I love this show. It's obnoxious...because Julie & Billy are so into themselves it's unbelievable. Through all the obnoxious behavior you end up loving the characters and their struggles for finding themselves in their mid 30s. So many shows characters "find themselves" at 22...let's be real who finds themselves in their 20s. Future divorcees, maybe. If you aren't into pop culture references, don't watch it. Save it for people who are. Like me! Arthur isn't brought up in many reviews and he should be. The weird but loving names he calls Julie in each episode are enough for him to come up. I hope his character gets bigger in their next season.

Hulu streaming has created a great new offensive comedy starring the hilarious duo of Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner. The two stars play similar characters named Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein as two best friends trying to make it in the shallow showbiz industry in New York City. While the premise seems very familiar to other sitcoms, Hulu gives the two comedians an open format to be as crude and outrageous as they want to be. This formula creates a great comedic mixture that had me laughing through the bingeing stream.Julie goes through plenty of tribulations trying to move beyond her job as a reality TV show recapper and into becoming a professional writer for an actual show. As the audience, we know these comedians have succeeded with a popular new streaming network but what appears to be autobiographical trials and tribulations are the source of plenty of comedy. Each episode sets up scenarios that cumulate into disastrous consequences before restarting each episode. After the third season: Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner are back at it in their hilarious show on Hulu. Striving to become successful in show business, the two friends will take any acting gig they can get including street performing for ignorant Trump-supporting tourists from Kentucky. This season Julie Kessler (Klausner) branches out from her career of writing episode recaps of reality television but must cope with the constant criticism of her mother Marilyn (Andrea Martin). Billy Epstein (Eichner) has a new romance and various new gigs including opening for Larry Wilmore's new show. Julie's boyfriend Arthur Tack (James Urbaniak) still has a different nickname for Julie and deals with his own professional troubles at PBS along with some dating bumps with Julie.The show doesn't stray away from controversial issues like separating an artist from their art calling out particularly Woody Allen and the opposing streaming network that hired him when Julie works for his new show but still feels guilty. Billy has to deal with being gay in the Trump era as he finds a way to scam a gay conversion therapy program started by Mike Pence. Billy's job at the restaurant includes a great cast of supporting characters. Matthew (Cole Escola) has an interesting story arc trying to get on reality television and also some hilarious interactions with Marilyn. He might be my favorite supporting character. Nate (Derrick Baskin) and Denise (Gabourey Sidibe) weren't in this season as much as they deal with a new child.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com

I went into this show knowing literally nothing about it. The show follows two friends Billy and Julia trying to break into show business. They dislike pretty much everyone except each other and are completely narcissistic and shallow.Both of the main characters are constantly talking trash about celebrities whom they are obviously envious of. I really enjoy how self absorbed the main characters are as I feel like it's pretty much a job requirement for a comedian or actor.Although a lot of the jokes targeting various celebrities are funny, a lot of the humor comes from the characters dropping a joke to the wrong audience. One example is the controversial Blue Ivy joke. Billy and Julia attend a dinner party hosted by some rather square friends. Julia tells a story about posting a tweet that said She can't wait for Blue ivy to be old enough for R Kelly too pee on." Everyone at the party is offended and rather than back peddling, she continues to explain the joke further. I did find that joke to be pretty funny, but I feel like the people getting offended are failing to recognize that the joke was intended to show how socially daft the main characters are as opposed to just being offensive for the sake of being offensive. There are also a ton of great guest stars including a "Sober Magician" Named Abra Cadouglas played by Kate Mckinnon who only does magic tricks that tie into her sobriety. This show is MA and takes full advantage of being able to say what it wants. Although it is edgy and no at times dark you really do emotionally connect to the characters. I foresee a long run from thus show. I am very impressed with "Difficult People" so far and look forward to seeing a long run it may not have been able to have on traditional television.

There's nothing more annoying than watching an episode of this show. Whomever wrote this show, has made a monstrosity. Let it be known that glorifying people without a filter, without modesty, and without any tact is quite possibly worse than terrorism. If even one eighth of the population of the United States was even half as egocentric, chatty, loud-mouthed, or as brash, while at the same time being as ignorant as the main characters of this show, I would either become a mass murderer or commit seppuku with extreme dedication and detail for tradition. If you consider yourself to be of at least average intelligence, and happen to prefer to not be bothered by self-centered people, do yourself a favor and steer clear of this horrible show.