List of Please Like Me episodes

Please Like Me is an Australian television drama-comedy series created and written by Josh Thomas. It premiered on ABC2 on 28 February 2013. The show focuses on Josh (Josh Thomas) and his dysfunctional family and friends. The titles of each episode refer to either a food or drink.

On 12 July 2014, Please Like Me was renewed for a third season of ten episodes.^[1]

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 4	Region 2
	1	6	28 February 2013	28 March 2013	4 April 2013[2]	TBA
	2	10	12 August 2014	14 October 2014	30 October 2014[3]	TBA
	3	10	15 October 2015	17 December 2015	14 January 2016[4]	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	1	"Rhubarb and Custard"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	28 February 2013	176,000[5]
Josh (Josh Thomas), a twenty-year-old student living in Melbourne, Australia, is dumped by his girlfriend Claire (Caitlin Stasey) because he is gay, although he hasn't realized it until now. That night Josh's housemate and best friend Tom (Thomas Ward) has his attractive gay co-worker Geoffrey (Wade Briggs) over for dinner and he asks Josh if he can stay over, which leads to an awkward sexual encounter. The next morning, Josh awakens to learn that his mother Rose (Debra Lawrence) has attempted suicide and been taken to hospital. Rose's ex-husband and Josh's father Alan (David Roberts) worries that the attempt was because of him and his Thai girlfriend Mae (Renee Lim), whom Rose doesn't know about. The hospital psychiatrist advises the two of them that Rose cannot be left alone and Josh resolves to move back in with his mum.
2	2	"French Toast"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	28 February 2013	176,000[5]
Rose has her first appointment with a new psychiatrist, who believes she is likely to make another suicide attempt and cannot be left alone, which ruins Josh's plans to have dinner with Geoffrey. Josh invites Peg (Judi Farr), Rose's crotchety old aunt, to keep her company so that he can go out. Tom swears to finally break up with his overbearing girlfriend Niamh (Nikita Leigh-Pritchard), but she turns the tables on him before he has a chance and winds up promising to treat her better. Claire stops over (thinking she could hang out with Tom post-breakup) and watches Puella Magi Madoka Magica (which she mistakenly calls "Japanese manga") on TV with Niamh and Tom. Josh worries about having sex with Geoffrey for the first time, but his fears are temporarily allayed by a panicked phone call from Alan, who cannot get Rose on the phone and has Josh and Geoffrey check up on her. Josh finds both Rose and Peg sleeping peacefully and returns to his evening with Geoffrey.
3	3	"Portuguese Custard Tarts"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	7 March 2013	178,000[6]
Tom dumps Niamh after she accuses him of giving her chlamydia. Geoffrey meets Josh's dad. Tom and Claire share a shower after hot-tubbing together.
4	4	"All You Can Eat"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	14 March 2013	Not ranked[7]
Tom and Claire's sudden budding romance gets Josh to flirt with a nice guy; Rose determined to jump into the dating pool with an online dating service with Josh's help.
5	5	"Spanish Eggs"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	21 March 2013	Not ranked[8]
Rose confronts Alan about his girlfriend, Mae. Geoffrey takes Josh to the footy, but Josh is uncomfortable. When Geoffrey gets too carried away and they get kicked out, Josh breaks up with Geoffrey. Rose and Alan continue arguing until they find that Peg has died.
6	6	"Horrible Sandwiches"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	28 March 2013	Not ranked[9]
Tom and Josh discuss how Josh can't cry about Peg's death. Rose wishes Josh a happy birthday and Tom and Josh help Rose make sandwiches for the funeral. Alan comes in and asks how long the funeral will take, and Rose figures out that he's got Mae in the car. She invites Mae in, and to the funeral. Josh reads a eulogy that Peg has written herself in place of Rose.

Season 2 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
7	1	"Milk"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	12 August 2014	103,000[10]
Josh, Tom and Patrick go to a club. They talk about how Josh looks sad and can't get dates, unlike Patrick, who is cool. Patrick and Tom hook up with people from the club. Rose gets her hair dyed orange. Josh meets Alan and Mae for lunch and meets his baby sister, Grace. Alan talks to Josh about Josh's uni and decides that Josh needs more responsibility in his life and declares that Josh will babysit Grace. Josh, Tom and Patrick discuss how weird it is that they could technically have a baby, but Tom thinks she looks cute and says that he wants to be a dad. Niamh comes to help babysit and begins cooing over Grace. When Niamh leaves the room, Josh tells Tom that she loves him and that he shouldn't continue to have sex with her. Tom counters that he's not responsible for her decisions. Mae convinces Alan to order a bottle of champagne on their date. Niamh shows Tom a cubby house that she built for them - Tom awkwardly goes inside and they begin making out - Tom stops a couple of times, but eventually says that they should go onto the bed instead. Patrick invites a guy over. Tom and Niamh and Patrick and the guy have sex, and Josh realises that Grace needs her nappy changed. He googles 'is it okay to take a baby into the shower' and then carefully showers with Grace. Mae and Alan come to pick up Grace and ask if Josh is having a party. Rose comes by as well with a makeover and a new puppy. Rose announces that she has quit her medication.
8	2	"Ham"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	19 August 2014	74,000[11]
Josh helps transfer Rose from the ICU at the private hospital to the mental health unit, and returns home to help prepare for Patrick's birthday party, including baking a ham. One of the guests arrives early and awkwardly offers to wait in his car, introducing himself as Arnold, Steve's brother. Rose rattles around the mental health unit, not fitting in. As the party gets into full swing, Tom and Josh talk in a corner, and Tom says that he thinks his penis is big. Patrick comes over and they continue discussing penis size while a girl, Jenny, comes over. She isn't put off by the conversation. Rose eats dinner in her room. Tom attempts to flirt with Jenny, and Josh and Arnold watch them from a distance and mock Tom. Rose hears a noise and finds a patient trying to kill herself, so she sounds the alarm and in the confusion, slips out of the hospital.
9	3	"Parmigiana"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	26 August 2014	64,000[12]
10	4	"Gang Keow Wan"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Thomas Ward	2 September 2014	65,000[13]
11	5	"Sausage Sizzle"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Liz Doran	9 September 2014	57,000[14]
When a used tampon causes a pipe blockage in Josh's home they are issued an expensive repair bill. Josh accuses Jenny of being the culprit but Tom later admits to flushing the sanitary item out of curiosity. Claire returns and moves into the house. Josh and Alan are chased out of a shopping mall after Josh is caught writing graffiti in the public toilets and Alan tells Josh he cannot support him any longer. Ginger over hears Rose gossiping about her to Hannah which causes tension between the pair. Josh, Claire, Patrick and Tom go to see Jenny's dance show and drink in the audience. They are unimpressed with her performance but notice a sanitary towel showing over her underwear. Claire gets drunk and insults Jenny which causes an argument with Tom. Josh and Patrick bond and kiss.
12	6	"Lapin La Cocotte"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Thomas Ward	16 September 2014	64,000[15]
Patrick tells Josh that he does not want a relationship because he cannot imagine having sex with him. Jenny's rabbit dies and forces Tom to hold a funeral. She becomes both upset, angry and then rapes[16] Tom before throwing him out of her home. Josh takes Rose, Hannah and Arnold to the zoo but Ginger refuses to accompany them. Alan tells a delighted Mae that he will reduce his work hours to spend more time at home. But he tells Josh that this will mean he can no longer support him. At the end of the day the group discover that Ginger has committed suicide.
13	7	"Scroggin"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	23 September 2014	62,000[17]
Josh and Rose go on a camping trip together in Tasmania in the wake of Ginger's suicide, despite their relationship having some difficulties. Rose reveals that Ginger left her a suicide note. Rose and Josh discuss Rose's previous suicide attempts and mental health in general. Rose and a reluctant Josh smoke marijuana which causes them to bond. Josh tells Rose how her behaviour made him feel and she reassures him that it was not intentional. Rose and Josh speak at length about Patrick. Rose reads Ginger's note which proves both humorous and insulting and they return home.
14	8	"Truffled Mac and Cheese"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Thomas Ward	30 September 2014	48,000[18]
After Patrick leaves the share house, Josh makes truffled mac and cheese. Stoned one night, Tom eats the remains, not realising the monetary and emotional value the dish has to Josh. The next morning, Tom finds himself blocked into his room by an irate Josh, who has also turned off the internet and removed his phone. Meanwhile, Josh's Dad wants to know when Josh is getting a job, and asks him to write a resume, a task he enlists Tom to assist him with. Arnold informs Josh that his therapist wants to meet him, and Josh's Dad informs him that he has bought a coffee cart which he intends Josh to take responsibility for. After an emotional heart-to-heart, Tom and Claire reveal that Tom has been able to leave his room through the window the entire time he has been blockaded in.
15	9	"Skinny Latte"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Liz Doran	7 October 2014	82,000[19]
16	10	"Margherita"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	14 October 2014	55,000[20]

Season 3 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
17	1	"Eggplant"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	15 October 2015	129,000[21]
Josh wrestles with understanding his relationship with Arnold, whose anxiety proves to be an obstacle. After a series of dates, Josh and Arnold have sex for the first time, but the relationship proves tentative still. Arnold drunkenly tells Josh he loves him for the first time, but when Josh tells him he loves him the next day, Arnold doesn't reciprocate. Arnold makes a grand Love Actually inspired romantic gesture where he apologises to Josh and says that he loves him.
18	2	"Simple Carbohydrates"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas, Thomas Ward & Liz Doran	22 October 2015	156,000[22]
Arnold decides to come out to his family, and Josh and Tom make a pact to avoid bread, which Josh immediately breaks and Tom is upset about. Mae tells Alan that she had an affair while she was pregnant. Alan stays with Josh for a while, and Arnold practices coming out to his father by coming out to Alan. Rose takes Hannah out to do something fun, and they go to a lesbian bar.
19	3	"Croquembouche"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas, Thomas Ward & Liz Doran	29 October 2015	140,000[23]
Josh, Tom and Hannah attend Arnold's birthday lunch at his family's home, and Arnold comes out to his family. Tom finds out that Christina has had a sexual harassment suit filed against her. Hannah confides to Rose that she's stopped taking her medication.
20	4	"Natural Spring Water"	Josh Thomas	Josh Thomas	5 November 2015	131,000[24]
Josh, Tom and Arnold take tablets of MDMA before going out to a nightclub. While dancing, Tom meets a girl named Ella but an unfortunate accident leads them to hospital. Meanwhile, Alan begins life without Mae after their separation.
21	5	"Coq Au Vin"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	12 November 2015	127,000[25]
Arnold discusses non-monogamy with Josh. The household comes to terms with the fact that Adele is a rooster, and they plan to kill and eat her. Claire tells Josh that she's pregnant, and asks him to come to the abortion clinic with her. Hannah looks after an orchid as a request from her psychologist, but when Stewart tells her how to raise her orchid, and that it's a shame she won't have kids because Hannah has wide hips, Hannah tells him to mind his own business and then chops off the orchid flowers.
22	6	"Pancakes with Faces"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Liz Doran	19 November 2015	141,000[26]
While Arnold has gone to his parents' house for a "trial sleepover", Josh accompanies Claire to the abortion clinic and helps her go through the rest of the procedure at home. Tom has to visit the dentist and Ella joins him. Rose finds out Stewart is cheating on her with his wife and plots revenge. Alan goes apartment shopping on his own.
23	7	"Puff Pastry Pizza"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas	26 November 2015	113,000[27]
In an effort to clear the air between the housemates, Tom constructs a pinata and fills it with various secrets he knows about himself, Josh and Claire. With Arnold away at maths camp, Josh invites a man named Ben that he connects with on Grindr over to the house for sex. Meanwhile, Tom and Claire bond as they hide out in Tom's room away from Josh and Ben.
24	8	"Amoxicillin"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Liz Doran	3 December 2015	TBA
Tom finds out he has chlamydia and attempts to treat Ella for it without her knowing, because he had told her that he had had a sexual health checkup before they got together. Tom enlists Josh in the ruse, and Josh makes up a story about how he has worms and so the whole household has to have deworming pills. Claire becomes upset that Grace, who they are babysitting, might also catch worms, and so she, and eventually Arnold, are let in on the secret.
25	9	"Champagne"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Thomas Ward	10 December 2015	TBA
Josh visits Ben in the hospital before brain surgery. Josh, Tom, Claire, Arnold, and Ella decide to take a ride on an observation wheel. Ella learns Tom and Claire recently kissed, while Arnold becomes upset over the friendship between Josh and Ben.
26	10	"Christmas Trifle"	Matthew Saville	Josh Thomas & Thomas Ward	17 December 2015	TBA
Josh prepares Christmas lunch for his family and friends. Rose does not agree with Mae and Alan's parenting techniques, while Tom and Claire's chemistry becomes more apparent to Ella. Arnold and Hannah both continue to struggle with mental illness. Josh finally reaches his breaking point.

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External links

• Official website
• List of Please Like Me episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• Please Like Me at TV.com