TV series

Overcompensating

Name: Overcompensating
Released: 2025
Cast: Benito Skinner, Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam DiMarco, Rish Shah

2025–· 1 seasonTV-MA★ 7.3Returning series

On Prime Video — From Strong Baby Productions · A24

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Synopsis

Closeted former football player and homecoming king Benny becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny's older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs.

Themes

self-discovery college misunderstanding exploring sexuality fitting in closeted homosexual gay theme

Episodes

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E1 LuckyNext upMay 15, 2025 · 38 min · ★ 5.7
Synopsis
Benny Scanlon arrives at Yates and makes fast friends with Carmen at Orientation. Will Benny and Carmen be more than friends? Or will the fact that he’s totally… you know… get in the way? His sister Grace hooks him up with unflavored vodka for his pregame, while her boyfriend, Peter, imparts sage senior bro wisdom: get laid day one or suffer the consequences. The stakes couldn't be higher tbh.
Guest stars: Connie Britton (Kathryn Scanlon), Lukas Gage (Sammy), Holmes (Hailee Matthews), Owen Thiele (George), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Maddie Phillips (Gigi), Tommy Do (Kevin), Rachel Matthews
E2 Who's That GirlMay 15, 2025 · 35 min · ★ 5.2
Synopsis
Benny and Carmen scour the campus for fake IDs so they can join the rest of the freshmen class–including certified HOTTIE Miles–at Rock Bar. Peter comes through for Benny but not even Carmen's party girl roommate, Hailee, can help her out. Peter flakes on date night at the local Italian restaurant and Grace befriends an elderly woman (for her volunteer hours, duh!). Hailee throws up.
Guest stars: Holmes (Hailee Matthews), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Didi Conn (Janet), Julia Shiplett (Mimi), Nell Verlaque (Emily), Elias Azimi (Chris), Akosua Amo-Adem (Professor McClellan), C.J. Byrd-Vassell (Film Student #3)
E3 Black and YellowMay 15, 2025 · 33 min · ★ 4.1
Synopsis
Benny gets noticed by a secret society and will stop at nothing to get his bestie / security blanket, Carmen, the same attention. Lucky for them, it's alumni tailgate weekend so she gets to show off her legendary drinking prowess. Peter gets some sobering news from a coked out "brother" and Grace reconnects with Mimi, who is back from her semester abroad. What sport is this tailgate for again?
Guest stars: Holmes (Hailee Matthews), Owen Thiele (George), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Tommy Do (Kevin), Julia Shiplett (Mimi), James Van Der Beek (Charlie), Ethan Akler (Acapella Member #3), Elias Azimi (Chris)
E4 Boom ClapMay 15, 2025 · 38 min · ★ 4.3
Synopsis
Benny gets caught in a lie so our main besties are in a fight. That won't stop Carmen from basking in her new legend status from the tailgate. While Grace works the Charli xcx concert, Peter hazes the F&G male pledges. Meanwhile, Carmen is psychologically tortured alongside the female pledges. :/ Oh! And the episode ends with "party 4 u"!
Guest stars: Charli xcx (Charli xcx), Holmes (Hailee Matthews), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Nell Verlaque (Emily), Caleb Hearon (CJ), Kaia Gerber (Esther), Ethan Akler (Acapella Member #3), Elias Azimi (Chris)
E5 Scary Monsters and Nice SpritesMay 15, 2025 · 34 min · ★ 4.9
Synopsis
It's Halloweekend and Benny is still on the outs with Carmen so he and Miles have been getting… closer. Carmen and Hailee reconcile just as the latter enters her bad girl era. Grace calls Peter out for treating her like an assistant. Tensions (sexual and otherwise) rise at the annual Chem Party. But who will go home with who (or is it whom)? This episode is so good.
Guest stars: Lukas Gage (Sammy), Holmes (Hailee Matthews), Owen Thiele (George), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Megan Fox (Megan Fox Poster), Julia Shiplett (Mimi), Nell Verlaque (Emily), Kaia Gerber (Esther)
E6 The Edge of GloryMay 15, 2025 · 37 min · ★ 4.9
Synopsis
Carmen expertly avoids confronting her disastrous love life while trying to help Benny with his. Grace confides in Janet who pushes her to explore other romantic endeavors. Peter does something drastic that's gonna make you go "oh my god dude" at the end. Oh, and Hailee has mono!
Guest stars: Lukas Gage (Sammy), Owen Thiele (George), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Megan Fox (Megan Fox Poster), Didi Conn (Janet), Nell Verlaque (Emily), Bowen Yang (Davis), Matt Rogers (Jered)
E7 Welcome to the Black ParadeMay 15, 2025 · 38 min · ★ 5.0
Synopsis
Carmen tags along with Benny and Grace for an Idaho Thanksgiving, complete with karaoke, a fist fight, and some ghosts from the past. We are nothing if not consistent! Benny regresses in front of his dad, while Carmen and Grace start to understand each other a bit more over some vodka crans and onion rings. But Carmen is still keeping her devastating secret...
Guest stars: Connie Britton (Kathryn Scanlon), Lukas Gage (Sammy), Owen Thiele (George), Megan Fox (Megan Fox Poster), Kyle MacLachlan (John Scanlon), Nell Verlaque (Emily), Bowen Yang (Davis), Matt Rogers (Jered)
E8 Crown on the GroundMay 15, 2025 · 37 min · ★ 5.1
Synopsis
It's finals week and relationships are put to the test (get it?). Carmen forces Benny to explain his web of lies, Grace makes a discovery, Peter goes to get what's his, Hailee wants to know where her performance enhancing meds are, and Miles wonders what he did wrong. Answers lead to more questions at the final Bader House party of the semester... your jaw is gonna be on the floor, sweetheart!
Guest stars: Holmes (Hailee Matthews), Owen Thiele (George), Corteon Moore (Gabe), Julia Shiplett (Mimi), Nell Verlaque (Emily), James Van Der Beek (Charlie), Kaia Gerber (Esther), Matt Rogers (Jered)