<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> You're the Worst is an American single - camera comedy - drama television series created by Stephen Falk . Originally broadcast by FX, the series currently airs on sister channel FXX . The series follows Jimmy (Chris Geere), a self - involved writer, and Gretchen (Aya Cash), a self - destructive Los Angeles PR executive, as these two attempt a relationship, along with their two friends Edgar (Desmin Borges) and Lindsay (Kether Donohue). The series premiered on July 17, 2014 . </P> <P> On September 30, 2014, FX renewed the show for a thirteen - episode second season, which premiered September 9, 2015 on FXX . The second season focused on clinical depression and its effect on modern relationships . In September 2016, FX renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on September 6, 2017 . In November 2017, FX renewed the series for a fifth and final season to premiere in January 2019 . </P> <P> Jimmy and Gretchen meet at the wedding of Vernon and Becca Barbara . Jimmy, whom Becca turned down when he proposed two years earlier, is convinced Becca only invited him to rub her marriage to Vernon in his face . He nevertheless showed up, determined to ruin Becca's day as payback . Gretchen came as the guest of Becca's sister, Lindsay, who is Gretchen's best friend and enabler of her sex, drugs and rock - and - roll lifestyle . Gretchen is the publicist for a rap trio and lives in a chaotic apartment, while Jimmy can support himself in upscale Silver Lake and drive a BMW, despite having published only one novel, written during his post-breakup depression, that has sold little and been remaindered at the local bookstore . He supports himself by writing for glossy magazines, in addition to the tiny royalty checks that occasionally arrive in his mailbox . </P>

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