Kit Pop Up, and even trying their hand at retirement life. Regardless of the escapade, you can be sure in their own warped way they will have each other's backs while calling each other on their nonsense in a way that only best friends can.
6 June 1978
1 February 1987, Orange, California, USA
22 August 1974, Illinois, USA
17 January 1962, Denver, Colorado, USA
14 August 1937, Malvern, Arkansas, USA
30 September 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 April 1972, Sharonville, Ohio, USA
January 10, 2018
The characters are hard to invest in, the relationship is really hard to invest in, and the show offers no narrative propulsion aside from their cutesy, vulgar dynamic.January 12, 2018
It's not that Povitsky and Aflalo aren't funny. They are. And some of the one-liners are fantastic...But overall, the show has a tedious vibe.January 11, 2018
It's a slyly ambitious show - and an especially odd fit for Freeform.January 10, 2018
Alone Together otherwise can be pretty good company for the most part.January 10, 2018
Benji Aflalo and Esther Povitsky have pretty good chemistry as best friends navigating their fraught social lives as millennials in Los Angeles on the new "Alone Together" (Freeform, 8:30 p.m.).January 09, 2018
It embodies some of the (autobiographical comedy) genre's major misconceptions: that comics make good actors, that stand-up comedy is somehow inherently interesting or virtuous, that only comics experience youthful ennui.January 10, 2018
The two have so much loathing for themselves, Alone Together can be downright depressing. Just the quality you don't want from a sitcom. You might end up hating yourself -- for wasting your time.January 12, 2018
Besides being mean to each other, and themselves, Povitsky and Aflalo are great at throwing away character information through dialogue.January 12, 2018
Unfortunately, their vapid obsession with looking and being perfect quickly grows tiresome in the premiere, which has few laughs. Still, while the tone may be a little grating, the pair has good chemistry and timing.