TV series

Trying

2020 · 5 seasons

A warm, funny, and heartfelt look at ordinary people stumbling through love and parenthood, easy to sink into.

Tagline: Together they're a family.
Overview: All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?
How it feels: Warm, uplifting, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Parenthood, family, love, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
love
identity
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild