No need to show so much debauchery and no need for so much cussing in order for the series to be good. What makes the series good has NOTHING to do with the debauchery.The female lead causes most of her own problems by being a selfish, childish person who is not ready to be a mother. Half of her problems would evaporate if she knew when to shut it. She is completely ungrateful and has no idea how lucky she got with her American husband. The English men she would normally have in her dating pool are all creepy, weird and effeminate. She should have taken his offer to move to the USA in a New York second. I mostly feel sorry for the delightful and well-mannered children who are constantly ignored and shoved into the background while the couple engage in fruitless, manufactured drama. They wouldn't even know what to DO if either of the children were misbehaved or had special needs (like they thought their first child might). The children act more adult than their parents. I can't believe she smoked pot while she was breastfeeding, or drank wine while pregnant.The couple has no business having the lowlife friends and acquaintances they do in their inner circle. They need to wipe the slate clean and start over with other married folks, hopefully with a tiny bit of class and with some morals.

This Channel 4 sitcom is well-written and well-acted. Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney are brilliant together. The first series is excellent and hilarious. However, series two is disappointing. Series three is better than the second, but not as good as the first.

Catastrophe may be the best written show in several years. All six episodes in the first season crackle with the best of England's dry humor and America's unflappable confidence in the face of impending disaster. As a topper, Chris Bonner has what is probably the most outrageously funny line in many years toward the end of the first episode. You'll probably have to rewind a couple of times to get it all, but it's really worth it. Kudos to Susan Horgan and Rob Delaney for not only writing it, but making such a compelling couple. Their fights are bare knuckle verbal brawls and the inevitable makeups tender but believable. I can't wait for the next batch of episodes. If season two is as good as one, this series is headed for my all-time favorites sitcoms list with Taxi, WKRP in Cinncinati, and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin!

Travelling in the UK American businessman Rob meets attractive Sharon, a teacher in her late thirties. The pair have an instant attraction and hit it off, it's more then a one night stand, but when Rob returns to the USA the pair think they can draw a line under their encounter. However weeks later Sharon rings Rob to tell he she's pregnant. He returns to be with her for the pregnancy, they encounter highs and lows until the big day.Sharon Horgan is so funny as Sharon, she's a foxy woman with great comedy timing, she gets some wonderfully sarcastic lines. Rob Delaney is also great as Rob (I love how they both keep their own Christian names,) Mr nice guy and American beefcake. They combine so well.Sometimes you can't help but laugh when you know you probably shouldn't be, but it truly is outrageously funny.Of Series 1, Parts 1 and 6 I'd say are the best of the episodes, so cool that it got a second series.Channel 4 comedies keep on delivering! 9/10