Living With Yourself is a 2019 Netflix series starring Paul Rudd as Miles Elliott, a man stuck in a depressive period of his life who goes to a strange new spa seeking to de-stress. However, after his spa day, he finds that a clone of himself has taken over his life. This clone, while confused by this situation, seems to not be burdened by Miles’ depression and negative habits. This leads to the cloned version of Miles essentially living an improved version of his life, both at work and in the relationship with Miles’ wife Kate (Aisling Bea), as this clone has the passion that has faded from the original Miles.

Miles and his clone fight and argue over who deserves to live the life of Miles Elliott, while Kate is grappling with a choice between the clone and the original version of Miles. While he’s burned-out, lethargic and has been more neglectful of her lately, he is the man she loves and the one she married. In contrast his clone is fresh, energetic and desires to be present in her life, reigniting feelings she thought lost since the start of her relationship with the original Miles.

This series does a great job exploring the concepts of self-worth, identity and commitment through this interesting premise that takes coming to terms with yourself quite literally. It’s also got fun moments and comedy to lighten the mood here and there, Paul Rudd does a great job balancing the comedic and serious scenes. His frustration as original Miles and desire as clone Miles come through well to form a good distinction and fun dynamic to watch.

Also starring on the eight-episode half-hour series, created by Timothy Greenberg, are Alia Shawkat, Desmin Borges, Karen Pittman, Zoe Chao and Rob Yang.

I definitely enjoyed the show when it came out, with its unique premise, and a tight and focused cast, story and series length made it a great binge watch. It wasn’t a huge talking point series or anything, but certainly a fun one to experience. It’s nice having a short and sweet series to break up the pace of big television event or long franchise viewing.