Top billed cast

1. 

   Keir Gilchrist

   Sam Gardner

2. 

   Jennifer Jason Leigh

   Elsa Gardner

3. 

   Jack Haven

   Casey Gardner

4. 

   Michael Rapaport

   Doug Gardner

5. 

   Nik Dodani

   Zahid

6. 

   Jenna Boyd

   Paige Hardaway

7. 

   Graham Rogers

   Evan Chapin

8. 

   Fivel Stewart

   Izzie

9. 

   Amy Okuda

   Julia Sasaki

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Current Season

Season 4

2021 | 10 Episodes

Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2021-04-24

This show was recommended to us b a relative who have a daughter who resides in the autistic spectrum. Our daughter is atypically autistic herself, but with deafness and a learning disability, she doesn’t resemble Sam much at all.

It is a very good program overall. We watched the three seasons fairly quickly. I must admit that having Sam talk into the camera at the beginning of every episode, and sometimes during the show, got rather old for me. But it serves the purpose of introducing the theme of each episode, and can fill in details rather quickly. A few of the supporting characters a...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Atypical

Keywords

• autism
• high school
• connecticut
• family relationships
• coming of age
• parenthood
• lgbt
• curious
• thoughtful
• wonder
• autistic
• teenage protagonist
• heartfelt
• lighthearted
• teenager
• dramatic
• sentimental
• doubtful