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** Alternatively, it's a LighterAndSofter version of ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' with Ryan as [=McMurphy=] and Lauren as a considerably less evil version of Nurse Ratched.
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* DeadPersonConversation: One episode ("Do You Belueve in Ghosts?...Yes!") focuses on Ryan having conversations with the ghost of his late wife.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Danny's wife had a child when he was away at Iraq. So he ended up missing the birth, and the contraception.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Danny's wife had a child when he was away at Iraq. So he ended up missing the birth, and the contraception.conception.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Fausta just won't realize that Anne is gay. Even after Anne tells her straight out (in Spanish)
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Fausta just won't realize that Anne is gay. Even after Anne tells her [[IncrediblyLamePun straight out out]] (in Spanish)
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--> '''Anne:'''''Soy ''¡Soy lesbiana!'' I looked it up just for this.
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* SuperSenses: Blind man George seems to have this at times. [[{{Daredevil}} Sound familiar?]]
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* TheUnintelligible: In episode 6, Ryan is eating chips and other junk food on air, so nobody can understand him at all.
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** Sonia doesn't like being called a CrazyCatLady - she finds it offensive that just because she keeps cats and is in a support group, people think she's insane.
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--> '''Faust:''' [Laughs] No, no, no. Wrong word. One day, I tell you what this means.
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--> '''Anne:''' Soy lesbiana! ''Soy lesbiana!'' I looked it up just for this.
-->'''Faust:''' '''Fausta:''' [Laughs] No, no, no. Wrong word. One day, I tell you what this means.
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* FiveStagesOfGrief: Ryan seems perpetually stuck in stage one, and often progresses through each stage within the course of a single episode not to confront his grief, but to confront whatever problem he's going through for that episode (for example, "Big League Chew" deals with Ryan's compulsive grief-eating.)
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* PrecisionFStrike: Wyatt identifies all the group members by name at the start of episode 6, but still makes a mistake:
--> '''Anne:''' Did you say I was f**king YOLANDA?!
** Doubly funny given that Anne is gay.
--> '''Anne:''' Did you say I was f**king YOLANDA?!
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** In episode 6, Ryan convinces him to go and vandalize the other man's car.
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The Straight Gay trope only applies to males. Anne is a Chapstick Lesbian.
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* StraightGay: Anne.
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* BrutalHonesty: Anne tends to dish out her opinions rather bluntly. Ryan also engages in this sometimes.
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* StepfordSmiler: Although not outright shown, it would appear that Danny is this. Guy is the most cheerful of the group. But he's in a support group because his wife had a child with another man while he was in the army.
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* StepfordSnarker: Ryan, obviously, but and Anne is right up there with him, but they're hardly the only ones.
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* InformedTrait: It's hard to believe that so many people would mistake Ryan for Rachel Maddow.
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* InformedTrait: It's hard to believe that so many people would mistake Ryan for Rachel Maddow.
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* TheCameo: Various real-life athletes are popping up as acquaintances of Ryan or guests on his show.
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* BerserkButton: Ryan just can't stand seeing people texting while driving.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he is the resident DeadpanSnarker, he does go out of his way to help the members of his support group feel better.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Ryan. Helps that he's played by MatthewPerry.
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* {{Woobie}}: The whole support group is this.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Fausta just won't realize that Anne is gay. Even after Anne tells her straight out (in Spanish)
--> '''Anne:''' Soy lesbiana! I looked it up just for this.
--> '''Faust:''' [Laughs] No, no, no. Wrong word. One day, I tell you what this means.
--> '''Ryan:'''' I feel like she's trying not to understand.
--> '''Anne:''' Soy lesbiana! I looked it up just for this.
--> '''Faust:''' [Laughs] No, no, no. Wrong word. One day, I tell you what this means.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Danny's wife had a child when he was away at Iraq. So he ended up missing the birth, and the contraception.
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* BlackComedy: The show isn't afraid to make jokes out of the tragedies the group has faced, while still maintaining how sad they are.
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* HollywoodPsych: Justified in how the group leader isn't an actual psychologist. The closest thing she has to experience is being a speaker for a social outreach program, Weight Watchers.
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* {{Expy}}: According to some, the show is essentially ''{{Series/Community}}'' [[RecycledINSPACE IN A THERAPY CLASS!]] Both shows share the basic premise of a high-powered, sarcastic jerk being forced to join a group of quirky misfits. Plus, both have a weird Asian guy who's not part of the group. Carrie, at least, doesn't have a ''Community'' counterpart, at least not an obvious one.
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** Very bizarre considering Ryan's hair is far poofier than [[ButchLesbian Rachel's.]]
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: When Anne takes Ryan along with her to her friend's wedding, one of the guests mistakes him for RachelMaddow.
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* RunningGag: In episode 4, the group members going "AAAAAAWWWWWWW" to pretty much everything anyone (especially Ryan) says.
-->Ryan: Don't give me the cry. You will not give me the cry.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Sasha, a lesbian woman introduced in episode 4, to Anne. When she complains about it to the group, HilarityEnsues as Fausta mistakenly asks why she rejected the affectionate "Mr. Sasha."
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'''''Go On''''' is an American sitcom that premiered on {{NBC}} in August 2012 after the Summer Olympics. It stars Matthew Perry as Ryan King, a Los Angeles radio sportscaster whose wife recently died in a car accident, so at the request of his coworkers he joins a support group for people who have experienced loss in life. This bunch of people is about as eccentric as they come, as are King's coworkers. Deftly combining deadpan snark and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming warm and fuzzy moments of deep insight,]] the series has achieved positive reviews and (so far, as of September 2012) has been achieving good ratings for the network.
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!!''Go On'' provides examples of following tropes:
* AnAesop: The pilot ends with the revelation of how Ryan's wife died: [[AndThatsTerrible texting while driving.]] The best part is, he tackles Terrell Owens for doing this, before proceeding to explain himself.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Steven (John Cho), who actually holds Ryan's hand in the third episode. [[HoYay A tad bit longer than necessary...]]
* [[LipstickLesbian Chapstick Lesbian]]: Anne. It's pretty much toned-down, though, other than the brief mention in the pilot that [[DeathByOriginStory her partner is dead.]]
* CrazyCatLady: Sonia. It's a plot point in episode 2.
* DeathByOriginStory
** The significant others of several of the support group members, namely Ryan and Anne. Others have had their loved ones injured (Owen).
** Sonia is in the group because one of her too many cats died. No wonder she's so lonely.
* EnsembleCast / LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* GratuitousSpanish: The presence of old Latina lady Fausta pretty much ensures this.
* [[TheDandy Metrosexual]]: Ryan has some tendencies towards this. Blow-dry bar, anyone?
* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened to Mr. K, nobody else wants to talk about it.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Asian example with Steven, who puts on a stereotypical "urban" accent in episode 2 to make George (a blind old man) think he's black.
* TheSnarkKnight: Ryan. It's gone UpToEleven since his wife's death, and his [[StepfordSnarker Stepford snarkery]] prompts Steven to get him to seek help.
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!!''Go On'' provides examples of following tropes:
* AnAesop: The pilot ends with the revelation of how Ryan's wife died: [[AndThatsTerrible texting while driving.]] The best part is, he tackles Terrell Owens for doing this, before proceeding to explain himself.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Steven (John Cho), who actually holds Ryan's hand in the third episode. [[HoYay A tad bit longer than necessary...]]
* [[LipstickLesbian Chapstick Lesbian]]: Anne. It's pretty much toned-down, though, other than the brief mention in the pilot that [[DeathByOriginStory her partner is dead.]]
* CrazyCatLady: Sonia. It's a plot point in episode 2.
* DeathByOriginStory
** The significant others of several of the support group members, namely Ryan and Anne. Others have had their loved ones injured (Owen).
** Sonia is in the group because one of her too many cats died. No wonder she's so lonely.
* EnsembleCast / LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* GratuitousSpanish: The presence of old Latina lady Fausta pretty much ensures this.
* [[TheDandy Metrosexual]]: Ryan has some tendencies towards this. Blow-dry bar, anyone?
* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened to Mr. K, nobody else wants to talk about it.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Asian example with Steven, who puts on a stereotypical "urban" accent in episode 2 to make George (a blind old man) think he's black.
* TheSnarkKnight: Ryan. It's gone UpToEleven since his wife's death, and his [[StepfordSnarker Stepford snarkery]] prompts Steven to get him to seek help.
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