Boyfriend's Guide to Divorce (also known as Guidelines for Freedom in season 3 and Guidebook for Honor in season 4) is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Marti Noxon for the American cable network Bravo. Based on the book series 'Girlfriends Guides' by Vicki Iovine, the series revolves around Abby McCarthy, a self-help writer who finds entertainment in friends and new adventures as she faces upcoming divorce. Lisa Edelstein describes Abby's main character. Beau Garrett, Necar Zadegan, and co-star Paul Adelstein. Janeane Garofalo was part of the main players for the first seven episodes of season 1 before leaving the players. She was replaced in episode 8 with Alanna Ubach. Retta repeated during the second season of the event before being promoted to major players at the start of season 3.
Produced by Universal Cable Productions, this is the first original draft series for Bravo. A 13-episode first episode commanded by the network, which aired on December 2, 2014. The show debuted with 1.04 million viewers. Critical reception for this series was initially generally positive, with special praise for Edelstein's performance and the series quality of the reality series on Bravo. The event was finally updated for the second season, which aired on December 1, 2015. On April 13, 2016, it was announced that Bravo has updated events for the third, fourth and fifth seasons. On 5 August 2016, it was announced that the fifth season was the last.
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Cast
Primary
- Lisa Edelstein as Abby McCarthy, a self-help writer in her early 40s in Los Angeles. Her marriage has just ended, throwing her personal and professional life into a serious mess.
- Beau Garrett as Phoebe Conte, a recent widow and former model. Until now he has become a typical free spirit but he is now looking for a more stable life.
- Nad Zadegan as Delia Banai, a divorce lawyer representing Abby in her divorce. He struggles with a balance of career and personal life.
- Paul Adelstein as Jake Novak, Abby's husband from whom he had just split up. He is a director with a limited number of successes and to this day lives in the shadow of Abby. (season 1-2; recurring season 3)
- Janeane Garofalo as Lyla Straley, Abby's friend, divorce and entertainment lawyer. The bitter battle with his ex caused him to flee from California to Portland in the middle of season 1. (episode 1-7)
- Alanna Ubach as Jo Hernandez-Frumpkis, Abby's best friend from college who came to live with her in LA. She was recently separated from her husband after learning she had a second family. (8-current episode)
- Retta as Barbara Sawyer, Abby's co-worker at SheShe, who later became her business partner. (season 3-present; recurring season 2)
Repeats
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Episode
Reception
Critical response
The Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce was met with positive reviews from television critics. At Metacritic, which gives a weighted average rating of 100 reviews from critics, this series received an average score of 69, based on 21 reviews. Lori Rackl of Chicago Sun-Times gave the episode a 4 star rating (of 4 stars), calling it "a sometimes funny and sometimes sad story about LA-based self-help writers" and added that two episodes first "reveals a much more nuanced and moving story, punctuated by some really funny scenes." LaToya Ferguson from The A.V. Club gives this series an "A-" value, calling it a "very solid drama" that should be on HBO or Showtime. Ferguson also praised the character and series's complexity, writing "Visually, almost flawless (there's a moment of clear green screen in the pilot, but that's not the Ringer level), but every character here is severely flawed." Los Angeles Times ' s Mary McNamara praised the portrayal of the characters' role and assumed the series was "behaving intelligently, written quickly and eager to solve all sorts of problems - marriage, betrayal, family economics, friendships, even the trap of public household life - in a very complicated way. "Brian Lowry, writing for Variety , praised casting and material series, noting how he attaches to network demography while maintaining a quality level.
Gail Pennington from St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls the series "a smart and solid examination of how messy the relationship is and how hard it is to make it work." Slate ' Willa Paskin highlights Edelstein's portrayal of the main character, describing it as "an excellent cast, both ruling and nurturing enough to look like an ideal advocate" and taking notes that this series has "satisfying and complex disclosures on social dynamics in friendship and romance." Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times praised Edelstein and Garofalo as "one reason" the show was entertaining and found the comic side of the series "more fun." ' s author James Poniewozik praised the writing and "sympathetic" performance of Edelstein, noting that the last "reason for a frequently played show is like the fiction of young adults to real adults. "However, Poniewozik argues that" there is one lesson about the Boyfriend's Guide to Divorce has been (more than) learned from his Bravo colleagues: that there is no reality so attractive that it can not be sweetened with small Photoshop. " David Hinckley, writing for the New York Daily News, highlighted the best moments of the series as showing the messy side of the wedding discourse while touting Edelstein's performance as "memorizing the memorable." Margaret Lyons of Vulture is critical of some aspects of the series, including Abby's character and Lyla's attitude in providing the support of their partner's child, but finding the series to be the best "on the disgusting."
Ratings
Broadcast
Divorced Girlfriend's Guide airs in the United States on Bravo on December 2, 2014, in Canada on Slice on January 9, 2015, and in the United Kingdom at Lifetime UK on September 15, 2015.
Media and home streaming
The first season was released on DVD in region 1 on October 13, 2015. On November 1, 2015, season 1 of Boyfriend's Guide for Divorce is available for streaming in the US for Netflix customers. The event is also available from electronic selling platforms such as iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and Vudu.
References
External links
- Official website
- Divorced Girlfriend's Guide at IMDb
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