Youth isn't ironic at all

Sharon Horgan's new HBO comedy follows a divorced 50-year-old caught between her college-aged son and declining parents. The title's humor conceals a complex truth about aging.

Ten years left as sexual

Alex decides she has a decade left as a sexual person. With her son off to university, she's ending a long celibate streak to find love that's eluded her.

“I have 10 years left as a sexual person”

The dating pool is sparse

Men Alex's age date women decades younger. On a blind date with a 67-year-old who looks like her dad, she can't hide her disappointment and treats him badly.

Her boss is her best friend

Alex wants respect as a veteran literary agent, but her boss Sam is also her best friend. Sam questions Alex's judgment and fails to keep her secrets.

Selfish characters we still love

Horgan excels at writing self-sabotaging people we love despite their flaws. Her son Ruarí watches manosphere videos but shows real tenderness and confusion about manhood.

Laugh out loud funny

An unexpected period becomes a running joke. Literary world characters include a rival agent who greets them as "sluts" and an author of a terrible novel called The Goblin Seed.

“Apropos of nothing, she's back”

Disorder springs eternal

Alex admits she doesn't know if there's anything left in her life that she likes. Every new stage brings unexpected mess, from canceled weddings to elderly parents losing toes.

“I just don't know if there's anything left in my life that I like anymore”