At times, sitcoms, especially the mediocre ones, can feel like a dime a dozen. Every streamer and network wants that easy-to-produce show which can run for several seasons and generate a cult fandom that keeps reruns going long after its end. Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and How I Met Your Mother are among the most famous examples that studios chase. This saturation can lead to many sitcoms, even great ones, going under the radar, yet one of them is having a more-than-deserved resurgence on the Apple TV store: 2 Broke Girls.
2 Broke Girls is reminiscent of classic sitcoms in many ways. The laughing track, reusable sets, and an easy-to-digest premise that breeds narratives. Yet, in so many ways, 2 Broke Girls was groundbreaking from its inception in 2011. With a friendship as strong as any other bond throughout TV at the heart of the show, and a sitcom that feels both empowering and relatable, 2 Broke Girls is finally being given its rightful attention.
What Is ‘2 Broke Girls’ About?
2 Broke Girls‘ six seasons follow Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs), with the two meeting after Caroline’s rich father is arrested for operating a Ponzi scheme and Caroline loses all the comforts she once relied on. Moving in with Max, who has always been working class, the two try to become rich in the cupcake business through Max’s baking and Caroline’s business education, while also working as waitresses at a diner. The cast is also stacked with side characters who add unique strokes of color to the world, such as Oleg (Jonathan Kite), the greasy kitchen cook, Han (Matthew Moy), the cheap diner owner, Sophie (Jennifer Coolidge), an eastern European woman who is a fiery force to be reckoned with, and Earl (Garrett Morris), the sweet and smooth old soul of the diner.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
Despite these fascinating supporting characters, it is Max and Caroline’s friendship that carries the show, due to their perfect character dynamic. Caroline’s naivety contrasts with Max’s more realistic, cynical perception of the world, which both come from their upbringings, where Caroline never wanted anything, and Max was never allowed to want it in the first place. This leads to many scenes where they comedically bicker about whether they will succeed or not, yet it also makes their friendship feel incredibly sincere, as they need each other to both dream bigger and dream smarter.
‘2 Broke Girls’ Feels Unique in Its Portrayal of Women and Finances
As previously mentioned, sitcoms can be some of the most trope-heavy narratives in storytelling. But 2 Broke Girls puts two women at the heart of the show, and while other sitcoms, such as New Girl, also have female leads in ensemble casts, 2 Broke Girls places very little emphasis on romance in Max and Caroline’s lives. They do date people, but it never overshadows the overall plot of their business, giving the characters a true grip on their own agency.
2 Broke Girls also does away with any need to portray these two women as glamorous, perfectly styled, and innocent individuals. They are allowed to be crude, to make sexual innuendos, and to be just as unapologetically messy as male characters in shows such as Two and a Half Men, Men Behaving Badly, or Peep Show. This is exactly where Dennings shines the brightest, as her dry humor leads to several inappropriate jokes that you would normally hear from male characters, like when Max says that “Dirty box was my nickname in continuation school.”
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Additionally, while other sitcoms typically ignore characters’ finances, showing them constantly going out to eat or drink at bars, cafés, or buying items that they shouldn’t be able to afford, merely for a gag, 2 Broke Girls is constantly focusing on, unsurprisingly, just how little money Max and Caroline have. Whether it’s complaining that they haven’t gotten any sleep because they work two jobs, or that their shower has a tear-away strip in the wall to fix it when it breaks, 2 Broke Girls feels relatable in a way many shows don’t, as it empathizes with the struggle that younger generations go through finding their way in the economic landscape.
Few sitcoms are as unapologetic in their style of humor as 2 Broke Girls, and it is all the better for it. While it didn’t get the ratings it deserved when it was released, this underrated sitcom is making a comeback you should be a part of. Whether it’s the unconventional humor, the cute bond between 2 Broke Girls‘ protagonists, or the show’s choice to put financial issues at the heart of the show, 2 Broke Girls has plenty of aspects that will make binge-watching all six seasons a breeze.
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