High Maintenance (TV series)

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High Maintenance
The words "High Maintenance" in plain white text on a green background
Genre Comedy
Created by Katja Blichfeld
Ben Sinclair
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6 (web)
No. of episodes 19 (web) (list of episodes)
Production company(s) Janky Clown Productions
Release
Original network Vimeo (2012–15)
HBO (beginning 2016)
Original release November 9, 2012 (2012-11-09) –
present
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

High Maintenance is an American television and web series created by husband and wife team Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld.[1][2]

The show follows a nameless marijuana deliveryman called The Guy (played by Sinclair) as he delivers his product to clients in New York City.[3] Each episode focuses on a new set of characters as they all procure their cannabis from Sinclair's character.[4]

On April 20, 2015, HBO announced that it has ordered six television episodes, to premiere in 2016.[5]

Story

Almost all of the episodes in this character-driven web series are named after an unseen peripheral character that someone in the episode mentions (the one exception being "Heidi"). The characters are meant to be relevant, regardless of whether or not the viewer engages in similar activities.[6] This web series is shot throughout various neighborhoods in Brooklyn and occasionally Manhattan. Each episode is between five and twelve minutes in length.[7] "Freed of the constraints of thirty-minute or one-hour formulas, the episodes are luxurious and twisty and humane, radiating new ideas about storytelling," wrote television critic Emily Nussbaum in an article for The New Yorker.[8]

Episodes

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Main article: List of High Maintenance episodes


Web series

Season Episodes Originally released
First aired Last aired Distributor
1 3 November 9, 2012 (2012-11-09) Vimeo
2 4 January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
3 3 April 20, 2013
4 3 November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28) March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28)
5 3 November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11)
6 3 February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)

Television series

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired Distributor
1 6 2016 2016 HBO[5]

Production

Sinclair said that the TV shows Six Feet Under and Party Down were inspirations for the web series.[9]

The talent pool in New York City is rich—and familiar to Blichfeld (who is an Emmy Award-winning casting director of 30 Rock).[10] Each episode cost less than $1,000 to make.[11]

Critical response

Critical response has been positive.[4][12][13][14][15][16][17] The actor, Dan Stevens, calls it "a brilliant collection of succinct character portraits from a cross-section of New York society".[18]

Jenji Kohan said that High Maintenance was one of her favorite recent discoveries, calling the episodes little jewels, "beautiful glimpses into people's lives," "really well crafted," "delicious."[19]

Vimeo partnership

As of June 2014, Vimeo announced that the website will provide financial backing for upcoming episodes[8] of original programming via their Vimeo on Demand platform.[20][21]

Vimeo has funded six episodes of High Maintenance.[22] Three episodes were released November 11, 2014, and the remaining three on February 5, 2015.

Notable Cast

  • Ben Sinclair, the co-creator of the web series appears as The Guy, the nameless marijuana delivery man
  • Dan Stevens appears as a cross-dressing screenwriter named Colin in the episode "Rachel"[23]
  • Katja Blichfeld appears as Becky, the wife of Dan Stevens' cross-dressing character in the episode "Rachel", and is the co-creator of the series.
  • Hannibal Buress appears as a comedian in the episode "Jonathan"
  • Max Jenkins and Heléne Yorke appear in several episodes as a pair of loathsome "Assholes" from the fashion world
  • Yael Stone appears as one of The Guy's customers, a quirky, mushroom-dealing Australian who lives in Bushwick.
  • Michael Cyril Creighton appears as Patrick, a lonely agoraphobic obsessed with Helen Hunt and secretly in love with The Guy.

References

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External links

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