| Genre: | Comedy drama |
| Creator: | Stefanie Preissner |
| Starring: | Seána Kerslake Nika McGuigan Muiris Crowley Amy Huberman |
| Executive Producer: | Ailish McElmeel Paul Donovan Eddie Doyle & Justin Healy Greg Phillips & Vicky Ryan |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 12 |
| List Episodes: |
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| Location: | Dublin |
| Director: | Cathy Brady Imogen Murphy |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Network: | RTÉ2 |
| Company: | Deadpan pictures |
Can't Cope, Won't Cope is an Irish comedy-drama television series. It was created by Stefanie Preissner and produced by Deadpan Pictures for RTÉ2 in 2016.[1] [2] Seána Kerslake played fund manager Aisling and Nika McGuigan played art student Danielle. They are twenty-something friends from Mallow, County Cork, who share a house in Dublin.[3] [4] The first season was picked up by BBC 3 in 2017 and Netflix in the US, UK and Republic of Ireland in 2018.[3] [5] [6] [7] A second series was commissioned in 2017[3] [8] [9] and broadcast in 2018. The series also featured Amy Huberman.[10] In August 2018, writer Stefanie Preissner confirmed that a third series would not be made, thus ending the series.
| Series | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Average audience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | [13] | — | |||
| 2 | 6 | — | ||||
| No. | Title | Date | Audience | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Wanna Be Like You" | 19 September 2016 | — | |
| 2 | "Drive on, Drive on, Drive on, Drive On" | — | ||
| 3 | "Welcome to Ireland" | 26 September 2016 | — | |
| 4 | "Mallowfornia" | 3 October 2016 | — | |
| 5 | "Release Me" | 10 October 2016 | — | |
| 6 | "End, Like!" | 17 October 2016 | — |
| No. | Title | Date | Audience | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Worlds Apart" | 23 April 2018 | — | |
| 2 | "New Beginnings"[14] | 30 April 2018 | — | |
| 3 | "WhatsAppening" | 7 May 2018 | — | |
| 4 | "Situationship" | 14 May 2018 | — | |
| 5 | "Back to Backwards" | 21 May 2018 | — | |
| 6 | "This Is the End" | 28 May 2018 | — |