Why Broad City Is the Comedy We Need

The setup of the series, which recently finished its even better second season, is nothing groundbreaking.

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There's an exciting candor and proud, unruly abandon to the way they embrace their imperfections and everyday predicaments and just the sheer hustle of it all.

When Abbi buys an air conditioner, someone steals it while she tries to hail a cab.

[...] seeing people respond to it is important to us because something that we have been conscious of is being inclusive with our comedy rather than exclusive.

Jacobson and Glazer are allowed to reach those absurd heights because of the backbone of the show: the girls' friendship.

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Without a doubt, we go into surreal territory and do fantasy sequences, but that core dynamic lets us to do that because we can always go back to that grounded friendship.

The duo has finally had time to process the overwhelming response and accolades the show has earned since it premiered last year.

(Glazer's been nominated for two Critics' Choice Awards and the show was nominated for comedy series the past two years as well.) "Between Season 1 and Season 2, we had one day off between editing and starting to write," Glazer says.