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Huff (2004)

Huff poster
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged psychiatrist named Craig Huffstodt navigates his own midlife crisis while dealing with chaotic family dynamics, including his mentally ill brother and his teenage son.

bittersweetintrospectivedramaticwrydomesticunevencharacter-driven

What happens

Huff (stylized as HUFF!) is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on Showtime from November 7, 2004, to June 25, 2006. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards from ten nominations, as well as being nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The storyline is centered around psychiatrist Craig Huffstodt. He is a good therapist and middle-aged family man in the middle of a mid-life crisis. His own family's private lives are chaotic, including a mentally incurable brother Teddy, who fascinates Craig's adolescent son, Byrd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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