Hardly Working: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hardly Working Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
April Fools Day on the Internet Sucks
Mar 31, 2018 · 4 min
These half-assed online pranks are so lame. Unless they’re about genie movies. Those are still good.
Gimmick Workouts Aren’t Real Exercise
Apr 7, 2018 · 2 min
Grant’s working smarter, not harder.
Future Raph’s Only Regret
Apr 12, 2018 · 4 min
He might be missing teeth, but his gut flora’s never looked better.
Grant and Katie Are Starting Their Own Company
Apr 14, 2018 · 4 min
They’re throwing out the rulebook for a different copy of that same rulebook.
Your Contacts List Is a Mess
May 1, 2018 · 4 min
Phones are for storing important contacts like “Red Shirt – Starbucks”.
When You Don’t Get Nerdy References
May 3, 2018 · 4 min
If only nerds knew what it felt like to be mocked for their interests.
The Babies Are on Fire
May 8, 2018 · 3 min
The way these babies fight for their lives is so inspiring, it would be wrong to intervene.
The Guy Who’s a Total Rap Snob
May 17, 2018 · 3 min
Young Thug is so uncouth. Raph prefers classic songs like Other People’s P*ssy.
Have Sex with Josh for Me
Jun 7, 2018 · 4 min
Why won’t you do this one thing for me that I secretly want to do?
The Guy Who Won’t Call In Sick
Jun 19, 2018 · 4 min
Brennan is not going to let the tiniest bit of Ebola stop him from pitching 3-4 comedy sketches.
Comedy Sucks (with Bassem Youssef)
Jun 26, 2018 · 4 min
What do Grant, Raph, Katie, and handsome ex-heart surgeon Bassem Youssef all have in common?
My Mom Is Stalking Me
Jun 30, 2018 · 3 min
Raph’s creepy stalker was taking pictures of him nine months before he was even born.
You’re Too Sad to Argue With
Jul 5, 2018 · 5 min
Brennan is there for Rekha, and that means he needs to abandon all logic.
Grant Forgets He Sucks
Jul 19, 2018 · 3 min
Grant has amnesia. Not even a cool story. He hit his head on his car roof because he forgot it’s not a convertible.
Everyone Thinks They’re an Expert
Jul 24, 2018 · 3 min
My friends give the best advice. Did I say best? I meant most.
The Guy Who Needs to Win Everything
Aug 7, 2018 · 3 min
Don’t worry, Brennan has the perfect dinner party guest list to kill Hitler and stop 9/11.
How Are You Not Humiliated
Aug 9, 2018 · 3 min
The survival rate for public humiliation has gotten way too high.
When a Kink Chooses You
Aug 21, 2018 · 4 min
The language of love can be hard to crack.
Feel Bad for the Bad Guy
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min
Everybody worries about the victim, but what about the person that caused them pain? Are they supposed to reflect on it and change? That seems hard!
Don’t Trash Talk New York
Sep 8, 2018 · 5 min
Brennan is from beautiful New York City. YEAH, HE SAID IT. BEAUTIFUL. SORRY YOU’RE SCARED OF PIGEONS AND CLUTCH YOUR BAG CLOSE EVERY TIME SOMEONE SPEAKS ABOVE A WHISPER.
It’s My Right to Hold This Turd
Sep 22, 2018 · 5 min
If you think about it, aren’t turd holders the true persecuted minority?
Your Friend Who Never Learns Partying Sucks
Sep 25, 2018 · 4 min
She really means it this time.
The Girl with a “Birthday Month”
Oct 3, 2018 · 5 min
Is it too much to ask for Trapp, Raph, and Jess to keep a simple 12th of the year open to celebrate Rekha’s entrance into the world?
Stop Hating My Favorite Things
Oct 12, 2018 · 4 min
Hey, everybody has different tastes, but if you don’t like movies as a whole you’re a confusing robot to me and I don’t trust you.
Only I Can Insult My Mom
Oct 17, 2018 · 4 min
Katie, Jess, and Grant’s moms are all extremely good and have never done anything bad nor have any negative qualities, in my opinion. My mom, on the other hand, is a PSYCHO!
This Twisted Freak Likes Halloween
Oct 24, 2018 · 3 min
Raph must be some sort of escaped psychopath and/or serial murderer if he actually ENJOYS the holiday where you dress up and have fun parties and eat candy.
Killer’s Mask Is Inconvenient
Oct 29, 2018 · 4 min
Grant and Katie will be lucky to get out of this one alive, thanks to his poor choice of scary mask and no thanks to Katie being weirdly helpful.