General · EdgepediaOctober 3, 20264 min read

Everything Now (2023 TV series)

Everything Now is a British teen comedy-drama television series created by Ripley Parker for Netflix, released on October 5, 2023. It follows Mia Polanco, a 17-year-old Londoner who returns home after months in recovery from an eating disorder and draws up a bucket list of quintessential teen experiences to make up for lost time.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Format	British comedy drama, 8 episodes, rated TV-MA²^•³
Premiere	October 5, 2023, all episodes on Netflix²
Creator	Ripley Parker, who was 22 when the series premiered and also wrote it⁴
Lead	Sophie Wilde as Mia Polanco, following her breakout in the A24 horror film Talk to Me¹
Production	Left Bank Pictures, filmed in the UK through the summer of 2022⁵
Reception	85% Tomatometer from 13 reviews and 89% Popcornmeter on Rotten Tomatoes³
Outcome	Canceled after one season in April 2024, despite a season 2 writers' room having been assembled⁶

Spoilers

Premise

Mia Polanco leaves a treatment facility for disordered eating and re-enters sixth form at the fictional Westmere School, only to find that her friends have moved on with teen life without her. She creates a bucket list, called the F**k It Bucket, of experiences she has never had, and throws herself into dating, parties, and first kisses alongside her three best mates, a popular frenemy, and a major new crush.¹^•² The Left Bank Pictures logline describes Mia as a 17-year-old released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia who decides the only way to catch up is to make a bucket list.⁵

Parker said her team never wanted the series to feel like a "dirge": "We wanted to have a really healthy balance of light and dark. You can convey emotion with so much more impact if you're also entertaining [the audience]."¹ She has said the series focuses on mental health issues faced by many British teenagers, particularly those surrounding food and body image.⁵

Production

Netflix UK & Ireland announced the series in November 2021 as part of its investment in British content, under the working title The Fuck-It Bucket.⁵ Casting took place in April 2022 and filming ran through the summer of 2022 in the United Kingdom, much of it in London at London North Studios.⁵

The eight episodes were directed by Dionne Edwards, Charlie Manton, Laura Steinel, and Alyssa McClelland, who directed two episodes including the premiere.²^•⁴ Screenwriters were Roanne Bardsley, Dylan Brady, Glenn Waldron, and Ripley Parker.³ Executive producers included Andy Harries, Siân McWilliams, Ripley Parker, and Rob Bullock.⁵

Cast

Sophie Wilde leads as Mia Polanco. The cast also includes Lauryn Ajufo as Becca, one of Mia's best friends, Harry Cadby, Noah Thomas, Niamh McCormack as school friend Alison, and Sam Reuben as Mia's brother Alex. Vivienne Acheampong plays Mia's mother Viv, Alex Hassell plays her father Rick, and Stephen Fry appears as Mia's doctor, Dr. Nell.²^•⁵ Parker said casting was expected to be difficult because the roles demanded multifaceted performances from actors who also had to work seamlessly as a group, but that the assembled cast "absolutely blew us away."⁷

Reception and cancellation

On Rotten Tomatoes the series holds an 85% Tomatometer from 13 reviews and an 89% Popcornmeter from more than 100 audience ratings.³

Viewership did not sustain a renewal. In Netflix's global top 10 data, the show missed the top 10 in its first eligible week, then entered at rank 9 for the week of October 8 to 15, 2023, with 8.3 million hours watched, equal to 1.3 million completed viewing equivalents, before dropping out the next week. Via FlixPatrol it appeared in the top 10s of close to 60 countries for 16 days in total, and in the United Kingdom, its home territory, for only 8 days.⁶

In April 2024, cast member Dylan Brady confirmed the cancellation, citing poor performance. A writers' room for a second season had been established throughout 2023, with Krissie Ducker credited with writing multiple episodes for it, and Brady said he had also been writing a script. "We are at the mercy of the algorithm, I'm afraid," he said, contrasting the streaming renewal model with television's historical pattern of slow, consistent growth over several seasons.⁶

Portrayal of eating disorders

The series centers a main character recovering from an eating disorder rather than treating it as a side plot. Media guidance on reporting eating disorders notes that detailed depictions of specific behaviors, measurements, or quantities can prompt harmful imitation among people at risk, and recommends presenting the illnesses as serious mental illnesses rather than as entertainment.⁸

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026