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Esther and Benji are platonic best friends who want nothing more than to be accepted by the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles. Despite their sometimes contentious relationship, when push comes to shove, they've got each other's back ā¦ And they have nobody else to hang out with.
The characters are hard to invest in, the relationship is really hard to invest in, and the show offers no narrative propulsion aside from their cutesy, vulgar dynamic.
Unfortunately, their vapid obsession with looking and being perfect quickly grows tiresome in the premiere, which has few laughs. Still, while the tone may be a little grating, the pair has good chemistry and timing.
It embodies some of the (autobiographical comedy) genre's major misconceptions: that comics make good actors, that stand-up comedy is somehow inherently interesting or virtuous, that only comics experience youthful ennui.
Benji Aflalo and Esther Povitsky have pretty good chemistry as best friends navigating their fraught social lives as millennials in Los Angeles on the new "Alone Together" (Freeform, 8:30 p.m.).
The two have so much loathing for themselves, Alone Together can be downright depressing. Just the quality you don't want from a sitcom. You might end up hating yourself -- for wasting your time.