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Critic Consensus: Nothing is off-limits when it comes to Extras, as Andy, Darren, and Maggie touch on every taboo in the book with the help of each episode's featured celebrity.
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as Andy Millman
as Maggie Jacobs
as Darren Lamb
as Herself
as Himself
as Barry
as Himself
as Actress
as Priest
as Goran
as Himself
as Himself
as Herself
as Himself
as Himself
as Goran
as Mike
as Producer's wife
as Boy
as Jon
as Greg
as Suzanne
as Greg
as Mark
as Francesca
as Jackie Greer
as Barry
as Chef
as Father
as Producer
as Lisa
as Producer's wife
as Lady Hamilton
as Woman in bar
as Spark
as Film Director
as Boy
as Old Lady
as Female extra
as Grip
as Woman in queue
as Himself
Critic Reviews for Extras: Season 1
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"Extras" was one of our first peeks behind the curtain in a century that would showcase many meta industry narratives, and few could compete with Gervais' deft blend of charming original characters and hilarious Hollywood commentary.
''Extras" goes as much for pathos as it does for open laughs, as its backstage nobodies strive for their close-ups. Something extra lurks around the edges of Gervais's show, and that would be desperation.
Clueless at some points, quick-witted at others, Andy Millman does not feel consistent.
The real key is the characters that Gervais and Merchant have created, people you may not always like but understand totally, even at their worst moments.
Even if Extras never accedes to The Office's heights of comic sublimity, it's still a rare find...a series that combines the ascendant genre of cringe comedy with Gervais' rich comic gifts, and his trademark humanism.
More worryingly, Extras was so reliant on its characters offending minorities that it looked as if Gervais and co-creator Stephen Merchant were having their cake and eating it.
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