Camping Trailer: Jennifer Garner’s A Ticking Time Bomb In HBO’s New Comedy

Zerda Eylül 03, 2021

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The first trailer for HBO's new comedy series Camping reveals Jennifer Garner to be just a tad high-strung, and probably a ticking time bomb. The comedy, from Girls creator and executive produder Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, as well as John Riggi (30 Rock, The Larry Sanders Show) is an adaptation of the British comedy of the same, and focuses on a group of friends who reunite to celebrate the 45th birthday of Walt (David Tennant), the husband of Garner's rather tightly coiled Kathryn.

Aside from Dunham and Konner's first post-Girls series for HBO — and presumably their last together as the two recently opted to go their separate ways on future projects — Camping boasts an impressive cast that ought to attract plenty of viewers, who're either unfamiliar with the original series or unsure how a television show about people camping can sustain over an entire season. Along with Garner and Tennant, the cast includes Brett Gelman (Married), Juliette Lewis (Secrets & Lies), Arturo del Puerto (Fear the Walking Dead), Ione Skye (Say Anything), and the very funny Bridgette Everett (Trainwreck, Little Evil).

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Though ostensibly an ensemble, the first trailer puts Garner's Kathryn front and center. Not only because she's… well, Jennifer Garner, but also because, as you'll see in the brief, but funny first look, Kathryn is something of a lunatic, despite Walt proclaiming her "mentally quite sound." Even though she's pretty much the last person anyone would want to go camping with, Kathryn is at least a certified lifeguard (always something you want to bring along on a camping trip) and self-aware enough to know she's probably on the verge of spiraling out of control. As she says to her child while riding in the back of a pick-up, "The weird thing about life, you can feel fine, but also know you're a ticking time bomb."

Camping certainly looks like it's miles away from Dunham and Konner's previous collaboration, perhaps partly because it's an adaptation of a pre-existing show, and because it's much more a straightforward comedy. It's also worth noting that the series is wisely avoiding humor that can be too easily misinterpreted as something other than a joke, like the "voice of [her] generation" line that was part of the early marketing for Girls.

At any rate, with a terrific cast, funny premise, and darkly comic tone, Camping looks like it could be a win for HBO when it premieres this fall.