Bored to Death

Seasons

2009

USA

7.8

TV-MA

A well-meaning struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective, using the methods he read about in old detective novels.

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Episode List

S1 • E1

Stockholm Syndrome

After his girlfriend Suzanne moves out because of his failure to stop drinking and smoking pot, between-books novelist Jonathan Ames peruses his favorite Raymond Chandler novel, "Farewell, My Lovely," and is inspired to place an ad on Craigslist.

S1 • E2

The Alanon Case

During an unsuccessful attempt to win back Suzanne, Jonathan gets a phone call and a new case: A woman named Jennifer wants him to tail her boyfriend Gary to see if he's been unfaithful. Meanwhile, Ray brings Jonathan along to his colonic for moral support.

S1 • E3

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. Meanwhile, George is flummoxed when he runs into his sexy ex-wife Priscilla and her arrogant new husband.

S1 • E4

The Case of the Stolen Skateboard

Jonathan falls for his latest client, the mother of a boy whose skateboard was stolen by a neighborhood bully. Meanwhile, Ray agrees to help a lesbian couple start a new family, to his 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.

S1 • E5

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 the singer works, Jonathan persuades Suzanne to join him there for dinner the next night.

S1 • E6

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 New Jersey man. Moreover, with Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well.

S1 • E7

The Case of the Stolen Sperm

Concerned over the sudden disappearance of the two lesbians who've been buying his sperm, Ray enlists Jonathan to help track the couple down. Breaking into their apartment, Jonathan learns the pair has flown the coop - but not without leaving behind a clue that both shocks and intrigues Ray.

S1 • E8

Take a Dive

Having picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Richard - and having thwarted a blackmail bid aimed at getting Jonathan to take a dive - the Edition team gear up for a tripleheader boxing challenge against their GQ rivals. The women in their lives offer some compelling reasons why winning isn't everything.