Close Enough

American adult animated sitcomTemplate:SHORTDESC:American adult animated sitcom

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* J. G. Quintel
* Gabrielle Walsh
* Jason Mantzoukas
* Kimiko Glenn
* Jessica DiCicco
* James Adomian
* Danielle Brooks
* J. G. Quintel
* John Aboud
* Michael Colton
* Rob Sorcher
* Brian A. Miller
* Jennifer Pelphrey
* Sam Register (season 3)

***Close Enough*** is an American adult animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel. Originally intended to air on TBS in 2017, the project faced various delays and setbacks before eventually premiering on HBO Max on July 9, 2020. With the announcement of TBS and TNT's Front Row blocks, the series debuted on the former network on October 25, 2021.

The series has received positive reviews, with several critics comparing it favorably to Quintel's previous series, *Regular Show*.

## Premise

A couple in their early thirties, Josh and Emily, and their young daughter, Candice, live in a Los Angeles duplex with their divorced friends, Alex and Bridgette. They get into what seem like normal domestic crises, which tend to escalate in surreal (often even 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. She attends Chamomile Elementary School.
* Alex Dorpenberger (voiced by Jason Mantzoukas) – Josh's best friend and Bridgette's ex-husband, who works as a community college professor and a struggling Viking-themed fantasy author. He is a conspiracy theorist.
* Bridgette 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 as "No Stress" 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.
* Pearle Watson (voiced by Danielle Brooks) – A retired African-American LAPD police officer, and the landlady 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.

### Recurring

* Mr. Timothy 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 former 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
* Marc Evan Jackson
* Sam Marin
* Eden Riegel
* Ashley Johnson
* Courtenay Taylor
* Chris Cox
* Travis Willingham
* Scott Whyte
* Troy Baker
* Lauren Lapkus
* Nancy Linari
* Vanessa Marshall
* Tom Kenny
* Maurice LaMarche
* John DiMaggio
* Billy West
* Charlie Adler
* Ashleigh Ball
* Rob Paulsen
* Tress Macneille
* Reba Buhr
* Jim Conroy
* Steve Blum

### 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
* Thomas Lennon as Henri
* Ken Marino as Dave Colider

## 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.

### Season 2 (2021)

Every episode in this season was directed by J. G. Quintel and Calvin Wong.

## Release

The series was announced in May 2017, four months after Quintel's previous series, *Regular Show*, concluded its run on the sibling Cartoon Network. The series was originally announced to air on TBS, but was delayed several times. It would later be revealed that TBS had planned to premiere the show as part of its own animation block, but those plans 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 move to HBO Max. The second half of the third episode was premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 15, 2020.

On August 6, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season. The following month, the series was distributed internationally through Netflix, beginning September 14, 2020 in Latin America.

The second season premiered on February 25, 2021 on HBO Max. Prior to the season premiere, a third season was announced on February 10, 2021. The second season was released internationally on Netflix on May 26, 2021.Template:Better source needed

On October 24, 2021, the first two seasons became available to buy digitally on iTunes.

The third season is scheduled to premiere on April 7, 2022 on HBO Max.

## Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Completely absurd and yet, utterly relatable, *Close Enough* captures the strange experience that is being an adult." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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## External links

* Close Enough on HBO Max
* *Close Enough* at IMDb

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