''Can't Cope, Won't Cope'' is an Irish

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television series. It was created by Stefanie Preissner and produced by Deadpan Pictures for

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in 2016. Seána Kerslake played fund manager Aisling and Nika McGuigan played art student Danielle. They are twenty-something friends from Mallow,

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, who share a house in Dublin. The first season was picked up by

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in 2017 and

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in the US, UK and

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in 2018. A second series was commissioned in 2017 and broadcast in 2018. The series also featured Amy Huberman. In August 2018, writer Stefanie Preissner confirmed that a third series would not be made, thus ending the series.

Cast

* Seána Kerslake as Aisling O'Dowd * Nika McGuigan as Danielle Mullane Season 1, episode 3 * Amy Huberman as Kate * Sheila Moylette as Lorraine * Muiris Crowley as Ferg * Hannah Sheehan as Rachel * Steve Blount as Taxi Good * Laurence O'Fuarain as Lorcan (series 1) * Lesa Thurman as Jennifer (series 1) * Seán Óg Cairns as Austin (series 2) * Peter Campion as Joe (series 2)

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

Series 2 (2018)

References

2016 Irish television series debuts 2010s comedy-drama television series Television shows about casual sex Television shows set in Dublin (city) Irish English-language television shows Television shows about infidelity Irish comedy-drama television series Mallow, County Cork RTÉ original programming Television shows set in Vancouver {{Ireland-tv-prog-stub