Actor Lizzy Caplan

Fresh Air

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4.3 • 36.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The series Fleishman Is in Trouble is about marriage, parenthood, and middle age. Lizzy Caplan plays Libby, a mom and journalist who is struggling with identity since moving to the suburbs. Caplan's other films and TV shows include Mean Girls, Party Down, and Freaks and Geeks. She was nominated for an Emmy for her work in the series Masters of Sex. She spoke with Fresh Air's Ann Marie Baldonado.

Also, David Bianculli reviews the series Shrinking, starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.

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0:00.0	This is Fresh Air, I'm Terry Gross.
0:02.6	The series' Fleischmann is in trouble.
0:04.8	Stars are guest Lizzie Kaplan,
0:06.7	along with Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Daines.
0:09.4	It was adapted for TV by writer Taffy Brotaser-Akner
0:13.0	from her novel of the same name.
0:15.0	The complete series is now streaming on Hulu.
0:17.6	Lizzie Kaplan spoke with Fresh Air's Anne-Marie Bulldenotto.
0:21.5	When you first start watching Fleischmann is in trouble,
0:24.4	the show is mostly about Toby Fleischmann,
0:27.0	played by Jesse Eisenberg.
0:29.0	Toby is a divorced doctor and dad,
0:31.7	living on the upper east side of New York City.
0:34.8	He's starting to date with limited success,
0:38.1	and figuring out how to co-parent his two kids.
0:41.6	One morning, his successful ex-wife,
0:44.5	played by Claire Daines,
0:46.1	is set to pick up their kids from his apartment,
0:48.7	but she doesn't show.
0:50.4	So he has to figure out where she is,
0:53.1	and in general, what went wrong with his life.
0:55.6	The show is narrated by Toby's old college friend,
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