Limited Series – Tiny Beautiful Things

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Clare revisits the most pivotal moments in her life as she writes for an advice column.

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Tiny Beautiful Things is littered with cumbersome narrative choices, but Kathryn Hahn's soulful performance is one big plus that keeps this adaptation firmly compelling.

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

Aug 18, 2023

It feels trapped between its source material and the desire to expand beyond its protagonist’s worldview.

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Cristina Escobar

RogerEbert.com

May 21, 2023

A thoughtful exploration of grief and how old wounds carry forward, with particular attention to motherhood

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Izzy Ampil

BuzzFeed News

Apr 14, 2023

Hahn inhabits the fictionalized Strayed with a frank desperation that makes her hilarious to behold.

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Mini Anthikad-Chhibber

The Hindu

Aug 27, 2023

Turning a series of essays — which was in equal part a memoir and an advice column — into an engaging show, is a laudable feat

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Silvina Lamazares

Clarín

Jul 17, 2023

3/4

Despite a somewhat chaotic story, the series succeeds in shedding light onto a character's darkness... [Full review in Spanish]

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Erin Maxwell

LA Weekly/Village Voice

May 29, 2023

Hahn puts in an award-worthy performance, but her character is far from endearing. Clare’s self-indulgence and eagerness to pin her difficulties on everyone but herself makes her an exhausting character, and it ultimately weighs down the show.

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Nalaya C

@Nalaya Jan 13, 2026

The way Kathryn responds to the questions as Sugar are really deeply touching. Especially because she's writing it from this character who is far from perfect. Her life is a mess and she just owns it. It shows the beauty of the chaos that is part of life. That there is deep wisdom to be found even when things don't go the way we want them to. I did however find the ending to be quite abrupt. That's why it gets one less star. Also the side characters and their side-stories didn't pull me in as much. The daughter, the therapist. It seemed irrelevant in the end. I thought it was building on something, but then it just ended.

ashley T

@veganwatcher Jan 11, 2026

this series broke my heart in the best way possible. the gray and complex characters make everything 10 times better!

Joan L

@RT37882029 Jan 30, 2025

Katherine Hahn's performance had absolutely zero nuance, and mostly consisted of her screaming at everyone, especially her daughter. At the slightest annoyance, she would lose her temper and start melting down. It was very off-putting and distracting and ruined this series for me.

Gabriela B

@RT28156357 Jan 18, 2025

It is beautiful. I loved it!

Dakota W

@RT03805442 Oct 18, 2023

Too dramatic, and characters were not convincing. In fact Clare was down right annoying in spots.

Andrea

@RT06074715 Aug 24, 2023

Beautiful compelling heartbreaking and inspiring

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Danny Kinkade

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Episode 1

Aired Apr 7, 2023

Pilot

Clare's husband, Danny, has kicked her out of their home for giving her brother Lucas their daughter Rae's college fund; but an old friend needs someone to take on his advice column Dear Sugar, and it might be what Clare needs.

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Episode 2

Aired Apr 7, 2023

Yours, Sugar

Clare grapples with whether she wants to become Sugar as she reels from trouble at work and with Rae; in the past, young Clare and young Lucas must confront their grief at Frankie's funeral.

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Episode 3

Aired Apr 7, 2023

The Ghost Ship

Danny and Clare try to untangle their relationship and Rae's threesome, as Clare considers her path not taken; in the past, young Clare finds out she's pregnant with Rae.

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Episode 4

Aired Apr 7, 2023

Under the Stars

As Clare deals with her Tik-Tok-famous Montana confrontation and Rae's recent partying, she's haunted by a letter writer who desperately needs Sugar's advice; in the past, young Clare learns of Frankie's diagnosis and desperately tries to save her.

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Episode 5

Aired Apr 7, 2023

The Nose

A furious Rae tells Clare and Danny that she doesn't want to go back to her school; Clare remembers her college experience with Frankie and why she never got her degree.

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Episode 6

Aired Apr 7, 2023

Broken Things

Danny and Clare take a good look at their sex life as a letter writer writes about her boyfriend's secret shame; Rae grapples with letting Montana back into her life as she realizes she might have the upper hand.

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Episode 7

Aired Apr 7, 2023

Clare and Amy attend a writer's retreat, but when Amy gets great news, Clare can't help but question if her sacrifices for her family have been holding her back; as she remembers her first marriage to Jess, she wonders if she should stay or go.

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Episode 8

Aired Apr 7, 2023

Love

Fresh off shocking news from Danny, Rae reveals who really dropped off the missing money, causing Clare to bring Rae along on a road trip to Clare's childhood home; in the past, Clare rushes to get Lucas to the hospital for Frankie's last days.

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Director: Desiree Akhavan, Stacie Passon, Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Creator: Liz Tigelaar
Executive Producer: Liz Tigelaar, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Lauren Levy Neustadter, Stacey Silverman, Cheryl Strayed, Kathryn Hahn
Screenwriter: Nancy Won, Naomi Iwamoto, Kaitlyn Fahey, Des Moran, Liz Tigelaar, Deirdre Shaw, Jocelyn Bioh, Ellen Fairey
Network: Hulu
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 7, 2023

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