Atypical

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Television series
German title Atypical
Original title Atypical
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Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 2017
Production
company		 Weird Brain,
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Sony Pictures Entertainment
length 26-38 minutes
Episodes 28 in 3+ seasons ( list )
genre Dramedy
idea Robia Rashid
production Jennifer Jason Leigh
music Dan Romer
Initial release August 11, 2017 (US) on Netflix

First publication in German		 August 11, 2017 on Netflix
occupation
synchronization

Atypical ( English for atypical ) is an American television series about an autistic boy and his family. The series was developed and written by Robia Rashid. The first season was released on Netflix on August 11, 2017 . A second season with ten additional episodes was confirmed on September 13, 2017, and was released on September 7, 2018. On October 24, 2018, a third season with ten episodes was confirmed, which was released on November 1, 2019 on Netflix. On February 20, 2020, a fourth and final season was confirmed, which is to be released in 2021.

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Sam Gardner is an 18 year old from Connecticut with Autism Spectrum Disorder. With the help of his therapist, his friend Zahid and his family, he tries to find his way into an independent life and to become more independent. He also expresses the desire for a girlfriend, and everyone is at his side with advice and action.

In the course of the first season, the viewer experiences the complexity of Sam's trains of thought through narratives in the first person perspective. Sam's passion is to analyze and research things and situations. He associates many situations with the extensive knowledge that he has about penguins or the Antarctic. At the same time, you get an insight into Sam's habits, such as certain behavioral patterns in stressful situations, problems in everyday life (bright lights in department stores, overcrowded shopping centers, etc.) or even the exclusion of events due to loud music. Sam keeps a notebook in which he makes notes of bullet points, situations or advice that should serve as a reminder for later use. In this way, he notes down situations from school or content from the conversations with his therapist Julia, which relates to certain procedures and behavior patterns when dealing with girls.

Elsa Gardner, Sam's mother, has been in a self-help group since Sam's diagnosis and tries to learn how to deal with the diagnosis and the complications that arise in everyday life. In exchange with other parents, she manages to develop the necessary understanding and consideration for her son within the family. She reacts very temperamentally when she learns that her husband Doug has never brought up the topic of autism in discussions with work colleagues. She tries very hard not to bring more conflict to her son. So she gets a certain type of cotton shirt or a certain detergent that is only for Sam, as it is difficult for him to get used to changes.

Sam's work colleague Zahid, who is at least age-related an important caregiver, is at Sam's side with advice and action and tries to prepare him for growing up and dealing with women. He is an important source of knowledge for Sam when it comes to flirting tips or clothing suggestions.

The viewer learns that Sam's father Doug initially struggles to bond with his son and is thrilled when Sam asks his advice. From these conversations and the advice of his father to look for someone with the same interest, Sam first comes to the conclusion that his therapist Julia is his dream woman and that he absolutely wants to win her over. Sam tries to gain Julia's interest during the therapy sessions and asks her about her preferences. There he also learns that she still has a boyfriend at this point. Demotivated by this fact, Sam tries to talk to his father. This encourages him and can awaken a new thirst for action in Sam.

When Sam tries to surprise his crush with chocolate-covered strawberries, Doug drives him to her house, only to discover that Sam's crush is Julia, Sam's 26-year-old therapist. After Sam's unnoticed surprise visit, Julia finds one of the strawberries. She accuses her boyfriend of cheating on her, which leads him to break up with her. After he moved out, Julia was admitted to the hospital after an injury and found out that she was pregnant. Sam and Doug seek the conversation again and come to the conclusion that Sam should look for someone in his age group. Sam then decides that he needs a "practice friend" and, with the help of his friends and family, gets to know the social nuances of dating and starts a relationship with Paige. Sam now has to practice dealing with strangers and their habits. Be it touch or manners. So Paige takes one of his sweat jackets, which is a difficult topic for Sam to classify. Paige then ended the relationship, but Sam managed to win her back and gave her a necklace with a penguin pendant as part of himself. The relationship with Paige turns out to be an emotional roller coaster for Sam.

Elsa struggles to find a life outside of her motherhood when she realizes that Sam is becoming more independent. During a night out with friends, Elsa meets a bartender and starts an affair with him. Despite all the incidents and the attempts to dedicate herself to her own family again, Elsa cannot resist the temptation. Although she breaks up with their affair, she doesn't manage to regain the trust of Doug and her children as quickly as hoped.

Sam's friend Paige, meanwhile, stands up for her autistic boyfriend and, at a parents' meeting, manages to hold the annual winter ball in the form of a "Silent Night" party (party with headphones). When Paige offers her crush that she would like to go to her house with Sam after the winter ball because her parents would not be at home and she would like to make this evening special, Sam again seeks advice from Zahid. This in turn leads Sam to a nightclub, where Sam sees female curves for the first time. At a family reunion of Paige, in which Sam is attending, he confesses to Paige that he does not love her and therefore should not be part of this event. Sam utters the name Julia and then seeks her out to confess his love to her face to face and to give her strawberries covered in chocolate again. Julia, who now understands that Sam is to blame for their separation, now creates clear relationships, which leads Sam to withdraw into his spectrum and can hardly be reassured. As the series progresses, you learn that Paige and Sam want to take it easy "at first." When Sam is sitting in the art room during a stressful situation to calm down, a school acquaintance approaches him and kisses him.

Sam's younger sister Casey goes to the same school at the beginning of the series. The sporty Casey falls in love with Evan and starts a relationship that later takes a complicated course when the two physically approach each other when Casey shows up at Evan out of a defiant reaction. During a run, she breaks an athletics record and receives an athletics scholarship to a prestigious but remote high school. Although she wants to go to the new school, she is nervous about what her departure will mean for Sam. Her concerns are heightened when she finds out that Doug has left her family for a while after Sam's diagnosis and that Elsa is having an affair. The two siblings Casey and Sam have a close bond. Typical arguments go hand in hand as well as solidarity in difficult situations.

During the course of the second season, Sam finds himself in conflict with his own future plans. Ultimately, he applies to a university where he can apply his artistic skills. Inspired by this feeling of happiness, Sam passes around his yearbook and learns what his classmates really think of him.

Casey tries to find approval in the new school and after a few stumbling blocks finds this approval in Izzy. The Gardners celebrate Casey's 16th birthday in the same house. In addition to the birthday ritual, which is so important for Sam, there is also an emotional situation for Casey, who is attracted to Izzy. Meanwhile, Doug struggles with remorse and decision-making problems, while Elsa wants to get closer to him with joint projects.

Sam manages to surpass himself. At the end of the second season he gives a speech in front of all the students.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization results from the synchronous company VSI synchronous in Berlin after the dialogue book and the dialogue director Andreas Pollak.

Main cast

Role name actor Main role Supporting role Voice actor
Elsa Gardner Jennifer Jason Leigh 1.01– Alexandra Ludwig
Sam Gardner Keir Gilchrist 1.01– Marcel Mann
Casey Gardner Brigette Lundy-Paine 1.01– Olivia Büschken
Leonie Dubuc (from season 3)
Julia Sasaki Amy Okuda 1.01-2.10 3.01, 3.03, 3.07, 3.10 Dorette Hugo
Doug Gardner Michael Rapaport 1.01– Oliver Rohrbeck

Supporting cast

Role name actor Voice actor
Evan Chapin Graham Rogers Maximilian Artajo
Zahid Nik Dodani Amadeus Strobl
Nick Raúl Castillo Steven Merting
Paige Hardaway Jenna Boyd Sarah Everything
Beth Chapin Rachel Redleaf Alma Maja Ernst
Lina Rabea Mohr
Kathy Wendy Braun Anna Dramski
Sharice Christina Offley Bettina Kenney
Luisa Nina Ameri Anja Rybiczka
Coach Briggs Kevin Daniels Tobias Schmidt
Tanya Michelle Farrah Huang Runa Aléon
Riley Megan Easton Daniela Molina

Episode list

Background and production

The coming-of-age series, originally planned as Antarctica , was created and written by Robia Rashid, who previously produced How I Met Your Mother and The Goldbergs . For clarification, she consulted Michelle Dean, a California State University professor who worked at the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment . Gilchrist said in an interview for Vulture, “[Rashid] wrote the script. We talked a ton and I did research and watched movies and read books. ”The supporting role Christopher is played by Anthony Jacques, who is autistic.

On September 13, 2017, Atypical was renewed for a second season of ten episodes. David Finch, who is an autistic person, joined the writing team. Eight autistic actors from The Miracle Project have supporting roles in season two as members of a support group that Sam joins, and other autistic actors play neurotypical characters. Mary Rohlich, executive producer, also said the show "brought in more female directors and feminine diversity": seven of the ten episodes were made by women and half of the writing team were women.

On October 24, 2018, Atypical was expanded to include a third season consisting of 10 episodes. In May 2019 it was announced that Eric McCormack and Sara Gilbert would perform in the third season

reception

Atypical received mostly positive reviews, with a 77% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . However, some pages criticized the lack of sensitivity with which a topic such as autism should be treated and found the series to be stereotypical , justified by the time that "autism cannot be generalized, that it is simply not good material for a completely normal Netflix- Comedy is “.

Bjarne Bock from the industry portal Serienjunkies.de judged the pilot episode "the wonderful dynamics of the siblings" could "not hide the fact that all in all it would have been significantly more". Atypical is "one of those Netflix series that promise an extraordinary premise in advance, but ultimately only come up with half-baked standard food".

Web links

Individual evidence

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