MCU Star’s Canceled-Too-Soon Sitcom Just Dropped Free to Stream

If you missed it the first time (or never got the chance thanks to a messy rollout), Krysten Ritter's gloriously chaotic sitcom 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23' just popped up free on Tubi. Yes, free. Yes, all of it.

The quick catch-up

All 26 episodes of 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23' hit Tubi on April 1. The show originally ran on ABC, which canceled it in January 2013 after airing 18 episodes and dumping the final eight online only. A dozen years later, the whole thing is finally in one place and easy to watch without paying a dime (ad-supported, obviously).

What the show is (and why it still hits)

This was before Ritter's Marvel stint on 'Jessica Jones', 'The Defenders', and 'Daredevil: Born Again.' Here, she plays Chloe, a wildly amoral New York party goblin who scams new roommate June (Dreama Walker), an optimistic Midwesterner who just wants an adult apartment and a steady job. The scam backfires into a strange, spiky friendship, complete with oddball neighbors and James Van Der Beek playing a brilliantly self-roasting version of himself.

The tone is sharp and self-aware: punchy one-liners, rapid-fire banter, and storylines that pushed network TV's comfort zone at the time. It gleefully poked at sitcom conventions without turning into a homework assignment about sitcom conventions. Underneath the chaos, Chloe and June's friendship sneaks up on you and gives the show a surprising amount of heart. It should have had more seasons. It was ahead of where network comedy was willing to go in 2012.

Could it come back?

Fans have been trying. After ABC pulled the plug, multiple petitions floated around begging for a Season 3. Ritter has never exactly been subtle about wanting another run, either. Back in 2018, she said this:

'always trying to find ways' to revive the show

'Tweet about it. Netflix, make it happen! Tweet it to life.'

No revival yet, but 'Apartment 23' has kept building a second life as a cult favorite on streaming. The Tubi drop only helps.

Also new on Tubi

• TV: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Married... with Children (Seasons 4-6), The CW's Roswell
• Movies: Airplane!, Legally Blonde, Scary Movie 1-3, House of Gucci, Saving Private Ryan, the original Scream trilogy, Man on Fire

If you want a fast, 26-episode palate cleanser with bite, this is the perfect weekend binge. And if you watched it back then, now you can actually finish it in one place. Imagine that.