Season 1 • Episode 9
LatestAlmost Grown is an American television drama series about a couple, whose lives are explored during three time periods of their lives. The series was well received by critics, but aired for only 10 episodes between 27 November 1988 and 20 February 1989 due to low ratings. The series is notable for being co-created by David Chase, who would later go on to create the critically and commercially successful HBO original series The Sopranos. Many themes appearing in Almost Grown were later explored in The Sopranos.
Writing
Chase's signature therapy-as-drama dialogue already fully formed.
Acting
Tim Daly and Eve Gordon sell decades of resentment in glances.
Production
Three time periods, one marriage—ambitious structure for 1988 network TV.
Creators
David Chase, Lawrence Konner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
CBS aired episodes out of chronological order, destroying the time-jumping narrative logic and hastening cancellation.
This was David Chase's first series where he had full creative control—every Sopranos theme, from suburban malaise to fractured memory, incubated here first.
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