You Me Her Explained

Creator:	John Scott Shepherd
Theme Music Composer:	Jeff Toyne
Country:	United States Canada
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	5
Num Episodes:	50
List Episodes:	Episodes
Location:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Runtime:	26–32 minutes
Company:	JSS Entertainment Alta Loma Entertainment Entertainment One Television
Network:	Audience Network (seasons 1–4) HBO Canada/Crave (season 5)

You Me Her is an American–Canadian comedy-drama television series that revolves around a suburban married couple who are entering a three-way romantic relationship, one type of polyfidelity relationship. The series is set in Portland, Oregon and was created by John Scott Shepherd. The series is also promoted as TV's "first polyromantic comedy".^[1] On June 9, 2016, Audience Network renewed the series for a second and third season.^[2] On July 27, 2018, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season.^[3] The fourth season premiered on April 9, 2019.^[4]

On May 10, 2019, Audience Network announced that the fifth season would be the last season and Gail Harvey would be directing all the episodes for the season.^[5] However, Audience Network ended operations on May 22, 2020, prior to airing the remaining episodes.^[6] The season was released in full on Crave in Canada on June 7, 2020. Seasons 1–5 were aired on Netflix in Europe and Latin America. In 2022, all five seasons were found to be available in the United States on Freevee.^[7]

Premise

The series revolves around married, vanilla thirty-somethings Jack and Emma Trakarsky, from Portland, Oregon, whose desires to conceive have been hampered by their lack of sex drive. One day, Jack's efforts to solve the problem lead both Emma and him to Izzy Silva, a 25-year-old graduate student and part-time escort. After initially intending to see her as a client, the two jointly start to fall in love with Izzy, who in turn starts to feel the same way. Consequently, they decide to terminate the arrangement and bring Izzy into the marriage as a lover. This opens up a world of new challenges as they find themselves having to navigate their way through a minefield of prying, nosy neighbours with narrow social norms and prejudices, while at the same time struggling to confront their own feelings and insecurities, and adjust to the unfamiliar dynamic of a non-typical type of polyfidelity relationship.

Cast

Main

• Greg Poehler as Jack Trakarsky, a student counsellor and Emma's husband
• Rachel Blanchard as Emma Trakarsky, an architect.
• Priscilla Faia as Isabelle "Izzy" Silva, a psychology graduate student and call girl
• Melanie Papalia as Nina Martone (season 2–5; recurring season 1), Izzy's roommate and best friend

Recurring

• Jennifer Spence as Carmen Amari (seasons 1–4), one of the Trakarsky's neighbors and Emma's best friend
• Ennis Esmer as Dave Amari, one of the Trakarsky's neighbors and Jack's best friend
• Jarod Joseph as Andy Cutler, Izzy's brief love interest who later becomes romantically involved with Nina
• Kevin O'Grady (season 1) and Dave Collette (seasons 2–5) as Gabe, Jack's brother and confidant
• Chelah Horsdal as Lori Matherfield (seasons 1–2), the Trakarsky's nosy neighbor and Ava's mother
• Laine MacNeil as Ava Matherfield (seasons 1–2), Lori's teenage daughter
• Jerry Wasserman as Dean Weinstock (season 1)
• Patrick Gilmore as Shaun, a bartender and Nina's employer, and later her new love interest
• Michael Hogan as Emma's father (season 2)
• Agam Darshi as Ruby Shivani (season 2), Jack's high school girlfriend
• Lara Gilchrist as Hannah (season 3), Carmen's partner in creating a lifestyle magazine
• Carmel Amit as Kylie (season 3), Emma's new girlfriend in Seattle
• Adam Beauchesne as Will (seasons 4–5), a realtor and one of the Trakarsky's neighbors
• Marc-Anthony Massiah as Marty (season 4–5), Will's boyfriend with whom he lives, being neighbors of the Trakarskys
• Gabrielle Rose as Jack and Gabe's mother who visits to make amends with Jack
• Robert Moloney as Ben (seasons 3–5), Izzy's father, later becomes engaged and marries Lala.
• Enid-Raye Adams as Lala (seasons 4–5), hated neighbor of the Trakarskys, then becomes engaged to Ben, Izzy's father, and marries him

Episodes

Season 5 (2020)

Broadcast

All seasons are available on Netflix exclusively outside of the United States and Canada.^[8]

Home media

The first season of You Me Her was released on DVD as of December 2017.

All episodes of the series are currently available on Tubi and Amazon Freevee.

Production

Filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.^[9]

Awards and nominations

!Year!Award!Category!Nominee(s)!Result!Ref.

2020	Leo Awards	Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series	Priscilla Faia		^[10]
		Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Lee Majdoub
		Best Picture Editing Dramatic Series	Nicole Ratcliffe
2019		Best Performance in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series	Priscilla Faia(Episode: You Be You And I'll Be Me)		^[11]
2018	Directors Guild of Canada	Outstanding Directorial Achievement	Sara St. Onge (Episode: Tourist Lesbians and Millennial Twats)		^[12]
	Leo Awards	Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series	Priscilla Faia(Episode: Stoner Sensai's Secrets of Love)		^[13]
		Best Casting in a Dramatic Series	Candice Elzinga(Episode: Stoner Sensai's Secrets of Love)
		Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Patrick Lubczyk(Episode: Stoner Sensai's Secrets of Love)
		Best Musical Score in a Dramatic Series	Brent Belke (composer)
2017		Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series	Jennifer Spence(Episode: "Like Riding a Vagina Bike")		^[14]
		Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series	Priscilla Faia(Episode: Sex Fairy and the Eternal Flames)
		Best Musical Score in a Dramatic Series	Brent Belke(Episode: Sex Fairy and the Eternal Flames)
		Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Dave Collette(Episode: Like Riding A Vagina Bike)
	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Laine MacNeil		^[15]
	UBCP/ACTRA Awards	Best Actress	Jennifer Spence(Episode: "Like Riding A Vagina Bike")		^[16]
2016		Best Actress	Priscilla Faia		^[17]
	SXSW Film Festival	SXSW Gamechanger Award	Nisha Ganatra		^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Watch My Show: You Me Her is the Polyromantic Comedy With 'Valid Emotional Stakes'. TV Insider. May 11, 2016.
2. Web site: 'You Me Her' Gets 2-Season Renewal By AT&T. Andreeva. Nellie. June 9, 2016. Deadline. en-US. June 19, 2016.
3. Web site: 'You Me Her' & 'Condor' Renewed by Audience Network – TCA. July 27, 2018.
4. Web site: Audience Network Sets Premiere Dates For 'You Me Her' Season 4, 'Undeniable With Dan Patrick' Season 6. Deadline Hollywood. Denise. Petski. January 16, 2019. March 25, 2019.
5. Web site: 'You Me Her' To End With Season 5 On Audience Network. Deadline Hollywood. Denise. Petski. May 10, 2019. May 10, 2019.
6. Web site: AT&T to Shutter Audience Network on May 22 . Frankel . Daniel . April 2, 2020. NextTV . April 21, 2020.
7. Web site: You Me Her . Amazon Prime Video . Amazon . 4 March 2022.
8. Web site: You Me Her. Netflix Media Center.
9. Web site: You Me Her. What's Filming. February 28, 2018.
10. Web site: Leo Awards, Nominees by Program 2020. June 19, 2020. secure.leoawards.com.
11. Web site: 2019 LEO AWARDS, Nominees & Winners by Name. June 19, 2020. www.leoawards.com.
12. Web site: 2018 » Directors Guild of Canada. June 19, 2020. www.dgc.ca.
13. Web site: Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Program. June 19, 2020. www.leoawards.com.
14. Web site: 2017 Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name. June 19, 2020. www.leoawards.com.
15. Web site: You are being redirected.... June 19, 2020. www.academy.ca.
16. Web site: September 1, 2017. UBCP/ACTRA Awards Announces 2017 NOMINEES. June 19, 2020. UBCP/ACTRA. en-US.
17. Web site: Furminger. Sabrina. UBCP/ACTRA announces nominees for 2016 awards. June 19, 2020. Vancouver Courier.
18. Web site: Nisha Ganatra. June 19, 2020. IMDb.