Prequel episode ‘Adults’ debuts on Hulu ahead of Season 2

The ensemble comedy “Adults” returns for Season 2 in August, but FX is updating fans with a standalone prequel episode debuting on July 31.

The episode, which introduces the central group of friends and reveals the origin story of Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), had a surprise screening at the Tribeca Festival in New York on Thursday evening. The episode, titled “Marathon Day,” was written by series creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and directed by Jonathan Krisel. It will be available on FXX and Hulu on July 31 at 10am PT.

“We are so excited about the opportunity to show fans how this group of friends came to be,” said Kronengold and Shaw. “We love a good origin story and we can’t wait for you to see where the radioactive spider bit Paul Baker.”

Season 2 of “Adults” premieres on August 27 and all eight episodes are available to stream on Hulu. The series follows a group of twenty-somethings in New York as they navigate love, work, friendship and family. Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele) are five friends who crash together in Samir’s parental home.

Teasing the new episodes, FX wrote in a press release: “Over eight episodes, the housemates tackle a new set of real-world questions. What if the 20-year-old who inherited your fake ID is cooler than you’ve ever been, and younger than you’ll ever be? How do you explain to your friends that you actually love your boring office job? Why does the presence of your family make you revert to your worst self? And how do you ask for things to change, when you also need everything to stay the right one? Together, the friends weave intricate webs of multiplayer strategy just to avoid hurting anyone else’s feelings. They come up with elaborate solutions to problems they’re too afraid to tackle head-on. It’s not so much that they keep learning the same lessons, but that they keep finding new ways to make mistakes.