Dollface

For five years, web designer Jules, played by 2 Broke Girls star Kat Dennings, dedicated her entire life to pleasing her boyfriend, Jeremy (Connor Hines). She was so consumed in her romance that she abandoned her friends and didn’t bother forming any meaningful friendships at work because she thought that she’d “hang out” with Jeremy forever. So she’s gobsmacked when he dumps her in the pilot episode. “I don’t love you anymore,” he nervously says while they’re having brunch.

Jules is as confused as she is disappointed. Where to from here? Quite frankly, she doesn’t have a social life or an identity without him.

While coming to terms with her devastating break-up, Jules’s strange and oh-so hilarious imagination travels to another dimension. She begins to see weird visions whenever she’s in an uncomfortable situation or overcome with emotion. For example, minutes after Jeremy leaves her at a parking lot following their split, she gets on a bus. Not just any bus. It’s driven by Cat Lady (Beth Grant) – a wise woman with an actual giant cat head who becomes a cross between Jules’s fairy godmother and her inner voice.

Cat Lady pushes Jules to make better choices and guides her to make amends with her besties, Madison (Brenda Song) and Stella (Shay Mitchell).

Once Jules manages to convince them to give her another shot at friendship, she quickly realises that keeping female friendships is much trickier than she’d anticipated.

Throughout the season, we get a front-row seat to Jules’s crazy thoughts. It isn’t clear whether the events are real or just taking place in her mind. We witness all the embarrassing and mad moments she imagines while trying to juggle her new reality as a single woman who’s also attempting to build healthy friendships. It’s akin to the craziness we see occasionally in Scrubs and in Community, and reminds us a lot of the wild imagination to which Pure’s Marnie is beholden.

The New York Times praises Shay Mitchell’s performance as Stella, saying, “Dollface is not B.F.F. material, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a good time. The vibe is right, the tiny details well observed, and Mitchell’s performance is a treat and a half.”