Lena Dunham‘s Too Much, arrives on Netflix July 10, introducing a chaotic, sharp-edged rom-com set between New York and London. Created by Dunham and Luis Felber, the series centers on Jessica, played by Megan Stalter, a thirty-something New Yorker who crashes out of a relationship she believed would last forever. She walks through Manhattan surrounded by reminders of her personal failures, professionally successful but emotionally unraveling. When the city starts to feel like one giant bad memory, she leaves.
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Jessica takes a job in London, hoping for solitude. Her plan reads like a fantasy from a Victorian novel, an isolated life full of quiet dignity and literary sadness. Instead, she meets Felix, played by Will Sharpe, a man whose presence short-circuits her plans and exposes her patterns. He signals trouble from the beginning, but the attraction persists. Their dynamic unfolds with discomfort and unpredictability. It doesn’t offer clarity, just the question: when does something feel too much, and when does it feel right?
Dunham directs and writes the series, returning to themes she’s explored before, self-sabotage, emotional confusion, the desperate need for connection. Lena Dunham’s Too Much doesn’t recycle past work. Jessica’s emotional implosion comes with a different tone: less searching, more resignation. London doesn’t save her. Felix doesn’t fix her. The show doesn’t promise resolution, it leans into mess.
Megan Stalter, best known for her work in Hacks, delivers a performance that balances delusion and vulnerability without tipping too far in either direction. Will Sharpe, whose recent roles have stretched across comedy and drama, plays Felix as both a charmer and a warning sign. Together, they build a relationship full of poor timing and emotional misfires.
The cast stretches far beyond its leads. Andrew Scott, Jennifer Saunders, Kit Harington, Rita Ora, and Jessica Alba join the series as guest stars, adding to an already wide-ranging ensemble. Other cast members include Michael Zegen, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Leo Reich, Daisy Bevan, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski, Stephen Fry, Kaori Momoi, and Adwoa Aboah.
Produced by A Working Title Television and Good Thing Going Production, the series brings together the teams behind Girls and Love Actually, though it shares little with either beyond emotional urgency. The writing swerves through breakdowns, distance, and minor disasters with no interest in smoothing them out. Jessica doesn’t grow up, and Felix doesn’t offer stability. The question of whether Americans and Brits speak the same emotional language hovers across episodes.
