While some reviews hail it the “best show on Netflix,” an extensive press rollout that included a feature in The New York Times and hype around show creator Lena Dunham’s much-talked-about return to television, her new show, “Too Much,” didn’t take off on Netflix during its debut week.

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Its protagonist is Jessica (Megan Stalter), an "obsessive, impulsive, neurotic and insecure" New Yorker who spends far too much time on her phone. Following a bad break-up, she moves to London and promptly falls in love with a Brit – a trajectory curiously similar to Dunham's own.