Too Much

Premise

After a traumatic break-up, thirty-something New York City commercial producer Jessica accepts a work transfer to London.

Jessica, a fan of British period films and romances, is taken aback by her council flat accommodation and loneliness. After forcing herself to visit a pub alone, Jessica witnesses musician Felix performing. Felix and she eventually connect and he returns home with her; a romance slowly blooms between the two. Felix and Jessica must bridge cross-cultural relationship divides, their respective relationship histories, and own family dynamics in order to hopefully sustain a healthy relationship.

Cast and characters

Main

Megan Stalter as Jessica Salmon, a New York City commercial producer who moves to London

Will Sharpe as Felix Remen, a London indie musician

Recurring

Dean-Charles Chapman as Gaz, Jessica's London neighbor

Lena Dunham as Nora South, Jessica's older sister

Oliver Nirenberg as Dash South, Nora and Jameson's 13-year-old son

Rhea Perlman as Dottie, Jessica's maternal grandmother

Andrew Rannells as Jameson South, Jessica's New York City boss and Nora's ex-husband

Emily Ratajkowski as Wendy Jones, an influencer and Zev's new girlfriend

Rita Wilson as Lois Salmon, Jessica's mother

Michael Zegen as Zev, Jessica's ex-boyfriend

Daisy Bevan as Josie, Jonno's assistant

Janicza Bravo as Kim Keith Independiente, one of Jessica's London co-workers

Richard E. Grant as Jonno Ratigan, Jessica's London boss

Prasanna Puwanarajah as Auggie, Felix's roommate and close friend

Leo Reich as Boss Gibbons, one of Jessica's London co-workers

Carlos O'Connell as Eoin, the bass player in Felix's band

Naomi Watts as Ann Ratigan, Jonno's wife

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Polly, Felix's French ex-girlfriend

Guest

Jessica Alba as herself

Adwoa Aboah as Linnea, a dominatrix and Felix's ex-girlfriend

Kit Harington as Jessica's father

Andrew Scott as Jim Wenlich Rice, a pretentious film director

Stephen Fry as Simon Remen, Felix's father

Kaori Momoi as Aiko Remen, Felix's mother

Joséphine de La Baume as Wheezy, another French ex-girlfriend of Felix's and Polly's former friend

Sophia Di Martino as Silvia Violet, Georgia-Peach's sister

David Jonsson as Oriel Terrabianco, Felix's old schoolmate

Sonoya Mizuno as Peregrine, Felix's ex-girlfriend

Clara Paget as Georgia-Peach, Oriel's newlywed wife

Rita Ora as herself

Jennifer Saunders as Fiona, an old friend of Felix's

Alix Earle as herself

Jake Shane as himself

Owen Thiele as himself

Production

Development

Wife and husband team Lena Dunham and Luis Felber executive produced the ten-episodes series with Dunham directing and Felber providing original music. The executive producers also include Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael P. Cohen, Surian Fletcher-Jones and Bruce Eric Kaplan, with Camilla Bray as producer. The series is produced by Working Title Television as well as Dunham's Good Thing Going banner.

Casting

Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe were confirmed in the lead roles in December 2023. In February 2024, Emily Ratajkowski was reportedly in talks for a role. A more complete cast list was announced the following month.

Filming

Filming took place in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, in February 2024. Filming took place in Brooklyn, New York City, in June 2024. Filming also took place in London in 2024.

Release and reception

All episodes of Too Much premiered on Netflix on July 10, 2025.

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 79% approval rating based on 82 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A winning showcase for Megan Stalter, Too Much's approach to modern love is coolly detached but creator Lena Dunham's sharp sense of humor remains just right." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable".

Reviewing the series for USA Today, Kelly Lawler gave a rating of 3/4 and described it as "very funny and sweet, but also at times distinctly melancholy, and it navigates its different moods gracefully." Ben Travers of IndieWire gave a B and said, "Dunham's latest pulls off a tricky balancing act: giving audiences what we expect from a TV rom-com, as well as what we don't always get. Inkoo Kang of The New Yorker commented, "With its quicksilver shifts and sneaking sweetness, the experience of watching feels a lot like falling in love." Robert Lloyd of Los Angeles Times wrote, "The endgame, when we get to it, could not be any more conventional—which, I imagine, is the idea."

In the United Kingdom, Lucy Mangan of The Guardian was more critical, writing that the show "abandons any thoughts of innovation and hits cliche after cliche... the irreducible fact remains that Too Much would not be enough from anyone. From Dunham, it is way, way too little."