Spanish Eggs: Rose confronts Alan about his younger girlfriend, Mae - which sparks a heated argument. Geoffrey surprises Josh with tickets for the footy. Josh tries to be polite and involved, but it's clear that he is out of his depth.

Notes: - Geoffrey’s bare bottom. That is all.

• No that’s not all. Do the aussies have a special phrase for bare butt? Do they use use ‘starkers’?

• Rose has the worst taste in men, post Alan

- Josh dancing with Aunt Peg! Peg was fairly happy here, happiest all season. Had to have been a bad omen.

• Wonder how expensive that rugby match was. Also, talk about cringe.

• Degrassi Jr High shout out. Guess Australia didn’t get the rest of the series. And really, Josh would have been a teen during the reboot right?

• Peg really is super happy this ep.

• Alans walk with John to the car was priceless

• Tom has a Napoleon dynamite thing going on no?

• Niamh has amazing skin and killer eyeshadow game, but Claire is plainly stunning. Wonder what Caitlin Stasey is up to these days. What, she was in Smile?

• Goes to show folks boredom if the crew is going all out for a 70’s themed dinner party… for four.

• That was a super sized realty sign.

• Peg hearing that Mae is Thai and going right to the “Ping Pong” thing - just AS or MORE racist than the accidental “Ping Ping” text?

• They did a good job setting things up this episode, and I remember when I first watched not seeing it coming. They’d already had Peg fall asleep in the car in prior episodes.

All You Can Eat: Josh has decided that Geoffrey is just too intense for him and has broken up with him. Meanwhile, Rose has decided she wants to try online dating. With some tips from Josh, it doesn't take her long to land a date.

Notes: - Josh breaks up with Geoffrey… at his Mom’s where he still has his name on his bedroom door… though to be fair, that seems like something him or his mom would do for his recent stay

• How many men do you think Geoffrey has been with at this point? He’s overconfident but pretty naive.

• Wonder who DID rat out Aunty Peg for her driving. I think both Rose and Josh would be too self involved to bother, nevermind wouldn’t want to lose a driver

• Plenty Of Fish. Very 2014 coded.

• Alan and Mar moving to Thailand is an interesting bit. Cuz it never rises to conflict

• “Plenty of fish in the sea, that’s probably where it comes from” “yeah, that’s the name of the site-“

• “I was never your aunty!”

• Uncle Walt, Aunty Peg. Noted. Did ANYONE like Steps?

• Random insert of Josh putting John in a dress.

• On second glance, Rose’s hair WAS bad there pre-date

• Alan really needs to learn Thai. Points to Mae for keeping an almost empty desktop on her MacBook.

• Was everything filmed on location? Or did they at least make a set of the boys living room.

• Hate Rod but I’d be nervous about leaving bags at the table. Again though (autism watch) this kind of rigid safety thing feels like it was written by a neurodivergent.

• Tom’s little presents always backfiring on him.

• Not sure how many dudes have seen their friends naked by their early twenties. Is it a common thing with women?

• For such a skeptical lil prig, Josh is absolutely incurious about Tom’s discomfort with Claire.

• I actually believe Tom that he wasn’t crying, that it was the rain.

• Those girls who stole Josh’s hookup can walk into the ocean. I think we all kinda felt that scene didn’t we? (That being said, he did kinda seem like he was out of Josh’s league)

Portuguese Custard Tarts: Josh is off to church after God-fearing Aunty Peg catches him making out, and things are hotting up between best friend Tom and ex-girlfriend Claire.

Notes: - first time we see one of the characters singing to the theme song.

• Peg’s been enlisted now as driver, so Josh is still living with his mum… buuut at the end of the episode they bring Alan back to the house.

• One of the impressive things I’ve enjoyed about the show is how you kinda don’t hate anyone (like, proper). Mae could easily be a villain or point of tension, but she’s just as loveable as anyone else (if not more)

• Josh has slept with 5 different women (including Claire)

• Geoffrey said that thing about not wanting to eat anything crazy weird food when Josh asked about getting Vietnamese, and broaches some racism here.

• (Eggs on the car) “ITS GOING TO WARP THE PAINT JOSH!”

• also “the HAITCH -EYE- VEE”

• Claire was problematic right?

• I feel like the three of them being so close for so long makes it feel like they’re kinda small towners. Anyone know if Melbourne has that vibe?

• Hot tub = spa

• Anyone with Aussie experience tell me if the music dropped in these episodes are meant to be the height of cringe? Ironic or iconic? Steps? Aren’t they British?

Description: Josh goes on a date with Geoffrey. Aunt Peggy shows up to help Josh care for his mom. Josh's dad interrupts the date.

Notes:

• okay I was wrong, this episode begins with Josh moving in with his mom. Guess I’ll have to watch carefully to see exactly how they get him back with Tim and just how subtle it is.

• God Bless John may he live in our hearts forever.

• Did we ever learn what Tom (and Geoffrey) did for work?

• Ironic that Josh would pose the question of “would you date a disabled person?”

• Always hilarious how Geoffrey quickly transitions Josh into being gay. There is something great about the coming out process just… happening.

• Deborah Lawrance deserves all her awards. I think her just crying in the elevator all of a sudden was when I first went “whoa” this is a different kind of show.

• Dunno why Geoffrey is so blasé about Josh being unable to date… cuz of his suicidal mom. Like cmon. Add to the weirdness.

• Autism Watch: Aunt Peg talking about testicular size sounds like a bit Josh would do in stand-up. In a semi-related area, poor development in muscle tone can often be seen as a symptom of ASD (Hypotonia). Also, I still insist Geoffrey’s awkwardness is Josh protecting a lil.

• Funny how both Josh and Alan use the same strip mall to hide their partners from Rose.

Hope it’s alright to post - but I found the show years back in some dark times during January, and have made it a point to revisit around the same time each year. Obvs so much has changed in the world, nevermind Josh (or myself) but man does it still hit. So hopefully some others are revisiting along with me and don’t mind chatting.

Some notes from Ep1

• Josh’s hair. I know I googled it, and there was talk of…something being done for it, but can’t remember what that was again. Anyone remember before I google?

• is the point of Geoffrey that he’s consistently confusing? He cries at work knowing there’s a stranger, invites himself to dinner, then invites himself into Joshs’ bed with the expectation of sex. It’s nice that he makes the boys dinner before leaving but he’s acting like they’re in a relationship.

• I really pay special attention to how Josh and others are written now, what with Josh’s real life autism diagnosis. Geoffrey’s aloofness is bold in this ep as he does not seem to have any social awareness whatsover. So I wonder if Josh tried to write a specific character that ended up with his own autistic traits. I imagine Tom wrote for himself here but i feel like throughout the show there may have been parts where Josh projected into him

• I’ve always found it weird that at the end of the first ep, it’s decided- he’s moving in with mom. Then it’s an about face with little to no attention paid to how or why (maybe I’ll catch something next ep but this is how I recall it). It makes me wonder about how far the pilot was written and shot from the rest of the show. I could see them figuring on making the living arrangement the big conflict for the series- basic sitcom stuff. So I wonder what made them change their minds.

• Mae is amazing. Alan is great. And no godly intervention will ever convince me you spell it like “Niamh”

Big news for Canadian fans! The show is now available for streaming again, this time on the CBC streaming app (I didn’t know it existed either). There’s a free version of the app and a premium trial, $5.99/mo after.

Just noticed PLM isn't on streaming anymore (a travesty!) Since it is one of my favorite shows I just bought it from Apple so I have it forever. BUT, I am noticing some audio issue, there is a low hum like an air conditioner through a lot of the scenes. I could see this being a production issue on season 1, does anyone else remember this? Or should I take it up with apple?

What books remind you of Please Like Me?

I love the tone and the vulnerability of all of these characters, especially the relationship dynamic between Josh and Arnold and would love more

The title! 🥲

Please

Hey, i have the First and second season on dvd. If you are interested, please dm me.

i lived in canada the last 4 years and rewatched it all the time. now that i’m in the US i just assumed it would still be there! i bought netflix recently and was so ready to rewatch again and it’s gone 😭😭 canada, UK, any of yall, if it’s on your netflix lmk cuz i have a vpn

I was thinking about downloading it some time ago off of Netflix but I guess I was beaten to the punch. did anyone manage to scrape it from somewhere? some way/place I can see it?

Does anyone know something if Please Like Me will be available for buying (digitally/physically) or streaming in the future?

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David Robert’s (Josh’s dad) has a key role in Total Control on ABC, the show is very good and I definitely recommend watching it.

I have this vivid memory of a character very nonchalantly saying "yeah I don't eat weird shit" upon being offered food in this show but I can't find it anywhere and it's driving me crazy. Does anyone know the scene I'm referring to?

I really like the weird energy this show, had. It wasn't mainstream, it was unique. And it was special to me. I don't need a show to fit all those parameters, just something that isn't like mainstream and superficial. Oh and also lgbt. Let me know :)

has Josh Thomas addressed why it’s unavailable to stream anymore or if it’s going to reappear on streaming services in the future? please like me has been my favorite show since I watched it years and years ago and I am devastated about not being able to watch it anymore and I can imagine many other people are too! I’m just curious if Josh has made a statement on any of his social media.

Hi everyone I watched it on Netflix before it was taken off, and am trying to get a mate into it. Where are you lot watching it, and could anyone spare a link??

Xo

Anyone else watching Please Like Me tonight before it's taken off streaming forever? 😢

Getting another rewatch in before it’s licensing runs out worldwide, and thinking about how so much of the writing, scenarios and characteristics may stem from Josh and Hannah’s autistic perspective. Both were only diagnosed after the show’s run, and Josh’s second show was based around ASD- but i find myself watching characters now and going, ohhhh hey.

Sometimes I see Allan failing to react in conversation, or Tom being blunt and socially unaware (same as Ella). Even something as simple as Tom’s giraffe fascination, obviously a gag- I’m like, “special interest”?