Disney+ Streams 6-Part Alice and Steve on June 8 as Friend Dates 26-Year-Old Daughter
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Disney+ Streams 6-Part Alice and Steve on June 8 as Friend Dates 26-Year-Old Daughter
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Summary
June 8 brings Alice and Steve to Disney+, a six-part comedy-drama built around Alice discovering her best friend Steve is dating her 26-year-old daughter, Izzy.
Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement say the series leans less on shock than on conflict: a friendship collapses into resentment and revenge, while neither character is written as a simple villain.
Walker said the story’s parenting tensions felt especially relatable, describing Alice as the character closest to herself because of the rage, protectiveness and loss of control at its core.
Early reviews from Radio Times and The Hollywood Reporter praised the show as sharply funny and unexpectedly touching, with the damaged friendship emerging as the more compelling story.
The series, written by Sophie Goodhart, also taps wider debate over age-gap relationships and ageing, with both leads saying viewers may expect one outcome but the ending defies that assumption.