Harris’ Michael is shocked when his longtime accomplice Colin (Tuc Watkins) broadcasts that he is transferring out, leaving him alternately questioning what went incorrect and wanting to reconcile.
On the identical time, after his prolonged bout with monogamy, he is vaguely intrigued by the prospect of experiencing among the pleasures that he is missed, if somewhat mystified concerning the right way to go about that. Certainly, instances have modified since he was single, which ends up in a number of misinterpret indicators and awkward encounters, particularly with the few youthful chaps that cross via his orbit.
Co-created by Star and Jeffrey Richman (“Fashionable Household”), “Uncoupled” is not absolutely dedicated to that dating-again story arc, as Michael spends a number of time hanging out with and drawing consolation from his tight-knit group of wildly profitable mates, who’re additionally shaken by the uncoupling; and his coworker (Tisha Campbell), throwing himself into his work promoting high-end residences, partially as a result of he wants the cash to be able to hold onto his personal.
That introduces a separate plot involving a rich and demanding lady (Marcia Homosexual Harden in all her imperious glory) who’s getting divorced and whose enterprise Michael desperately desires. But it surely’s a thinly written character, alternating between raging about her husband’s midlife disaster, bonding with Michael over being alone and performing just like the form of rich matron who swears profusely however feigns shock when any individual dares to make use of an expletive within the foyer.
The abrupt nature of Colin’s departure does present the present with a little bit of thriller, however the primary thrust of the story boils right down to the not precisely earthshaking revelation that middle-aged divorce is hard, even when the poorest individual in your orbit is extraordinarily effectively to do.
That may give Star a possibility to revisit his previous stomping grounds from the angle of a special band of Manhattan mates, however it’s arduous to flee a sense that “Uncoupled” is the TV equal of reheated leftovers. Or to place it within the parlance of those elite zip codes, it is a bit like exhibiting as much as a glitzy style present within the year-before-last’s types.
“Uncoupled” premieres July 29 on Netflix.