The critically acclaimed animated series Long Story Short has been resonating with me ever since Netflix dropped all 10 episodes of its first season in late August. Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg ( BoJack Horseman ), the show takes the familiar growing pains and family matters of a sitcom and reshapes them through an inventive, time-jumping format. It’s been tugging at my heartstrings and grief journey while making me laugh in between moments of poignant relatability.

The show follows the Schwoopers, a Jewish family in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their surname is a portmanteau of matriarch Naomi Cooper (voiced by Lisa Edelstein) and patriarch Elliot Schwartz (Paul Reiser), passed down to their three children: Avi (Ben Feldman), Shira (Abbi Jacobson), and Yoshi (Max Greenfield).

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