Providing a glimpse into the homes and routines of eccentric New Yorkers, the comedy series HIGH MAINTENANCE explores the private lives of these unique individuals through a common thread: their weed deliveryman. Ben Sinclair stars as The Guy, whose client base includes a group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
For a show about stoners, High Maintenance is clear-eyed. It coolly dissects Guy's hip, artsy Brooklyn clientele, lighting them beautifully while exposing all their pretensions, foibles, and charms on such a crushing day.
It's a confident series that wishes the best for everyone and, in delivering it, encourages us to appreciate the minor comedies and dramas around us. Even if we're stone-cold sober.
The show's always scanning across the segments of urban life, conveying that each person you see on the street is living through their own little TV dramedy.
"High Maintenance" has a way of making New York look sufficiently difficult... Yet, despite the show's preference for the more melancholy aspects of someone's day, it retains hope in fleeting moments of happiness, not all of which are laced with THC.
Those who have the discovered the charming anthology about little New York stories stitched together by the pot delivery guy - a show that first originated online - know that the sweet show can create some of the most memorable episodes on TV.
High Maintenance is a generous show; it oozes empathy, but it's never gooey. Living in New York City, it's easy to wallow in self-pity and succumb to misanthropy. But watching this show helps put things in perspective.
High Maintenance has its eyes wide open about the world, but it chooses to see the magic that exists in the mundane whenever possible. And there's still a lot more humanity left to explore.
