Alice & Steve Stars Reveal Why They Went To War For Hulu’s Darkest New Comedy — Exclusive

Hulu keeps leaning into sharp, grown-up storytelling while Disney+ handles the family favorites and mega-brands. Case in point: a new British dark comedy called 'Alice & Steve' that takes a very messy friendship and lights a match under it.

What it is

'Alice & Steve' is a six-episode UK series created and written by Sophie Goodhart (she's written on 'Sex Education' and 'Rivals') and directed by BAFTA winner Tom Kingsley. Clerkenwell Films, the company behind 'Baby Reindeer', is producing. The leads are Nicola Walker as Alice and Jemaine Clement as Steve, two best friends with 30 years of shared history who are about to push each other off several emotional cliffs.

How it all goes sideways

The show opens right after a funeral. Alice and Steve slip back into their old, younger selves for a night: too much drinking, dusting off some very old drugs Alice stashed under her bed, and clinging to nostalgia like a life raft. That comfort turns brittle fast. The warm, familiar shorthand between them curdles into something sharper.

The grenade: Steve is dating Alice's daughter

The fuse properly ignites when Steve announces he is seeing Alice's 26-year-old daughter, Izzy (played by Yali Topol Margalith). Yeah, that goes over exactly how you think. What follows is a step-by-step, no-illusions war. Alice tries to blow up the relationship; Steve, fully aware, counters in kind. Their deep, decades-old friendship becomes the playbook and the weapon, and the fallout hits pretty much everyone in their blast radius.

Both leads are clear about the moral gray zone here: these are regular people who can be selfish one minute and selfless the next, especially when grief and old wounds are pressing hard. The show treats that pressure cooker seriously, then filters it through pitch-black comedy.

"They were each other's moral compass. And they've both lost that. They've both lost the person that would talk them down from doing the crazy things. So when they don't have that, they do the crazy thing to each other."

Translation: the death that reunites them also removes the grown-up in the room, so now there is no one to stop them from one-upping each other in spectacular fashion.

Performances with teeth

Despite how intense it all sounds, Walker says the shoot felt oddly cathartic, like she could peel off the costume and feel lighter after leaving everything on the floor. Clement, for his part, loved watching Walker scorch the earth in scenes where Alice wreaks emotional havoc; he says she owns the room and tilts the mood whenever she wants.

• Creator/writer: Sophie Goodhart ('Sex Education', 'Rivals')
• Director: Tom Kingsley (BAFTA winner)
• Produced by: Clerkenwell Films ('Baby Reindeer')
• Stars: Nicola Walker (Alice), Jemaine Clement (Steve), with Yali Topol Margalith as Izzy
• Format: Six episodes
• Premiere: June 8, 2026
• Release plan: All six episodes drop at once
• Where to watch: Hulu in the U.S., Disney+ internationally

If you like your comedy with a body count of feelings, this seems primed to bruise in the best way. Mark the date and maybe hide the vintage party favors under the bed where Alice left hers.