Living with Yourself
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Living with Yourself (2019) is a drama and comedy series from Netflix. It has built a run of 8 episodes. It premiered on October 18, 2019. Viewers rate it 6.8 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 1 season.
What Living with Yourself Is About
Living with Yourself follows a man struggling with his life, who undergoes a novel treatment to become a better person, and finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version — revealing that his own worst enemy is himself.
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, the full run covers 8 episodes, spread across 1 season and it leans into its drama/comedy roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Paul Rudd, Paul Rudd and Aisling Bea to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Paul Rudd, Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea and Alia Shawkat lead the cast.
Key roles include Paul Rudd as Miles Elliott; Paul Rudd as Miles Elliott 2.0; Aisling Bea as Kate Elliott; Alia Shawkat as Maia.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of drama, comedy and science-fiction have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Netflix’s other originals, a 6.8/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2019 and carried by Netflix with the series still ended, it lands hardest with drama and comedy viewers.
How Living with Yourself Compares
If Living with Yourself lands for you, the next stops are Breaking Bad, Firefly and The Wire, which share its drama/comedy lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Living with Yourself comes from Netflix. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Living with Yourself is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Paul Rudd and Paul Rudd doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its drama/comedy roots, It has held up since 2019 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Living with Yourself is a safe bet for anyone already inside the drama and comedy lane, at 8 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 6.8/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 6.8/10. Watch it if you want drama/comedy you can settle into.
