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An American Comedy-Drama that has a college student (Craig Roberts) working the summer at the titular Jewish country club to help his future in the 1980s.

The series also stars Jennifer Grey, Richard Kind, Ennis Esmer, Oliver Cooper, Gage Golightly, Josh Meyers, and Paul Reiser.

It aired on Prime Video for three seasons.


Tropes for the series:

  • The '80s: Begins in the summer of 1985 and ends in 1987.
  • Alliterative Name: Nash Nasser.
  • Caught with Your Pants Down: In "MDMA", David is masturbating to Skye on the shower - having an erotic fantasy about making out with her, from David removing his bathrobe to pose for one of her paintings, to Skye approaching David, grining seductively and even taking off her own clothes - and is caught by his mother.
  • One-Word Title:
    • Pilot.
    • Doubles.
    • MDMA.
    • Swingers.
    • Paris.
    • Samwich.
    • Memories.
    • Paroled.
    • Action.

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