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'''''The Other Two''''' is an American [[Television comedy|comedy]] [[Television show|television series]]sitcom created by [[Chris Kelly (writer)|Chris Kelly]] and [[Sarah Schneider]]. The story follows two floundering millennial siblings who must grapple with their 13-year-old brother's overnight fame. The series premiered on [[Comedy Central]] on January 24, 2019, and was renewed for a second season shortly after, on February 11, 2019.<ref name="order">{{cite press release |title=Comedy Central Greenlights Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider Series the Other Two from Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video |url=http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/10/17/press-comedy-central-greenlights-the-other-two-from-lorne-michaels-broadway-video |access-date=October 25, 2018 |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |date=October 17, 2017 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025225543/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/10/17/press-comedy-central-greenlights-the-other-two-from-lorne-michaels-broadway-video |url-status=livedead }}</ref><ref name="prem">{{cite news |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title='Broad City' Sets Fifth and Final Season Premiere Date |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/broad-city-season-5-premiere-date-1202994019/ |access-date=October 25, 2018 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 25, 2018 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025184701/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/broad-city-season-5-premiere-date-1202994019/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://renewcanceltv.com/comedy-central-revives-mtvs-crank-yankers-renews-the-other-two-for-season-2-and-new-david-spade-show-more/|title=Comedy Central Revives MTV's 'Crank Yankers', Renews 'The Other Two' For Season 2, And New David Spade Show + More!!|date=February 12, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2019|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213010056/https://renewcanceltv.com/comedy-central-revives-mtvs-crank-yankers-renews-the-other-two-for-season-2-and-new-david-spade-show-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> The second season premiered on August 26, 2021, on [[HBO Max]].<ref name="MovedtoHBOMax" /><ref name="S2Premiere" /> In September 2021, the series was renewed for a third and final season, which premiered on May 4, 2023 and ended on June 29, 2023.<ref name="S3Renewal" /><ref name="S3Premiere">{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/the-other-two-is-taking-big-swings-in-season-three-first-look|last1=Murphy |first1=Chris|title=The Other Two Is Taking 'Big Swings' in Season 3|access-date=March 17, 2023|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=March 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shanfeld|first=Ethan|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-other-two-ending-season-3-1235656310/|title='The Other Two' Ending With Season 3|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 28, 2023|access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref>

A gay aspiring actor, Cary ([[Drew Tarver]]), and his sister Brooke ([[Heléne Yorke]]), a former professional dancer, try to find their place in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase's sudden rise to Internet fame.

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|ShortSummary = Thirteen-year-old Chase Dubek ([[Case Walker]]) goes viral on [[YouTube]] under the moniker ChaseDreams and becomes a famous singer overnight. His two older siblings, Cary ([[Drew Tarver]]) and Brooke Dubek ([[Heléne Yorke]]), are forced to deal with Chase's sudden newfound fame. Cary, an aspiring gay actor, experiences a humiliating audition for a commercial, while former dancer Brooke has left her shoe-designing boyfriend, Lance ([[Josh Segarra]]), and is in the middle of a career transition. Cary is confused about the intentions of his roommate, Matt, who claims to be straight but consistently gives Cary romantic signals. Brooke and Cary have dinner with their supportive mother, Pat Dubek ([[Molly Shannon]]), who introduces them to Chase's new narcissistic manager, Streeter ([[Ken Marino]]).

|ShortSummary = Pat and Chase relocate to New York City and move into [[Justin Theroux]]'s former apartment. In an effort to boost Chase's public image, Streeter arranges a romantic relationship between Chase and Yendani, another famous child singer, using the publicity to promote both musicians' upcoming albums and raise Chase's profile. An executive from Yendani's label, Shuli Kucerac ([[Wanda Sykes]]), gathers the Dubek family to discuss family scandalscontroversies that could potentially tarnish Yendani's reputation. As a result, Brooke's [[Twitter]] account is deleted due to her offensive tweets. Cary lands a role in an off-Broadway play and attempts to get closer to Matt. Brooke, recentlyRecently fired from her realtor job, getsBrooke accepts a new gig as Chase's assistant.

|ShortSummary = Chase releases a new single on YouTube entitled "''My Brother's Gay and That's Okay!''", which goes viral. When Cary begins getting recognized on the street because of the music video, he is forced to deal with his on-goingongoing struggle to accept his sexuality. Cary confronts Matt about their relationship; Cary affirms that he does not want to be strung along. Brooke begins her first day on the job as Chase's assistant by opening Chase's fan mail. She is touched by a letter from a dying girl named Rachel Klein, whose wish is for a ChaseDreams T-shirt. However, when Brooke arrives at the hospital to personally deliver a shirt, she discovers that "Rachel Klein" is not a real person.

|ShortSummary = On the set of Chase's new music video, Brooke reunites with Genevieve, a background dancer from Brooke's former dancing days. When Genevieve abruptly quits, Brooke decides to fill in as Chase's background dancer, but she is shocked by the inappropriate sexual content in the video. Pat appears on ''[[Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen]]'' to promote her children's book; Cary lands the bartender role at Pat's taping. During the interview, Pat tells the audience that her husband died of cancer. It is revealed that Chase's father did not actually die of cancer, and the family invented this story to tell Chase in order to cover up the real cause of death.

|ShortSummary = Streeter throws Chase a fourteenth birthday party at a wildly inappropriate club. Jeremy attends the birthday party to reconnect with Cary, but he is turned off by Cary's sudden self-absorption and leaves. Pat gets high on [[MDMA|molly]] and bonds with Streeter. When Chase gets drunk for the first time and passes out in the bathroom, Lance helps Brooke get Chase back to the apartment. In the process, Brooke revealsexpresses her concerns aboutover Chase's career:fame "Sometimesand I feel like I'm the only one who's looking out for [Chase]career." After returning Chase to the apartment, Brooke and Lance share a kiss.

|ShortSummary = The Dubeks attend Chase's live-streamed album release party, which happens to fall on their late father's birthday. Things quickly fall apart when Chase announces on camera that, in dedication to his father, part of his album sales will be donated to the [[American Cancer Society]]. Shuli confronts the Dubeks after a viewer claims that Chase's father did not die of cancer. Distraught,After Pat isbeing pushed by Brooke and Cary to hertell Chase the truth, Pat breakinggrows pointdistraught and experiences a meltdown in front of Chase, the live audience, and the online viewers. She admits that her alcoholic husband froze to death on the roof of their home and that she lied to Chase in order to preserve the memory of his father. Following the incident, #MyDadFroze begins trending online, and StreeterShuli reveals that Chase has been invited to perform at the [[MTV Video Music Awards]].

|ShortSummary = Pat and Streeter appear to be dating. As Chase prepares for his VMA performance, Cary and Brooke both receive life-changing news: Cary learns that [[Netflix]] wants to do an original movie with Chase and him in starring roles, while Streeter offers Brooke the position of Chase's assistant manager. Brooke wants to get back together with Lance, but he rejects her. The Dubeks gather backstage to watch Chase perform. However, Chase's singing is disastrous, and his performance is heavily criticized on social media. CaryFollowing comfortsthe Chaseperformance, followingCary thecomforts performanceChase, who is worried that he's upset his family. The season finale concludes with a series of unexpected revelations: Chase admits that he wants to quit his singing career to go to college, much to the dismay of Streeter, Cary, and Brooke; Streeter reveals that he wants to marry Pat, who has become the host of her own daytime talk show, ''The Pat Dubek Show''.

|ShortSummary = The season two premiere follows the Dubeks as they pursue new ventures: Pat's daytime talk show is wildly successful across the country; Cary is the host of numerous web-based talk shows, though he still longs for a career in acting; Brooke hasis trying to become a music manager, tryingaiming to find the next ChaseDreams; Chase receives early acceptance to [[New York University]], only to drop out due to unwanted attention from fans. Cary has begun dating Jess ([[Gideon Glick]]), while Brooke has an awkward reunion with Lance. Failing to recruit new talent online, Brooke realizes she does not have a future as a music manager and decides to become Pat's co-manager instead.

|ShortSummary = Brooke, Cary, and Streeter attend Chase's baptism at ChristSong, an exclusive celebrity church. Longing for a vacation, Brooke tries befriending a group of church members going on a [[Mykonos]] trip; Streeter becomes jealous of a pastor who takes Chase under his wing; Cary gets baptized in order to get closer to a famous producer attending the church. The producer offers Cary a substantial television role, but Cary questions accepting the role when he discovers the church upholds homophobic and misogynistic beliefs. Upon being informed of the church's anti-gaycontroversial views, Chase angrily confronts the church members and publicly departs from the church in a speech that goes viral online.

|ShortSummary = Chase gets sued by ChristSong; Shuli congratulates Brooke, declaring "you haven't arrived till you've been sued", and nominates Brooke for [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'s ''30 Under 30'', a list of well-known celebrities and creative directors. When Brooke and Chase make Variety's list, Brooke is invited to an uneventful ''30 Under 30'' gala for the creative directors, whereas Chase (and the other ''30 Under 30'' celebrities) are invited to an exclusive [[Brooklyn Nets]] game. Brooke also discovers that Lance, who has become a well-known shoe designer, is attending the gala. Lance cheers Brooke up and celebrates her birthday with a small dinner. Cary attempts to rebrand himself as a writer in order to get a new agent, and he beginstries writing aan original screenplay.

|ShortSummary = Brooke is invited to be a guest on a women's panel, but she quickly finds herself in over her head; she fails to answer the audiencepanel moderator's questions and is also called out by a hostile audience member, whom she had unfollowed on Instagram. When Brooke gives a speech to defend herself against the audience member, she ends up winning the respect of the audience as well as the other panelists. Cary lands a role in ''Night Nurse'', a small indie movie, but he loses the role when the movie's funding is pulled. Cary confides to his friend Curtis, who assures Cary that "things are happening for you." Later,Pat Patlater creates a new Instagram post and tags Cary's account, which quickly boosts Cary's social media profile.

|ShortSummary = Following new-found Instagram fame, Cary is approached by Dean Brennon, a famous Hollywood actor, who expresses romantic interest. Cary goes on a date with Dean, but Shuli secretly warns Cary that Dean is straight and is "[[queerbaiting|gay-baiting]]" Cary for the paparazzi. Upon being confronted by Cary, Dean admits his heterosexuality, spurring Cary to end the relationship. Meanwhile, Chase does voice acting for a movie starring athlete Damien Davis. Brooke ends up having sex with Damien, who gets her to sign a [[non-disclosure agreement]]; Brooke breaks the NDA when she obliviously reveals the news to three [[Lyft]] drivers. In order to pay for her expenses, Brooke gets Pat to become the host of a new [[NBC]] game show. This further dismays Streeter, who is struggling with Pat's hectic work schedule.

|ShortSummary = Brooke and Cary fly on Skypoint Airlines to watch Chase and Lance's fashion show in Los Angeles. During the flight, Cary sends a nude photo of himself on [[Grindr]]; he is unaware that the nude picture is a [[Live Photo (iOS)|live photo]] that reveals his face, and the nude gets leaked on social media. At an exclusive hotel, Brooke runs into pop singer [[Alessia Cara]], who expresses interest in having Brooke become her manager; Brooke agrees to meet with Alessia the following Monday. Brooke celebrates with Lance while his girlfriend, Leah, is out of town. The two get drunk and, after reflecting on their relationship, masturbate to each other. Meanwhile, Skypoint Airlines releases an apology condemning Cary's actions; their apology is labelled homophobic on Twitter, and Cary ends up gaining supporters online, including numerous A-list celebrities. Due to his new Twitter popularity, Cary's cancelled film, ''Night Nurse'', gets the green-light once again.

|ShortSummary = The season finale mainly focuses on Pat and Chase, as they prepare for the upcoming fashion show: Chase has grown increasingly frustrated about how Brooke is managing his career, but he is unable to express his feelings to his family, while Pat's hectic work schedule is taking a toll on her health. Brooke ends her relationship with Lance, unaware that Lance had broken up with Leah. At the fashion show, an exhausted Pat passes out on the runway from dehydration. The family visits Pat in the hospital, culminating in numerous confrontations: Chase angrily vents his frustrations at Brooke and Cary for ignoring him and being unavailable; Streeter blames Brooke for overloading Pat with work; Pat reveals that she feels exhausted by Streeter's clingy personality. Coming to the realization that Pat needs to spend time with her family, Streeter organizes a beach vacation for the Dubeks. This pleases Pat and Chase but worries Brooke and Cary, who are forced to choose between their family and their careers. The episode ends with Pat, Brooke, Chase, and Streeter enjoying their beach vacation, while Cary stays in New York City to film his movie; it is impliedrevealed that Cary's table read takes place on March 13, 2020, the day [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 is declared a national emergency in the United States]].

|ShortSummary = Following the positive reception to ''Night Nurse'', Cary tries to advance his career by hiring a publicist, to no avail. While walking around New York City, Cary is approached by a man named Nicholas, who asks him out on a date. Cary and Nicholas bond, but Cary later discovers from Curtis that Nicholas is actually a gay actor named Lucas Lambert Moy, who is starring in a [[Love, Victor]] spinoff called ''Love, Nicholas''; Cary learns that Lucas is notorious for his [[method acting]], staying in-character 24/7 whenever he books a role. Pat wishes to take a stroll around [[Central Park]], but is unable to leave her house without her security detail. Chase is involved in an $8 million photoshoot with [[Rolling Stone]], and Shuli assigns Brooke and Streeter to drive across the country to privately deliver the pictures to the Rolling Stone headquarters. After completing the week-long trip, Brooke rants to Streeter over the absurdity of their jobs. Continuing to feel unfulfilled as a manager, Brooke quits her job and reveals the news to Lance.

|ShortSummary = Cary books a three-episode arc in ''Emily Overruled'', a scripted legal procedural show, but feels unfulfilled by the boring nature of the ''Emily Overruled'' set. Cary attempts to bring life into the set by encouraging his co-stars to improvise, pleasing the actors but irritating the set crew. Meanwhile, Brooke wants to make an effort to do good, and she and Cameron Colby create ''Impact Group'', a nonsensical charity intended to “make an impact but also have fun.” They schedule a meeting with a group of investors to discuss the charity, but Cameron abandons Brooke during the meeting. Brooke reluctantly joins a nonprofit group dedicated to planting trees in the Bronx. Pat dresses up as an old woman in prosthetic makeup in order to leave her house without her security detail. While in prosthetics, Pat comes across Streeter at a bar and overhears him confiding to a bartender over how he can’t live life as a normal person while dating Pat; Pat leaves the bar in tears.

|ShortSummary = Cary finishes up post-production work for a new fantasy show called ''Windweaver'', although he believes it will receive negative reviews. CaryHe is also dismayed to learn that Curtis’s new sitcom ''Girlies'' is 100% fresh on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. When Curtis arranges a watchparty, Cary initially declines to attend, but decides to show up when ''Girlies'' starts to receive horrible reviews from critics. Curtis correctly deduces that Cary only showed up upon learning that the show was a failure and kicks Caryhim out of the house. Chase and Pam break up despite having already made their relationship public, forcing Brooke to try to keep Chase’s fans from bullying Pam. Pat reveals that she wants to have a normal family dinner at [[Applebee's]] for her birthday. Simu Liu arranges a family dinner for the Dubeks at a fake Applebee’s built on a soundstage, although Pat does not know of the truth. Upon realizing that the Applebee’s is a sham, Pat breaks down and confides to her family over the fact that she cannot live a normal life. After Pat leaves, Cary is surprised to learn that ''Windweaver'' is receiving positive reviews.

Brooke anticipates the Peabody Awards ceremony, but things go wrong when Pat and Chase receive massive backlash online; Chase, for exploiting people struggling with mental health for his album sales, and Pat, for her deleted tweets highlighting her negative thoughts on Ohio. To the family's shock, Brooke decides to take the fall for Pat and Chase, publicly claiming that she was the one responsible for the tweets;. BrookeShe also releases a statement on Pat and Chase’s respective Twitter accounts firing Brooke as their manager. After the ceremony, Brooke reunites with Lance, and they reflect on their relationship; Lance commends Brooke for helping her family, and reveals that he ''did'' hire a publicist for People Magazine. The two rekindle their relationship, sharing a passionate kiss in the rain. In a post-credits scene, Brooke discovers from Streeter that numerous celebrities want her to represent them, as she had taken the fall for her own clients.

The show's creators [[Chris Kelly (writer)|Chris Kelly]] and [[Sarah Schneider]] were reportedly the subject of complaints to human resources over their behavior on set and in the writers' room. The allegations, which became known to the public just before the series finale in June 2023, include Kelly verbally abusing writers and overworking the crew and claims that Schneider enabled his behavior. A formal investigation was conducted during which Kelly and Schneider weren't allowed to be on set for a period, although they were formally cleared of wrongdoing and allowed to return.<ref>{{cite nameweb |title='The Other Two' Ending at Max Amid HR Complaints |date=June 28, 2023 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-other-two-canceled-at-max-1235525619/ |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> The toxic workplace environment was reported to have been an "THRopen secret," with [[Tina Fey]] joking at an awards ceremony, "Nobody indulges writers like [[Lorne Michaels]]. Lorne, you have unleashed an army of monsters into the world. You know it, I know it, and the crew of The Other Two knows it."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Kyndall |title='The Other Two' Behind-the-Scenes Drama Was Apparently an Open Secret |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-other-two-behind-the-scenes-drama-was-apparently-an-open-secret |publisher=The Daily Beast |date=28 June 2023}}</ref>

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