List of Man Seeking Woman episodes

Man Seeking Woman is an American television sitcom that premiered on FXX on January 14, 2015.[1] The series is about a naïve and soft-spoken man in his 20s named Josh Greenberg (played by Jay Baruchel), who finds himself in several surreal and awkward circumstances while trying to find love. On April 4, 2017, the show was canceled.[2] During the course of the series, 30 episodes of Man Seeking Woman aired over three seasons.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	10		January 14, 2015	March 18, 2015
	2	10		January 6, 2016	March 9, 2016
	3	10		January 4, 2017	March 8, 2017

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Lizard"	Jonathan Krisel	Simon Rich	January 14, 2015	XXMK01001	0.326[3]
Josh is dumped by his girlfriend Maggie and has a difficult time moving on. His best friend Mike encourages him to find a new girlfriend. Maggie is now dating Adolf Hitler (Bill Hader). Later, Josh meets a girl, Laura (Vanessa Bayer), on a train and asks for her number.
2	2	"Traib"	Jonathan Krisel	Robert Padnick & Simon Rich	January 21, 2015	XXMK01002	0.185[4]
Josh agonizes over how to ask Laura out to dinner in a text message. She later agrees to dinner, however their first date does not go well. Guest starring Michael Hogan as Bradley.
3	3	"Pitbull"	Ben Berman	Dan Mirk & Simon Rich	January 28, 2015	XXMK01003	0.206[5]
Mike takes Josh out to a club hoping to hook-up, however Josh is insecure and unsure of how to pick-up women. Guest starring Sarah Silverman as Josh's right hand (voice), Eddie Pepitone as Josh's left hand (voice), and Tim Heidecker as a bartender.
4	4	"Dram"	Ben Berman	Sofia Alvarez & Simon Rich	February 4, 2015	XXMK01004	0.205[6]
Josh's sister Liz invites him over for dinner, setting him up for a blind date with a woman named Maude (Maria Thayer). Josh is pressured by his family to settle down with Maude who he just met. Maude is obsessive over Josh, but he does not feel the same way and goes to extreme lengths to avoid her.
5	5	"Sizzurp"	Jonathan Krisel	Robert Padnick	February 11, 2015	XXMK01005	0.098[7]
When Cupid (Jorma Taccone) decides to turn his life around he decides to set up Josh with a "super hot chick" named Whitney (Minka Kelly). Things work well at first but Josh's insecurities take over and he becomes paranoid and jealous of other men she comes in contact with, including Whitney's friend Tanaka (Fred Armisen).
6	6	"Gavel"	Jonathan Krisel	Simon Rich	February 18, 2015	XXMK01006	0.174[8]
Josh enters into a happy relationship with Kayla (Anna Konkle), which is put in jeopardy when Maggie comes back in the picture. Guest starring Marc Evan Jackson as a judge and Jon Daly as Daniel Schultz.
7	7	"Stain"	Tim Kirkby	Ian Maxtone-Graham & Simon Rich	February 25, 2015	XXMK01007	0.210[9]
Josh and Mike attend a wedding in hell. Guest starring Brett Gelman as a Demon.
8	8	"Branzino"	Tim Kirkby	Dan Mirk	March 4, 2015	XXMK01008	0.113[10]
Josh and his girlfriend Rachel (Claire Stollery) decide to be surgically conjoined to each other.
9	9	"Teacup"	Tim Kirkby	Sofia Alvarez	March 11, 2015	XXMK01009	0.218[11]
In a female equivalent of the show's premise, Liz re-renters the dating scene after being dumped.
10	10	"Scepter"	Jonathan Krisel	Ian Maxtone-Graham	March 18, 2015	XXMK01010	0.204[12]
Josh uses time travel pills from a convenience store to go back in time to save his relationship with Maggie.

Season 2 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
11	1	"Wings"	Daniel Gray Longino	Sofia Alvarez and Simon Rich	January 6, 2016	XXMK02001	0.280[13]
Mike feels neglected when Josh spends time with his new girlfriend Kelly (Sarah Gadon).
12	2	"Feather"	Michael Dowse	Robert Padnick	January 13, 2016	XXMK02002	0.249[14]
Josh falls for a girl (Liane Balaban) with similar interests, but encounters trouble when he can't satisfy her sexually.
13	3	"Scythe"	Dan Schimpf	Dan Mirk and Robert Padnick	January 20, 2016	XXMK02003	0.254[15]
Josh decides to "settle" by dating a car after the Grim Reaper (Chad Camilleri) tells him he will be bald in around three years.
14	4	"Tinsel"	Michael Dowse	Sofia Alvarez	January 27, 2016	XXMK02004	0.176[16]
Another female equivalent of the show's premise, in which Liz carries out an affair with Santa Claus (Peter Giles). Guest starring Robin Givens as Vickie Clause.
15	5	"Card"	Daniel Gray Longino	Robert Padnick	February 3, 2016	XXMK02005	0.251[17]
Josh sets out to achieve his life's dream of being a video game designer.
16	6	"Honey"	Daniel Gray Longino	Dan Mirk	February 10, 2016	XXMK02006	0.169[18]
Josh begins to woo Rosa (Rosa Salazar) from work only to find out who she is dating. Guest starring Fred Armisen as Jesus Christ.
17	7	"Cactus"	Bill Benz	Marika Sawyer	February 17, 2016	XXMK02007	0.207[19]
Josh decides to make a move on a newly single Rosa.
18	8	"Fuse"	Dan Schimpf	Dan Mirk	February 24, 2016	XXMK02008	0.212[20]
Josh becomes jealous when Mike and Rosa start dating.
19	9	"Eel"	Bill Benz	Marika Sawyer	March 2, 2016	XXMK02009	0.154[21]
Difficulties arise in Rosa and Mike's relationship. Guest starring Carrie-Anne Moss as Joan Dillon and Tzi Ma as Master Sheng.
20	10	"Balloon"	Bill Benz	Ian Maxtone-Graham	March 9, 2016	XXMK02010	0.167[22]
Josh gets his chance to be with Rosa.

Season 3 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
21	1	"Futon"	Rachel Lee Goldenberg	Dan Mirk	January 4, 2017	XXMK03001	0.239[23]
Josh begins a happy relationship with Lucy (Katie Findlay), but not without their own share of problems.
22	2	"Ranch"	Michael Dowse	Mike O'Brien	January 11, 2017	XXMK03002	0.230[24]
Lucy meets Josh's parents and in the process Josh's mom gets overly attached to the couple.
23	3	"Horse"	Andrew DeYoung	Mike O'Brien	January 18, 2017	XXMK03003	0.195[25]
Lucy tries to bond with Mike, with some horrible consequences.
24	4	"Popcorn"	Ryan Case	Jason Belleville	January 25, 2017	XXMK03004	0.202[26]
Lucy takes Josh to meet her passive-aggressive parents, but Josh ends up befriending them much to Lucy's dismay.
25	5	"Shrimp"	Andrew DeYoung	Jason Belleville	February 1, 2017	XXMK03005	0.192[27]
Josh meets Lucy's new friends and feels unsuccessful as all her friends have fancy and interesting jobs.
26	6	"Pad Thai"	Rachel Lee Goldenberg	Cirocco Dunlap	February 8, 2017	XXMK03006	0.193[28]
Josh and Lucy are together after a year, but are stuck in a rut. Lucy seeks new adventures.
27	7	"Bagel"	Ryan Case	Stefani Robinson	February 15, 2017	XXMK03007	0.161[29]
After asking blessings of Lucy's parents, Josh plans to propose to her.
28	8	"Dolphin"	Michael Dowse	Stefani Robinson	February 22, 2017	XXMK03008	0.241[30]
Josh tells his mother and step-father that he and Lucy are getting married. Liz seeks out her estranged father (Peter Gallagher).
29	9	"Cake"	Michael Dowse	Aaron Burdette	March 1, 2017	XXMK03009	0.198[31]
Mike throws Josh a bachelor party.
30	10	"Blood"	Michael Dowse	Dan Mirk	March 8, 2017	XXMK03010	0.241[32]
Josh and Lucy get married, however, their parents conspire to transform their unique wedding into a more traditional one.

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External links

• Man Seeking Woman – list of episodes at IMDb