Hardly Working Season 2

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Hardly Working Season 2 is available on streaming right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. Strong word of mouth says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. The writing gives every character room to be funny, not just the leads. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Hardly Working Season 2 keeps coming up in conversation. Hardly Working Season 2 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 2 of Hardly Working includes 30 episodes. It aired from February 2009 to November 2009. Episodes include "Jeff Goes Christian Bale", "Sarah’s Birthday", "Gonorrhea". It was aired in 2009. Hardly Working Season 2 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Hardly Working Season 2. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. The ensemble carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.