Hardly Working: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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 9 Progress Shield
Why Bernie Sanders Is Actually Winning
Apr 25, 2016 · 4 min
Did you remember to subtract then re-add the super delegates?
When You Don’t Recognise a Friend Request
May 2, 2016 · 3 min
It’s an elementary act of deduction.
The Opposite of a Wing Man
May 4, 2016 · 3 min
Every young Lothario needs a trusty albatross to balance out the wing man.
If Adult Cereals Had Mascots
May 6, 2016 · 3 min
Silly breakfast mascot, everyone knows oatmeal is for sad adults!
When Your Facebook Thread Gets Hijacked
May 11, 2016 · 4 min
You see, this is our Facebook thread now.
You Can Be Terrible If You Call It “Self-Care”
May 16, 2016 · 3 min
It’s not selfish if you neeeeed it.
Our Ninja Sketch Got Whitewashed
May 18, 2016 · 4 min
The beloved, classic tale of a failing foreign culture saved by a white man.
These Sketch Pitches Are Too Personal
May 20, 2016 · 4 min
At least Grant thinks they’re funny.
What You Hope Happens When You Share a YouTube Video
May 24, 2016 · 4 min
Some people see nothing special in sharing funny Internet videos, but they’re wrong.
Shopping for a New Version of You
May 28, 2016 · 4 min
Are you the kind of bad bitch who wears $500 t-shirts just because?
After Four Sneezes the World Turns against You
Jun 3, 2016 · 4 min
Four sneezes deep and you’re just a terrorist to goodwill and productivity.
It Will Never Be Cold Again!
Jun 9, 2016 · 3 min
Do you know anyone at the North or South pole who might want our fleece-lined boxers?
Crap! You Like an Old Instagram Post!
Jun 10, 2016 · 4 min
For a totally believable story you’re gonna need a truly embarrassing photo.
You Weren’t “Born in the Wrong Decade”
Jun 16, 2016 · 4 min
We would have crushed it in the 1770s.
This Thumbnail Is a Butt
Jun 17, 2016 · 3 min
Sometimes all you wanna do is slap a butt on a thumbnail and go the eff home.
How Uber Rides Are like First Dates
Jun 24, 2016 · 3 min
Who talks first? And what if he’s wearing terrible cologne? And what if we get murdered?
Facebook’s Algorithm Is like the Mafia
Jul 1, 2016 · 4 min
If you want people to see your little “YouTubes,” you best throw us some dough, capisce?
Strip Clubs Suck
Jul 7, 2016 · 4 min
Nothing we love more than hangin’ with our buds when we’re horny!
Trustworthy Reviews from 500 Assholes
Jul 8, 2016 · 3 min
A-holes’ opinions are meaningless, unless there’s 500 of them.
What to Do in an Earthquake
Jul 21, 2016 · 3 min
Everybody knows earthquakes are more afraid of you than you are of them.
Bring Your F*ck-Up Sibling to Work Day
Jul 23, 2016 · 3 min
If you’re not sure you have one, you might be one.
If Internet Ads Were Salesmen
Jul 26, 2016 · 3 min
You’ve got high standards, and we’ve got the high quality goods to match.
Everything Is Too PC These Days
Jul 28, 2016 · 3 min
Isn’t that technically a microaggression?
Donald Trump Will Never Be President… or Will He?
Aug 6, 2016 · 2 min
It’s crazy to think that buffoon could ever win an election.
Why Summer Is Women’s Winter
Aug 13, 2016 · 3 min
When spring turns to summer/And there are blossoms on the trees/The August air doth turn to ice/And all the women freeze!
Bond with Strangers by Mocking Your Friends
Aug 26, 2016 · 3 min
What are we supposed to do, make normal small talk?
Canceling Plans Showdown
Apr 22, 2016 · 4 min
A nail biting contest of irresponsibility.