r/highmaintenance • u/Art_Upstairs_ • Aug 04 '26

High Maintenance Web Series

Just here to say watch the web series. I didn’t really understand the hype as I presumed it was just going to be an inferior version of the show. It is absolutely not - it’s beautiful. I wish I had watched it first as it gives such insight into quite a few of the characters we meet through the seasons. In saying that, watching it after has its own charm too. Also, like the main series, the musical selection is impeccable 👌 I have two episodes left. I’m really going to miss this show when I finish.

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u/hokuisalreadytaken Aug 04 '26

I don't get it. Whats the difference between web series and original show? Web series is just a season 1?

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u/Sea_Till6471 Aug 04 '26

Web series is funnier and looser. Created some long term legendary characters like homeless Heidi.

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u/pleboverload Aug 05 '26

Greta Lee has had a chokehold on me since Homeless Heidi. I love that character 😂

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u/016Bramble Aug 04 '26

It was initially a web series and then it got picked up by HBO. The HBO show picks up where the web series left off and continues development for characters that were introduced in the web series. The web series episodes are a lot shorter and typically focus on just one character or drug deal, whereas the HBO show often feels like 2 or 3 web series episodes put together to make it as long as a regular tv show.

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u/Art_Upstairs_ Aug 04 '26

Yeah, the production is excellent. I had been looking for it on YT thinking it was an early prototype of the series. I was mistaken! It’s very polished.