Kidding

2018

4.5

18 reviews

TV-MA

Rating

Eligible

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Season 1 episodes (15)

1 Green Means Go

9/9/18

Jeff Pickles decides it's time to talk about death on Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time. His executive producer, Seb, feels that Mr. Pickles the persona and Jeff Pickles the person need to remain separate. Deirdre punishes her daughter Maddy for not eating her veggies.

2 Pusillanimous

9/16/18

Jeff makes a rash decision that could affect the ability of the show to continue. Seb strategizes how to rebuild Jeff's image. The two disagree about how Jeff can repair his family. Deirdre tries to learn more about what's happening while Maddy is at her piano lesson. Jeff's son Will decides to let loose with his new friends.

3 Every Pain Needs a Name

9/23/18

Jeff tries to fix his heartbreak. Deirdre deals with her daughter's developing medical condition. Seb outlines the future of Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time without Jeff. Jeff tries to get Will off pot by giving him a hobby.

4 Bye, Mom

9/30/18

Jeff deals with a one-night stand. Jill learns that Jeff has been sending money to someone behind her back and confronts him.

5 The New You

10/7/18

Jeff decides to step out of his comfort zone. Seb tries to get Jeff on board with new changes for Puppet Time, as well as his ice skating show – Pickles On Ice, starring Tara Lipinski.

6 The Cookie

10/14/18

Will tries to honor his brother in a unique way. Jeff decides to make some changes to Pickles on Ice. Deirdre lets her anger out on Maddy. Jeff tries to convince Vivian to continue with her treatment.

7 Kintsugi

10/21/18

Jeff goes off script and starts to speak more honestly to children on Puppet Time as Seb panics that Jeff will soon have to appear on live television for the National Tree Lighting Ceremony. Deirdre and Scott get a new visitor from Japan – Mr. Pickles-San. The Pickles have Thanksgiving as a family.

8 Philliam

10/28/18

Jeff meets the son of his pen pal, an inmate on death row, and decides to help him.

9 LT. Pickles

11/4/18

Jeff wonders if he's having a breakdown or a breakthrough. Will gets into trouble at school. Scott confronts Deirdre about her feelings for Mr. Pickles-San. Seb decides to make a last-minute change to Pickles on Ice while Jeff is away.

10 Some Day

11/11/18

Everyone in Jeff's life deals with the results of the speech Jeff made on national television.

101 About Kidding Season 1

1/7/19

Go behind the scenes of SHOWTIME's new original series Kidding. Jim Carrey, Judy Greer, Catherine Keener, Frank Langella, and Creator/Executive Producer Dave Holstein discuss the creation and inspiration underlying the show. Starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener and Judy Greer.

102 Meet the Pickles

1/7/19

Season-only

Go behind the scenes with the cast of Kidding and meet the family behind the magic, The Pickles. Starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener and Judy Greer.

103 Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time

1/14/19

Season-only

Go behind the scenes of Kidding with puppeteers, Patrick and Sean Johnson, as they discuss all of the puppets that are used throughout the series.

104 Scene Set Up with Jim Carrey

1/21/19

Season-only

Jim Carrey sits down to discuss Kidding and the scene in which his character, Jeff Pickles, shaves his head thereby breaking the norm. Starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener and Judy Greer.

105 Shooting Shaina's Sequence

1/21/19

Season-only

A behind-the-scenes look at how the sequence of Shaina's (Riki Lindholme) transformation, after being inspired by watching "Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time," was filmed, side-by-side with how the scene played on screen in episode 3. Starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener and Judy Greer.

About this show

In his first series regular role in over two decades, Jim Carrey stars as Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, an icon of children's television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America's impressionable young minds, who also anchors a multimillion-dollar branding empire. But when Jeff's family begins to implode, he finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through the crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

18 reviews

Mariachi Bro

December 17, 2019

Can't wait for season 2. It's cool seeing Jim Carrey back at it. He did really good with this show. A nice change from his usual, but funny, slapstick stuff.

Lisa Ohmann

August 6, 2022

So many talented actors who give such marvelous performances, but Jim Carrey is beyond amazing. Funny, quirky and heartbreaking at once. Really showcases his superb range as an actor. I wish they had done many seasons of this...I want more.

Anthony Butcher

July 9, 2020

Better than most shows in the last 10 years. It's made in such a way that is stylish and symbolic, and it weaves in and out of itself, giving every line of dialogue and every frame significant meaning.

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