Do Over

A breezy, good-natured time-travel sitcom that mixes 1980s nostalgia with gentle family comedy and a light moral lesson.

Created by

Bryan Gordon, Lev L. Spiro

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Penn Badgley, Tom Everett Scott, Angela Goethals

Tagline

Joel Larsen is 14 today. The problem is, he was 34 yesterday.

Overview

Thirty-four-year-old Joel Larsen is an unmarried, dissatisfied salesman when a freak accident jettisons him 20 years into the past to his freshman year of high school. Now, back in 1981 with his 34-year-old mind trapped in his 14-year-old body, Joel (newcomer Penn Badgley) has the unique opportunity to make things turn out differently, both for him and his embarrassingly dysfunctional family. The ultimate wish-fulfillment comedy, Do Over proves that sometimes it does take a boy to do a man's job. Josh Wise, Angela Bethany Goethals (Storytelling), Gigi Rice (The John Larroquette Show), Michael Milhoan (Something So Right) and Natasha Melnick (Freaks and Geeks) also star.

How it feels

Light, warm, whimsical and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Family, coming-of-age, identity, memory

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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