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The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks

Comedy

The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks is an American web series from AMC. It premiered in three sub-15 minute episodes on August 22, 2011. The series marked the first production for AMC's Digital Studios, which co-released the program through Hulu. It starred Adam Goldberg as the title character and Jeffrey Tambor as his psychiatrist.

Aug 22, 20111 seasons3 episodesEndedEN

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Adam Goldberg

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Wendy Glenn

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Jeffrey Tambor

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Pete Chekvala

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Laura Clery

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Fabianne Therese

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Seasons

Season 1

3 episodes

Premiered Aug 22, 2011

Episodes

1–3 of 3

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Ep 1

I Pulled a Polanski

Aug 22, 2011

Playwright Arthur Banks awakes in the bedroom of a girl he suspects is underage. Panicked, he flees out the window, and makes a phone call. "I think I pulled a Polanski," says Arthur. Later, Arthur visits his therapist, who explains that Arthur seeks unattainable women, and when things don't work out, it confirms his worst beliefs.

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Ep 2

Silent Treatment

Aug 22, 2011

At his therapist's office nine weeks before his play opens, Arthur describes all women as crazy and says that his new girlfriend, an actress, is paranoid and prone to hysteria.

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Ep 3

The Latent Existentialist

Aug 22, 2011

As opening night approaches, Arthur describes to his therapist his celibate relationship with a student at Columbia. Holding off having sex shows maturity, Arthur reflects. Life can be viewed like eggs, says the therapist. Optimists see the world sunny-side up; pessimists -- or latent existentialists -- see it as scrambled.