Synopsis
Kidding (2018), Season 1 is a Showtime tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM — ten episodes built around Jim Carrey as Jeff Pickles, a beloved children's TV host whose family falls apart after one of his twin sons dies.
This season is about the cracks in the Mr. Pickles mask. Jeff wants to talk to kids about death on live television; his producer Seb, who is also his father, panics and quietly preps the show for a future without its star. His estranged wife keeps the door shut, his sister Deirdre is drowning in her own life, and Jeff reaches for one-night stands, a death-row pen pal, and an absurd ice-skating spinoff. A kind man in a cruel world starts losing his grip — slowly, almost invisibly.
Created by Dave Holstein and partly directed by Michel Gondry, the show wraps real grief in soft, dreamlike images. It's Carrey at his most quietly devastating. Stream Kidding Season 1 online on iFILM.
10 episodes
S1·E1Green Means Go
Jeff Pickles decides it's time to talk about death on Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time. His executive producer, Seb, feels that Mr. Pickles the persona and Jeff Pickles the person need to remain separate. Deirdre punishes her daughter Maddy for not eating her veggies.
S1·E2Pusillanimous
Jeff makes a rash decision that could affect the ability of the show to continue. Seb strategizes how to rebuild Jeff's image. The two disagree about how Jeff can repair his family. Deirdre tries to learn more about what's happening while Maddy is at her piano lesson. Jeff's son Will decides to let loose with his new friends.
S1·E3Every Pain Needs a Name
Jeff tries to fix his heartbreak. Deirdre deals with her daughter's developing medical condition. Seb outlines the future of Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time without Jeff. Jeff tries to get Will off pot by giving him a hobby.
S1·E4Bye, Mom
Jeff deals with a one-night stand. Jill learns that Jeff has been sending money to someone behind her back and confronts him.
S1·E5The New You
Jeff decides to step out of his comfort zone. Seb tries to get Jeff on board with new changes for Puppet Time, as well as his ice skating show – Pickles On Ice, starring Tara Lipinski.
S1·E6The Cookie
Will tries to honor his brother in a unique way. Jeff decides to make some changes to Pickles on Ice. Deirdre lets her anger out on Maddy. Jeff tries to convince Vivian to continue with her treatment.
S1·E7Kintsugi
Jeff goes off script and starts to speak more honestly to children on Puppet Time as Seb panics that Jeff will soon have to appear on live television for the National Tree Lighting Ceremony. Deirdre and Scott get a new visitor from Japan – Mr. Pickles-San. The Pickles have Thanksgiving as a family.
S1·E8Philliam
Jeff meets the son of his pen pal, an inmate on death row, and decides to help him.
S1·E9LT. Pickles
Jeff wonders if he's having a breakdown or a breakthrough. Will gets into trouble at school. Scott confronts Deirdre about her feelings for Mr. Pickles-San. Seb decides to make a last-minute change to Pickles on Ice while Jeff is away.
S1·E10Some Day
Everyone in Jeff's life deals with the results of the speech Jeff made on national television.
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