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Pretend It's a City

TV·2021–2021·1 season, 7 episodes·Netflix·Documentary, Comedy·30m·7.4

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Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.

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  1. 01Pretend It's a City S01E07Library ServicesS01E07 · 8.3Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she can't throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy tome.
  2. 02Pretend It's a City S01E03Metropolitan TransitS01E03 · 8.2Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.
  3. 03Pretend It's a City S01E01Pretend It's a CityS01E01 · 8.0Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.

Cast

Fran LebowitzFran LebowitzSelfMartin ScorseseMartin ScorseseSelfSpike LeeSpike LeeSelfAlec BaldwinAlec BaldwinSelf

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode7Episodes2021Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Pretend It's a City S01E01Pretend It's a CityJanuary 8, 2021 8.0Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total buildi
  2. S01E02Pretend It's a City S01E02Cultural AffairsJanuary 8, 2021 8.0The mysteries of talent are scrutinized as Fran looks at the peril of writing, the joy of Motown and the time Charles Mingus chased her on t
  3. S01E03Pretend It's a City S01E03Metropolitan TransitJanuary 8, 2021 8.2Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-
  4. S01E04Pretend It's a City S01E04Board of EstimateJanuary 8, 2021 8.0It's a living: Fran hates money but loves things, so she must work — though she prefers to read. Winning the lottery may be her only other o
  5. S01E05Pretend It's a City S01E05Department of Sports & HealthJanuary 8, 2021 8.0Knowing that some are annoyed that she's still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse t
  6. S01E06Pretend It's a City S01E06Hall of RecordsJanuary 8, 2021 7.8Fran's all about fun — guilty pleasures, not so much. Just give her a party, a movie, a small child or a luminous Cary Grant. You can keep t
  7. S01E07Pretend It's a City S01E07Season's bestLibrary ServicesJanuary 8, 2021 8.3Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she can't throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy

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