I only discovered High Maintenance a week ago, and since then I've happily binged through all the webisodes and all the HBO episodes through Season 4, #1. This webisode (originally aired February 2013) sticks in my mind for two reasons - it documents one of NYC's big snowstorms of the past 10 years and it introduces a major recurring character, a stoner Romeo named Chad (Chris Roberti). After watching it, I discovered a movie called Jammed (released May 2014), starring Chris Roberti as Mike and Leah Rudick (who played Isabel, one of Chad's hookups in "Diana") as Rachel.
Here's the thing: except for their names, Roberti & Rudick play exactly the same characters in Jammed as they did in "Dinah," and many of Roberti's mannerisms and obsessions in Jammed recur in post-2013 episodes of HM.
So what I want to know is, how did that happen? Did HM rip off -- or at least draw inspiration from -- an early script for Jammed? Did Jammed rip off -- or at least draw inspiration from -- "Dinah"? Or in both cases, did the producers/writers simply ask Robert to create a character, and he did a version of Chad in each case?
Regardless of the answers, HM is uniformly excellent, and it's among the most cinematic TV comedies I've ever enjoyed, so watch it!