Lady Dynamite

Seasons

2016

USA

7.4

TV-MA

Series is based on what Maria has accepted to be "her life." The occasionally surreal episodes, refracted across multiple periods of the actor/comedian's life, tell the story of a woman who loses - and then finds - herself.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

Comedian Maria returns to LA after a stint in a psych ward in Duluth. Not wanting her life to fall into the same rut that caused her breakdown, she decides to take things slow and put a bench outside her home to create community. But things go awry when her manager books her for a charity event starring her nemesis, Mark McGrath.

S1 • E2

Bisexual Because of Meth

Maria gets set up on a blind date with an attractive man who is a bisexual, recovering meth addict. Meanwhile, she must decide whether or not she wants to be the spokesperson in samurai-inspired advertising for sexually-themed ramen.

S1 • E3

White Trash

After Maria gets a job playing a maid in the TV series "White Trash," she begins to question the underlying racism of the show when she has to play the part as a Russian stereotype and two black comedians are hired to play garbage men. In flashbacks, Maria gets a commercial playing a manic shopper at a big box store - something the actress really did for Target.

S1 • E4

Jack and Diane

Maria meets hunky Jack at a party and the only way she can keep him interested is to speak to him in a sultry voice as "Diane".

S1 • E5

I Love You

Maria fudges her online dating profile and winds up stuck in a relationship with an uber-athletic man with whom she has nothing in common.

S1 • E6

Loaf Coach

Maria reassesses her lifestyle and starts therapy to learn how to do nothing and be happy about it.

S1 • E7

Josue

Maria doesn't like kids - she just can't find ways to connect with them. Then she meets Josue, a tagger she saves from punishment. All seems to be going well, until Maria has to perform for a children's charity and Josue tells her she isn't funny.

S1 • E8

A Vaginismus Miracle

It's that time again; Maria must find a man for once-yearly sex.

S1 • E9

No Friend Left Behind

After realizing her contacts list is filled with ruined relationships, Maria seeks out a bitter former friend and vows to win her back by any means necessary.

S1 • E10

Knife Feelings

Maria decides it's time to let her boyfriend, Scott, see her standup and learn who she really is.

S1 • E11

Mein Ramp

A shipment of unwanted t-shirts bearing Maria's likeness makes its way to an all-children army in Africa and a PR nightmare ensues. Meanwhile, it's Thanksgiving and Maria takes the next logical step in her relationship with Scott and invites him to holiday dinner.

S1 • E12

Enter Super Grisham

Maria ruins her Bastille day appetite, munching away on nine snerks. Later she reads herself to sleep suckling both her pinky toes. In Detroit for beach sun and fun, an angry crowd of half digested snerks attacks. A pillow fight ensues.