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How To Die Alone season 1 is an upcoming Hulu original series created by and starring Natasha Rothwell. The story follows the character of Mel, who is a down-on-her-luck black woman and an employee at the JFK airport. After a near-death incident, she decides to turn her life around and start living for herself.
How To Die Alone season 1 will consist of 8 episodes, with the first 4 episodes premiering on September 13, 2024. From that point, new episodes will be released every Friday.
How To Die Alone season 1 is being produced by Big Hattie Productions and the Onyx Collective. The Onyx Collective is particularly notable as a Disney initiative to promote stories of people of color.
How To Die Alone season 1 will premiere on September 13
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How To Die Alone season 1 is a Hulu original series that will premiere on September 13, 2024. The first four episodes will be released simultaneously, and they're titled Stop Living, Lie and Deny, Burn Bridges, and Settle.
The next four episodes will be released every Friday on Hulu, and those are titled Trust No One, Let Fear Win, Kill Your Darlings, and Get Lost.
How To Die Alone season 1 is the third comedy series produced by the Onyx Collective, following Unprisoned, starring Kerry Washington and premiered on March 10, 2023, and The Other Black Girl, which starred Sinclair Daniel and premiered on September 13, 2023, and ended on May 2024.
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How To Die Alone season 1 cast and characters
The main character of How To Die Alone is played by Natasha Rothwell.
Natasha plays Melissa or "Mel." She's a broke, overweight employee at the JFK airport who starts out dissatisfied with her lot in life before a near-death accident makes her reevaluate her life choices.
Before How To Die Alone, Natasha Rothwell worked on Saturday Night Live and wrote and starred in the HBO series Insecure, which ran for five seasons from 2016 to 2021.
Natasha was also a writer on the first season of the HBO series The White Lotus, where she played the character of Belinda Lindsey, the spa manager of the titular White Lotus who developed a dynamic with Tanya, played by Jennifer Coolidge.
Aside from Natasha Rothwell, How To Die Alone season 1 also stars:
- Conrad Ricamora as Rory, Mel's coworker and best friend
- Jocko Sims as Alex, Mel's ex-boyfriend
- KeiLyn Durrel Jones as Terrence, another one of Mel's colleagues
- Jaylee Hamidi as Allie, a friend of Mel's
- Michelle McLeod as Patty, Mel's colleague who also happens to be her rival
- Bashir Salahuddin as Brian, Mel's elder brother
- Ellen Cleghorne as Mel's mother, Beverly
How To Die Alone has been well-received by critics
How To Die Alone has received positive reviews from publications such as The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune.
Critics characterized the show as a genial, feel-good comedy telling an inspirational story about how Mel pulls herself out of the rut she starts out stuck in. As Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter put it:
"Mel is simultaneously relatable and aspirational. And like Mel, the Onyx Collective dramedy is nothing if not a great hang — warm, funny and occasionally even life-affirming."
How To Die Alone will stream exclusively on Hulu for American audiences. Viewers in other regions can view the series on Disney+ or Hotstar.
