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Life in Pieces

7.1IMDb146 votesWorth your time
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2015 – 20194 seasons · 79 episodesTV-14Canceled
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TV DNA

How Life in Pieces actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Life in Pieces reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

Character DepthPresent5.4

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityPresent5.2

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SerializedPresent4.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Emotional WeightLight3.5

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

The story

What it's about

Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.

The run

Seasons

4 seasons · 79 episodes.

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    201522 episodes

    6.7IMDb

    Best episode · S01E14 Will Trash Book Spa

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    201622 episodes

    4.8IMDb

    Best episode · S02E09 #TBT: Y2K Sophia Honeymoon Critter

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    201722 episodes

    6.6IMDb

    Best episode · S03E01 Settlement Pacifier Attic Unsyncing

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    201913 episodes

    7.5IMDb

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Will Trash Book Spa

S01E14

Will Trash Book Spa

8.1IMDb7 votes

When Greg and Jen slip away for a couples massage, the afternoon doesn’t turn out to be as relaxing as they expected. Also, Tim, Heather and the kids have a contest to see who can accumulate the least trash, Colleen asks Matt to illustrate a children’s book she is writing, and Jen helps Joan and John with their will.

21 Jan 201623 min
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S01E03

Sleepy Email Brunch Tree

7.6IMDb9 votes

When Matt invites Colleen to brunch with the family, he coaches her through the difficult task of connecting with them. Also, John, Matt and Greg try to prove their masculinity by cutting down a tree in Greg's backyard, Tim has an adverse reaction to espresso, and a sleep-deprived Greg has a run-in with the cops.

5 Oct 201523 min
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S01E05

Babe Secret Phone Germs

7.3IMDb6 votes

Tim and Heather unintentionally make things incredibly awkward for Tyler when he brings his gorgeous new girlfriend, Clementine, to meet the family. Also, Matt and Colleen are caught canoodling at the office by their obnoxious co-worker, Will, Jen and Greg vow not to become germaphobes, and John buys Sophia a cell phone behind her parents' backs.

19 Oct 201523 min
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S01E13

Party Lobster Gym Sale

7.2IMDb5 votes

Greg joins Colleen's gym and goes overboard gearing up to work out. Also, Heather and Jen host a secret garage sale that directly competes with one Joan is having, Tyler and Samantha throw a party while Heather and Tim are away for the weekend, and the family has second thoughts about eating lobster for dinner.

14 Jan 201623 min
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S01E20

Prank Assistant Gum Puppy

7.2IMDb6 votes

Greg feels threatened by Jen's handsome assistant; Tim and Heather plan a prank.

10 Mar 201623 min
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S01E04

Prison Baby Golf Picking

7.1IMDb7 votes

The siblings congratulate Greg after word spreads that he stood up to Joan for passive-aggressively questioning Jen’s parenting skills. Also, Chad insists on having one last meal with Colleen’s grandmother before heading off to jail, Matt and Greg discourage Tim from beating John at a round of golf and Sophia gets a peanut stuck up her nose.

12 Oct 201523 min

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Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

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