It’s taken some time, but we finally have a release date for Alice and Steve, the upcoming anti-romantic comedy series starring Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker as two best friends who fall apart after a new and complex relationship divides them. According to reports, Alice and Steve debuts on Hulu on June 8.
What is Alice and Steve About?
Created and written by Sophie Goodhart (Sex Education), the six-part series follows Alice (Walker), who is devastated when her best friend Steve (Clement) starts dating her 26-year-old daughter Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith). She’s going to lose her best friend and her daughter in one fell swoop. Alice tries everything she can to end the relationship. Unfortunately for her, Steve’s more than ready for the attack, and what begins as a perfect friendship devolves into an all-out feud.
Alice and Steve “Goes There”
I must be careful about what I say next, because I’ve already seen Alice and Steve. The six-episode series is a darkly funny look at messy people navigating a complicated union between Alice’s best friend, Steve, a 50-year-old stylist, and her daughter, a 26-year-old fresh off a breakup and willing to throw caution to the wind. Throughout the series, Alice, Steve, and Izzy traverse a gauntlet of emotions as a lack of understanding and tact leads to a destructive pattern of revenge. Will Alice forgive Steve? Will Steve and Izzy make a relationship work? Is Alice justified in standing in the way of her daughter’s latest relationship? Are age-gap relationships misunderstood? Whatever you believe, Alice and Steve’s friendship will never be the same after all is said and done.
Joel Fry (Cruella) and Margalith (The Tattooist of Auschwitz) also star, along with Tyrese Eaton-Dyce, Marcia Warren, Eilidh Fisher, and Ebony Aboagye.
Tom Kingsley directs Alice and Steve, which hails from Baby Reindeer producer Clerkenwell Films, with production by Fran du Pille. Petra Fried, Andy Baker, and Wim De Greef executive produce for Clerkenwell Films.
Alice and Steve explores a side of relationships often untouched by most creators, considering how easily audiences can misinterpret the material. There’s a power differential that comes with age-gap relationships that scores of people don’t understand or choose to ignore. Alice and Steve approaches that taboo head-on for something clever, sinister, and diabolical.
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