Close Enough

Close Enough is an American adult animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for HBO Max.
At first, the series was created for TBS in 2017, but was not shown. After the AT&T purchase of Time Warner, the show was put on hold. It was released exclusively to the HBO Max streaming service on July 9, 2020 to April 7, 2022. The series has received positive reviews. On August 6, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on February 25, 2021.
On February 10, 2021, the series was renewed for a third season.
Premise
The series revolves around a couple who are in their early thirties who have a five-year-old daughter and live with their divorced friends in a Los Angeles duplex. As they get into what seem like normal domestic crises that usually escalate in surreal, often science fiction-esque, ways.
Cast and characters
Main
Joshua "Josh" Singleton (voiced by J. G. Quintel) - an aspiring video game developer who works for Plugger-Inners; a television installation company based on Geek Squad. His appearance and mannerisms are based on those of Quintel.
Emily Ramirez (voiced by Gabrielle Walsh) - Josh's wife, who works as an assistant for a food corporation called FoodCorp. She is based on Quintel's own wife, Cassia.
Candice Singleton-Ramirez (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) - Josh and Emily's six-year-old (as of "Birthdaze") daughter, who struggles with school work.
Alex Dorpenberger (voiced by Jason Mantzoukas) - Josh's best friend, who works as a community college professor. He is a conspiracy theorist.
Bridgette No Stress Yoshida (voiced by Kimiko Glenn) - Emily's best friend and Alex's ex-wife. She is a Japanese-American social media influencer, and a part-time comedy singer-songwriter in a band with Emily. Her middle name was revealed in an episode from the first season, which also revealed that it was the result of a legal name change that she authorized while she was under the influence of drugs.
Recurring
Pearle Watson (voiced by Danielle Brooks) - A retired LAPD cop, and the landlord of the duplex.
Randall "Randy" Watson (voiced by James Adomian) - Pearle's adopted Caucasian son, and the duplex's property manager. He was adopted by Pearle after his biological parents, Wyatt and Deborah Trickle, were arrested for siphoning gas from multiple cars.
Mr. Timothy Brice Campbell (voiced by John Early) - Candice's hippie teacher at Chamomile Elementary.
Mr. Salt (voiced by Fred Stoller) - Emily's boss at FoodCorp.
Dr. Glandz (voiced by Cheri Oteri) - A physician who works at a hospital called Pretty Good Samaritan.
Dante (voiced by Eugene Cordero) - One of Josh's coworkers at Plugger-Inners who has a prosthetic lower arm.
Jojo (voiced by Mo Collins) - A biker woman who is the leader of the Cool Moms, and the mother of Candice's classmate, Mia.
Trish (voiced by Kate Higgins) - A member of the Cool Moms, and the mother of Candice's best friend and classmate, Maddie.
Additional voices
William Salyers
Max Mittelman
Roger Craig Smith
Erica Lindbeck
Fred Tatasciore
Kevin Michael Richardson
Matthew Mercer
Grey Griffin
Ali Hillis
Eric Bauza
Kate Micucci
Vanessa Marshall
Marc Evan Jackson
Eden Riegel
Ashley Johnson
Courtenay Taylor
Chris Cox
Travis Willingham
Scott Whyte
Troy Baker
Lauren Lapkus
Guest stars
"Weird Al" Yankovic as himself
David Hasselhoff as himself
Noel Fielding as Snailathan Gold
Dave Foley as Dr. Ferguson
George Lopez as Wurst Bros. leader
Matt Besser as Bush Guy
Rachel Dratch as Meredith Breedmore
Seth Morris as Robot guards
Jane Lynch as Barb
Suzy Nakamura as Ms. Yoshida
Chris Parnell as Ron
Jessica St. Clair as Joy
Rich Sommer as Keith Nash
Brent Weinbach as Lee
Steve Agee as Davey Wegman
Judy Greer as Nikki
Diamond White as Caitlin Olsman
Kate Berlant as River Lake
Paul F. Tompkins as The Amazing Sardini
Lea DeLaria as Prisoner
Horatio Sanz as Raoul
Lennon Parham as Toluca Lake
James Urbaniak as Commercial Bot
Whitmer Thomas as The Goosh
Jordan Black as Pterodactyl
Skyler Gisondo as Cameron
Rachel Bloom as Kira
Michaela Watkins as Brienne Bishop
Nicole Byer as Ophira
Heidi Gardner as Becca
Beck Bennett as Luc
David Koechner as Wyatt Trickle
Wendie Malick as Deborah Trickle
Keith David as "World's Greatest Teacher" mug
Ken Marino
Release
The series was announced in May 2017, four months after Quintel's previous series, Regular Show, concluded, and was originally planned to air on TBS, but it was delayed several times, and TBS's plans for the animation block to premiere it fell through when production on The Cops was shut down due to Louis C.K.'s admitted sexual misconduct. On October 29, 2019, it was announced that the series would instead make its home on HBO Max. The second half of the third episode was premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 15, 2020. On September 14, 2020, the series was broadcast internationally through Netflix and Adult Swim. The second season premiered on February 25, 2021 on HBO Max. The second season is scheduled to release on Netflix internationally on May 26, 2021.
Episodes
Season 1 (2020)
The first season was originally set to run for ten episodes, but only 8 episodes were released when the series launched.
References
2020 American television series debuts
2020s American animated television series
2020s American comedy television series
HBO Max