FX‘s Adults is getting a prequel.
The FX comedy will launch, later this summer time however previous to the August drop of season two, a standalone episode, titled “Marathon Day,” that can introduce the good friend group and supply the origin story for Jack Innanen‘s Paul Baker.
The complete episode, written by sequence creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and directed by Jonathan Krisel, can be obtainable on Friday, July 31, on FXX and Hulu at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT and also will obtain a restricted launch on Hulu’s YouTube channel and FX’s TikTok and Instagram channels.
The episode additionally premiered on the Tribeca Pageant in New York on Thursday evening.
“We’re so excited for the opportunity to show fans how this friend group came to be,” Kronengold and Shaw stated in a press release. “We love a good origin story, and we can’t wait for you to see where the radioactive spider bit Paul Baker.”
Adults, which acquired popularity of its first season launched final summer time, follows a twenty-something group of buddies in New York attempting to navigate love, work, friendship and household all whereas residing collectively in Samir’s (Malik Elassal) childhood residence. Along with Innanen and Elassal, Adults stars Lucy Freyer, Amita Rao and Owen Thiele.
The Adults prequel is the newest such standalone episode launched for an FX comedy after The Bear last month surprise dropped an hourlong prequel episode “Gary,” following Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) on a visit to Indiana.
Adults is ready to return for season two on Thursday, Aug. 27. The complete eight-episode second season can be obtainable on Hulu and FXX on demand on Aug. 27, with two episodes airing every week on FXX.
FX shared the next synopsis for Adults season two: “Over eight episodes, the housemates deal with a brand new set of real-world questions. What if the 20-year-old who inherited your pretend ID is cooler than you ever have been, and youthful than you’ll ever be once more? How do you clarify to your pals that you simply really love your boring workplace job? Why does being round your loved ones make you regress into your worst self? And the way do you ask for issues to alter, while you additionally want every little thing to remain the identical? Collectively, the chums weave intricate webs of multi-player technique simply to keep away from hurting another person’s emotions. They devise elaborate workarounds for issues they’re too afraid to face head-on. It’s not a lot that they continue to learn the identical classes – it’s that they hold discovering new methods to make errors. However the one factor they persistently get proper: displaying up for one another. “
The present is government produced by Kronengold, Shaw, Nick Kroll, Sarah Naftalis, Jonathan Krisel, Alicia Van Couvering and Rob Rosell and is produced by FX Productions.
