Taste-matched follow-ups
Use this page for more dark mind games, deception comedy, and jealousy revenge without retreading the same show.
Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.
Why this fits: The 'Burbs brings the same dark-comedy unease as Alice and Steve, where jokes curdle fast once secrets start stacking. In a cul-de-sac full of neighborly smiles, betrayal and flashback reveals keep tightening the screws, and the payoff reframes everything before the danger fully lands.
Why this fits: Workplace humiliation turns into paranoia in The Chair Company, and that same creeping dread sits under Alice and Steve’s funniest moments. Expect absurd office indignities, escalating ambiguity, and tension that grows scene by scene, with the comedy staying sharp while the mystery refuses to settle.
Why this fits: Wild Cherry shares Alice and Steve’s taste for pressure-cooker relationships, especially when jealousy and loyalty get dragged into public mess. An elite school scandal builds through social exposure and mother-daughter strain, with humor that keeps getting cut by danger and humiliation, then moves faster once the secrets spill.
Alice and Steve leans into slow-burn discomfort built from deception and jealousy, so The Upshaws will feel like a more grounded working-class family comedy with the same appetite for messy motives. Expect blended-family chaos and money trouble humor, but the stakes stay more domestic than psychological thriller mind games.
Psykodrama brings therapy comedy and mental health into a roommate rivalry setup, which should scratch the same itch for dark, self-aware discomfort as Alice and Steve. The difference is it leans harder into dark humor and interpersonal sparring rather than mother-daughter tension and slow-burn deception.
Ms. X keeps things dark and domestic, with accidental violence and suburban chaos driving multi-front crime, which fits the deception comedy and slow-burn discomfort you get in Alice and Steve. You will see more improvised mistakes and vicious PTA energy, while Alice and Steve stays more focused on psychological mind games and jealousy revenge.
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