EPISODE
SEASON
This Close - Season 1
Kate is deaf and she battles at her life in view of certain issues about her relationship and her work. Her friend, Michael who has about similar issues, is additionally deaf. At these tough times, friends must be closer for one another.
3 October 1973, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
21 August 1992, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
7 February 1962, Hampton, South Carolina, USA
March 01, 2018
As Kate, [Shoshannah Stern] shifts ably from apologetic to fiery to vulnerable.
February 16, 2018
This Close is groundbreaking, necessary, and the fact that it is a genuinely great series - down to its writing, performances, and subject matter - only proves that a platform for this kind of storytelling is long overdue.
January 03, 2019
A miscommunicated series about the myriad ways we can miscommunicate, This Close is farther from the mark it tries to hit than its title implies.
January 04, 2019
Directed by Andrew Ahn, the six 30-minute episodes are handsomely fashioned.
February 12, 2018
It's an unconventional love story that needs another season to figure out what it really wants to be, and how best to get there. At least the most important elements -- or both of them, anyway -- are in place.
March 01, 2018
It's a frank and refreshing depiction of friendship, disability, and the different ways we can be intimate with other human beings. It's also entertaining as all hell.
April 04, 2018
... the visuals and acting are so good, that it's worth watching just for that.
January 04, 2019
Intimate, graphic and immediately engaging.
March 01, 2018
But Stern and Feldman are more than enough reason to watch; they deserve to be in many more series and movies to come, but not before this series makes them heard.
January 04, 2019
Even when the story sags here and there, This Close is a reminder of the creative value of more inclusive storytelling:

