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Season 1 – The Guest Book

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Emmy-winning writer Greg Garcia ("My Name Is Earl") is behind this anthology series, a quirky, single-camera comedy that brings to life the many stories Garcia has left in guest books of various rental cabins in an effort to freak out the next inhabitants. While the vacation-home setting, Froggy Cottage, and the characters living in the small mountain town remain constant, episodes feature a wide array of actors -- Jenna Fischer, Stockard Channing, Margo Martindale, Michael Rapaport, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Andrew J. West, among them -- guest starring as the house's renters. Recurring cast includes Kellie Martin ("Army Wives") as a town police officer, and Carly Jibson (Broadway's "Hairspray") as a bikini-bar proprietor.
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Critics Consensus

An outstanding cast and sporadically sharp humor make The Guest Book worth checking out, even if its anthology formula leads to a bumpy journey from episode to episode.

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David Bianculli NPR 09/06/2017
It's a layered, twisted structure as complicated as the intermingled plot twists of Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development. And yes, Guest Book deserves mention in that same company. Go to Full Review Neil Genzlinger New York Times 08/04/2017
It grows on you, because it sharpens as it goes along. Go to Full Review Steve Greene IndieWire 08/04/2017
C+
The show lives and dies on the strength of its episode-to-episode stories. A few of them are entertaining enough, but a show that's still in search of its strengths still keeps it from being a reliable trip worth taking every week. Go to Full Review Savannah Brock The Young Folks 08/08/2017
6/10
The 30-minute comedy has a lot of promise and since it is an anthology, it gives the show room to explore different story arcs. Go to Full Review Ken Tucker Yahoo! TV 08/04/2017
Is the show funny? Sort of. It's certainly charming, in a frequently vulgar sort of way, and well performed by the cast and guest stars. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Rivkah F @Rivkah 12/12/2023 This show is witty, charming, and it bites in all the right places. See more 03/03/2021 First off, watch it for the music at the start and end of each episode, they did a great job with that. The group 'HoneyHoney' did and amazing job of the music. The show was fun. It's in the My Name is Earl ballpark, of course, just a fun show. Each episode is unique with many running plot points. See more 02/15/2021 Weird in the best possible way. A must watch for lovers of oddball storylines. See more 04/10/2018 My husband & i see both left in stiches after every episode!! I really hope they make more episodes See more 12/11/2017 The Guest Book is your typical cult classic TV show you either love it or you don't. Each episode is a different set of guests in the Cottage with the guest narrating their story as they write it. Each story is separate from the others however the reoccurring cast does have a continuing storyline. If you are the type of person who thinks seeing a Bear high on meth, a sweet old man turn racist and a middle aged man hitting on a young woman and trying to act like he is 20 is funny, this is the show for you. See more 10/01/2017 So funny! I love the characters and the really good guest stars! See more Read all reviews
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Kellie Martin

Officer Kimberly Leahy

Charlie Robinson

Wilfrid

Aloma Wright

Emma

Carly Jibson

Vivian

Garret Dillahunt

Dr. Andrew Brown

Laura Bell Bundy

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 3, 2017 Full Bush Months after having a kid, Tim, a middle-school science teacher, books the cabin to spice up his sex life with his wife Sandy, but when things take an unexpected turn, Tim finds himself way over his head in a criminal conspiracy. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 3, 2017 Story Two Devout mother Jill is annoyed that her son Ethan has brought his atheist fiancée Lynn to the cabin for a family getaway. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 10, 2017 It Just Stings Phyllis and her husband's weekend retreat with his boss and the boss' much younger wife becomes unbearable for Phyllis, until she finds an unlikely escape by helping stranger Marcia run away from a plural marriage. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 17, 2017 Story Four Christy heads up to the mountains to try and bond with her new boyfriend Paul and his 8-year-old daughter, but she self-medicates because of her anxiety and ends up revealing some skeletons in her closet. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 14, 2017 Story Five Hopeful medical researcher Laurie visits the cabin with her Alzheimer's patient Edgar in an attempt to re-create his past life and help him recapture some of his memories. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 24, 2017 Story Six Federal agent Trina books the mountain cabin to protect valuable witness Blake, but Blake has his own ideas on how to escape the people who are after him. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 31, 2017 Story Seven Adam, a sweet guy who suffers from OCD, is nervous to ask out his office crush Gillian, so he devises a plan that will get her up to the cabin for their first date. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 7, 2017 Story Eight Trailer-park-boy Tommy takes his trailer-park-girl Marla to the mountains in an effort to wean her off crystal meth. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 21, 2017 She Makes My Stomach Feel Like I'm Sledding Jacob, an Amish kid on Rumspringa, follows the signs to God's Country and ends up at the cabin, where he is convinced God is directing him to meet the love of his life in any way possible. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 28, 2017 Story Ten The locals of the little mountain town must deal with the consequences of their actions over the past few months. Details

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The Guest Book — Season 1

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Greg Garcia, Alix Jaffe
Screenwriter
Greg Garcia
Network
TBS
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 3, 2017