History Series / Catastrophe

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Creator/RobDelaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls to tell him that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles.

* RealityEnsues: Rob and Sharon have lots of casual, spontaneous and ''unprotected'' sex. Sharon quickly gets pregnant.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The sex of the baby can already be seen on the ultrasound, even though it's only been just over a month from the likely conception date (Rob is told by Sharon that she's pregnant thirty two days after, and goes immediately to London). Fetal genitalia don't even develop until around the ninth week, and can't usually be seen until twelve weeks at the earliest. Sharon should only be in the fifth to sixth week at the most.

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls to tell him that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles.

* {{Adorkable}}: Pretty much every character to some degree but especially Rob.

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls to tell him that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles. A second series followed in 2016, a third in 2017, and a fourth is in the pipeline.

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The ending to series 3 shows Sharon swimming out into the ocean, enticing Rob who has been in a HeroicBSOD all episode and SourOutsideSadInside due to the death of his mother to go with her and try to move on. He refuses...then sees the warning sign for dangerous currents [[HeroicSacrifice and dives right in after her]], with it ambiguous if they managed to reach the shore or not.]]

* RealityEnsues: Rob and Sharon have lots of casual, spontaneous and ''unprotected'' sex. Sharon quickly gets pregnant.

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The ending to series 3 shows Sharon swimming out into the ocean, enticing Rob who has been in a HeroicBSOD all episode and SourOutsideSadInside due to the death of his mother to go with her and try to move on. He refuses...then sees the warning sign for dangerous currents [[HeroicSacrifice and dives right in after her]], with is ambiguous if they managed to reach the shore or not.]]

* Adorkable: Pretty much every character to some degree but Rob is especially this.

* Adorkable: Pretty much every character to some degree but Rob is especially this.

* IrishNames: Many of the characters, since Sharon is Irish and naturally has Irish relatives and friends. Also played for laughs in part as Sharon insists on naming their daughter "Muireann", which Rob can't pronounce correctly.

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls to tell him that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles. A second series followed in 2016, and a third and fourth are in the pipeline.

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls to tell him that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles. It has been renewed for a second series.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Several characters, including Sharon, bring up the option of abortion. Yet she decides not to for no clear reason, despite her being forty five (going by the actress's age) and only knowing the father briefly (the conception happened during a week of casual sex).

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls him to say that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles. It has been renewed for a second series.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The sex of the baby can already be seen on the ultrasound, even though it's only been just over a month from the likely conception date (Rob is told by Sharon that she's pregnant thirty two days after, and goes immediately to London). Fetal genitalia don't even develop until around the ninth week, and can't usually be seen until twelve weeks at the earliest. Sharon should only be in the fifth to sixth week at the most.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The sex of the baby can already be seen on the ultrasound, even though it's only been just over a month from the likely conception date (Rob is told by Sharon that she's pregnant thirty two days after, and goes immediately to London). Fetal genitalia don't even differentiate until around the ninth week, and can't usually be seen until twelve weeks at the earliest. Sharon should only be in the fifth to sixth week at the most.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The sex of the baby can already be seen on the ultrasound, even though it's only been just over a month from the likely conception date (Rob is told by Sharon that she's pregnant thirty two days after, and goes immediately to London). Fetal genitalia don't develop until around the ninth week, and can't usually be seen until twelve weeks at the earliest. Sharon should only be in the fifth to sixth week at the most.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The sex of the baby can already be seen on the ultrasound, even though it's only been just over a month from the likely conception date (Rob is told by Sharon that she's pregnant thirty two days after, and goes immediately to London). Fetal genitalia don't develop until around the ninth week, and can't usually be seen until the twelth at the earliest. Sharon should only be in the fifth to sixth week at the most.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The sex of the baby can already be seen on the ultrasound, even though it's only been just over a month from the likely conception date (Rob is told by Sharon that she's pregnant thirty two days after, and goes immediately to London). Fetal genitalia don't develop until around the ninth week, and can't usually be seen until the twelth at the earliest. Sharon should only be in the fifth to sixth week at the most.

* RealityEnsues: Rob and Sharon have lots of casual, spontaneous and ''unprotected'' sex. Sharon quickly gets pregnant.
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* RealityEnsues: Rob and Sharon have lots of casual, spontaneous and ''unprotected'' sex. Sharon quickly gets pregnant.

* TheDanza: Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney both play characters who have the same first name.

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon Morris (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob Norris (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls him to say that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles. It has been renewed for a second series.

* ButWeUsedACondom: {{Subverted}}. According to Sharon they had sex around twenty five times, while only using a condom maybe twice.

* RealityEnsues: Rob and Sharon have lots of casual, spontaneous and ''unprotected'' sex. Sharon quickly gets pregnant.

''Catastrophe'' is a British sitcom which premiered in January 2015 for a first series of [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. Irishwoman Sharon (Sharon Horgan) meets American Rob (Rob Delaney) in London while he's on a business trip, and the pair enjoy a week of casual, spontaneous sex. When Rob returns to the US, however, Sharon calls him to say that she's pregnant. Creator/CarrieFisher, Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar have supporting roles. It has been renewed for a second series.

* RealityEnsues: Rob and Sharon have lots of casual, spontaneous and ''unprotected'' sex. Sharon quickly gets pregnant.