Bored to Death (2009)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (36,253 votes)
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): HBO Max · YouTube TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

7.39 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 28 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stockholm Syndrome	7.1	699
2	The Alanon Case	7.2	531
3	The Case of the Missing Screenplay	7.5	511
4	The Case of the Stolen Skateboard	7.0	441
5	The Case of the Lonely White Dove	7.1	428
6	The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer	8.1	506
7	The Case of the Stolen Sperm	7.6	393
8	Take a Dive	7.5	394

Season 2 (2010)

7.63 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Escape from the Dungeon!	7.6	358
2	Make it Quick, Fitzgerald!	7.7	346
3	The Gowanus Canal Has Gonorrhea!	7.8	343
4	I've Been Living Like a Demented God!	7.8	365
5	Forty-Two Down!	7.4	316
6	The Case of the Grievous Clerical Error!	7.6	336
7	Escape from the Castle!	7.6	315
8	Super Ray Is Mortal!	7.5	308

Season 3 (2011)

7.54 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 26 min avg

Big finale

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Blonde in the Woods	7.5	312
2	Gumball!	7.6	281
3	The Black Clock of Time	7.6	277
4	We Could Sing a Duet	7.3	267
5	I Keep Taking Baths Like Lady Macbeth	7.3	261
6	Two Large Pearls and a Bar of Gold	7.4	264
7	Forget the Herring	7.7	284
8	Nothing I Can't Handle by Running Away	7.9	296