Bored to Death Bored to Death

Comedy · 2009 · 30 min iTunes
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Meet Jonathan Ames: writer, romantic, unlicensed private eye. HBO presents this comedy series that tells the story of this noir-fiction-obsessed writer (Jason Schwartzman) who impulsively lists his gumshoe services on the Internet . . . and is surprisingly hired for a variety of amusing cases. Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis co-star.

Comedy · 2009 · 30 min
  • 16+
Starring Jason Schwartzman , Ted Danson , Zach Galifianakis

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1

    Stockholm Syndrome

    (Series Premiere) Numbed after his girlfriend moves out because of his repeated failure to stop drinking and smoking pot, between-books novelist Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman) peruses his favorite Raymond Chandler novel, 'Farewell, My Lovely,' and is inspired to place an ad on the Internet offering his (unlicensed) services as a private investigator. Within hours he gets his first case, involving a 19-year-old girl's desperate search for her missing sister. Despite the fact that he should be working on his second novel, and despite the fact that he is on deadline for a piece he's writing for the magazine he works for, Jonathan heads out into the urban night to track down the girl, embracing his newfound noir-detective status. At the end of a (very long) day, Jonathan earns his fee...and finds he's got another case. (Series Premiere)

    26 min · Sep 19, 2009
  • EPISODE 2

    The Alanon Case

    During an unsuccessful attempt to win back Suzanne, Jonathan gets a phone call and a new case: a woman named Jennifer (Kristen Wiig) wants him to tail her boyfriend Gary (Peter Hermann) to see if he's been unfaithful. After learning that he and Jennifer share a common pastime (drinking), Jonathan heads out in search of her boyfriend--with uncomfortable results. Meanwhile, Ray brings Jonathan along to his colonic for moral support, and George hatches a knockout plan in which Jonathan will help him cover up an unsightly sore before a big speech.

    26 min · Sep 26, 2009
  • EPISODE 3

    The Case of the Missing Screenplay

    At a New York film-society party, George introduces Jonathan to filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, a fan of Jonathan's first book who is interested in having him rewrite a screenplay. Later, after leaving his personalized script in a therapist's office during an ill-advised late-night tryst with a (very) young party girl, Jonathan turns to Ray to pose as a patient in order to retrieve it. Meanwhile, George is flummoxed when he runs into his sexy ex-wife Priscilla and her arrogant new husband, fellow publishing magnate Richard Antrem.

    24 min · Oct 3, 2009
  • EPISODE 4

    The Case of the Stolen Skateboard

    Jonathan falls for his latest client, the mother of a boy whose skateboard was stolen by neighborhood bully. Meanwhile, Ray agrees to help a lesbian couple start a new family, to wife Leah's chagrin; and George has a nostalgic 'armpit crush' on a young publicist he hopes to woo at the opening of a new Brooklyn restaurant.

    20 min · Oct 10, 2009
  • EPISODE 5

    The Case of the Lonely White Dove

    A smitten Russian parolee contracts Jonathan to track down a chanteuse known as 'the Lonely White Dove.' After a vodka-fueled reconnaissance mission at the Brighton Beach restaurant where she works, Jonathan persuades Suzanne--and Ray and Leah--to join him there for dinner the next night, failing to reveal his true purpose. Meanwhile, George decides to get in touch with his feminine side as a way to drive sales of his sagging magazines.

    26 min · Oct 17, 2009
  • EPISODE 6

    The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer

    Jonathan is enlisted to retrieve a sex tape that a female escort is using to extort money from a married man. With Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well. Can the very stoned Ray and George save Jonathan's neck before the woman's enraged brother breaks it?

    26 min · Oct 24, 2009

Box Set

  • Bored to Death, The Complete Series

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Cast & Crew

  • Jason Schwartzman

    Jonathan Ames
  • Ted Danson

    George Christopher
  • Zach Galifianakis

    Ray Hueston
  • Kristen Wiig

    Jennifer Gladwell
  • Jonathan Ames

    Producer
  • Sarah Condon

    Producer
  • S‌D

    Stephanie Davis

    Producer
  • Dave Becky

    Producer
  • Troy Miller

    Producer
  • Alan Taylor

    Producer

About

Bored to Death

Comedy

Meet Jonathan Ames: writer, romantic, unlicensed private eye. HBO presents this comedy series that tells the story of this noir-fiction-obsessed writer (Jason Schwartzman) who impulsively lists his gumshoe services on the Internet . . . and is surprisingly hired for a variety of amusing cases. Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis co-star.

16+

COMMON SENSE

Lots of drinking and drug use in quirky cable comedy.

Information

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HBO
Released
2009
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TV-MA
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