Work in Progress (2019–2021)

TV ShowEndedParamount+ with ShowtimeComedy2 seasons, 18 episodes
Work in Progress posterReview score: 56%

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Plot

Work in Progress follows a 45-year-old self-identified, fat, queer dyke from Chicago whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship.

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  1. 01Work in Progress S02E05Take Your Child to Work DayS02E05 · 9.0A catastrophe at work gives Abby a chance to rise to the occasion in front of her visiting nephew, Matty. Later, the two of them share a rare moment of peace and calm before sleep. It’s been a rough couple of months, but life is finally starting to return to normal...right?
  2. 02Work in Progress S02E08FTPS02E08 · 9.0With the world on fire, Abby is forced to reckon with the history of racism, police violence and grief and her complicity in it. Tasked with writing her company’s “Black Lives Matter solidarity statement,” an exhausted Abby drifts in and out of the kind of nightmares that don’t necessarily stop when you wake up. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
  3. 03Work in Progress S02E09Hey, DadS02E09 · 9.0Masking up to brave the outside world, Abby wills herself to overcome her fear of germs and the unknown to visit Edward in the hospital. Father and daughter reflect on their fraught relationship, acknowledge newfound similarities, all while searching for a bit of hope, humor, and, eventually, healing. It’s called therapy, ever heard of it?

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2019–20Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Work in Progress S01E01180 AlmondsDecember 8, 2019 8.5Abby begins an existential life evaluation vowing mortal consequences after 180 days. Her therapist checks out mid-session and a first date
  2. S01E02Work in Progress S01E02176, 172, 171December 15, 2019—Abby feels out of place when Chris takes her to a hip, sex-positive, ‘queer wonderland’ for their second date and has a free therapy session
  3. S01E03Work in Progress S01E03162December 22, 2019—Abby and Chris plan to have sex for the first time at the end of a Bacchanalian day of three meals, four Lyft rides and an STD reveal.
  4. S01E04Work in Progress S01E04161, 153, 137, 122, 106, 104, 102 (We're Still Counting Almonds.)December 29, 2019—Abby navigates public restrooms as a gender non-conforming queer dyke with OCD and pinballs against a cross section of humanity and perspect
  5. S01E05Work in Progress S01E0566, 65, 64, 62January 5, 2020—A medical emergency brings Abby and Campbell’s friendship into focus and Abby reveals her biggest secret to Chris.
  6. S01E06Work in Progress S01E0615, 14 (pt. 1)January 12, 2020—Edward and Carol Lynn wed, Danger Zone has their moment and Abby violates Chris’ one request.
  7. S01E07Work in Progress S01E0714 (pt. 2), 12, 11, 10January 19, 2020—Having ignored the advice of her friends, Abby finally confesses the truth to Chris after a painting puts her in a trance.
  8. S01E08Work in Progress S01E083, 2, 1January 26, 2020—The final almonds. When Abby motivates herself to get out of the apartment for Julia’s This American Life show, she’s met with two unwanted

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2021Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S02E01Work in Progress S02E01Life Got in the WayAugust 22, 2021 8.0As Abby settles into a routine with a new roommate, she embarks on a fraught quest to find a new therapist – ideally, one she doesn’t hate.
  2. S02E02Work in Progress S02E02Everything's Fine, Everything's OkayAugust 22, 2021 8.0When a crisis in Abby’s apartment threatens her most prized possessions, a cascade of buried memories takes her back to where her mental hea
  3. S02E03Work in Progress S02E03Two Queens on Two QueensAugust 29, 2021 8.0Abby and her new roommate Campbell provide moral support for each other as they power through a full day of supposedly-fun-but-ultimately-st
  4. S02E04Work in Progress S02E04Apologies and Their Fluctuating NatureAugust 29, 2021 8.0Haunted by her “crime against the entire queer community,” Abby sets out on a pilgrimage of healing that definitely might work. Overwhelmed
  5. S02E05Work in Progress S02E05Season's bestTake Your Child to Work DaySeptember 5, 2021 9.0A catastrophe at work gives Abby a chance to rise to the occasion in front of her visiting nephew, Matty. Later, the two of them share a rar
  6. S02E06Work in Progress S02E06Eleanor RooseveltSeptember 12, 2021 7.0Abby and Campbell attempt to live their best lockdown lives despite the constant stream of bad news that somehow keeps getting worse. The gr
  7. S02E07Work in Progress S02E07Oh Say Can You SeeSeptember 19, 2021 7.0All Abby and her family can do now is wait at her father’s house. As they all turn to the important task of ordering delivery, watching mass
  8. S02E08Work in Progress S02E08FTPSeptember 26, 2021 9.0With the world on fire, Abby is forced to reckon with the history of racism, police violence and grief and her complicity in it. Tasked with
  9. S02E09Work in Progress S02E09Hey, DadOctober 3, 2021 9.0Masking up to brave the outside world, Abby wills herself to overcome her fear of germs and the unknown to visit Edward in the hospital. Fat
  10. S02E10Work in Progress S02E10I Release YouOctober 10, 2021 9.0Abby and Julia venture into uncharted waters, the family throws a party, and Abby finds herself ending one relationship just as she begins a

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Abby McEnanyAbby McEnanyAbbyCeleste PechousCeleste PechousCampbellKarin AnglinKarin AnglinAlison

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