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| creator = [[Diablo Cody]]<!--Diablo Cody is the pen name of Brook Busey; please do not change to Busey as Cody is what she uses professionally. See talk page for explanation. -->▼
▲| genre = [[Comedy-drama]]
| showrunner = [[Alexa Junge]] (season 1)<br />Diablo Cody (season 2-3)<br />[[Joey Soloway]] (season 2-3)
▲| creator = [[Diablo Cody]]<!--Diablo Cody is the pen name of Brook Busey; please do not change to Busey as Cody is what she uses professionally. See talk page for explanation. -->
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Toni Collette]]
* [[Rosemarie DeWitt]]
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* [[Brie Larson]]
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| theme_music_composer = [[Tim DeLaughter]]
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 36
| list_episodes = List of United States of Tara episodes
| producer = Dan Kaplow
| executive_producer = [[Steven Spielberg]]<br />[[Diablo Cody]]<br />
| location = [[Overland Park, Kansas]] (setting)<br />[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] (actual filming location)
| camera = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = [[DreamWorks Television]]<br />[[Showtime Networks]]
| network = [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2009|1|18}}
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'''''United States of Tara''''' is an American
The series was based on an idea by [[Steven Spielberg]], who is the executive producer, under his [[DreamWorks Television]] label. Other executive producers include writers Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, director [[Craig Zisk]], and [[showrunner]]s Cody and [[Jill Soloway|Joey Soloway]]. Former executive producer [[Alexa Junge]] quit as showrunner after the first season.
[[Principal photography]] took place in Los Angeles, California, while the show is set
On May 23, 2011, Showtime announced that the series would not be renewed for a fourth season,<ref name="canceled">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvequals.com/2011/05/23/showtime-keeping-nurse-jackie-but-giving-united-states-of-tara-the-boot/ |title=Showtime keeping NURSE JACKIE But Giving UNITED STATES OF TARA The Boot |work=TV Equals |date=May 23, 2011 |first=Michelle |last=Carlbert |access-date=April 14, 2013}}</ref> and the series finale aired on June 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/united-states-of-tara-cancelled-season-four-20049/ |title=United States of Tara: Showtime Comedy Cancelled; No Season Four |work=TV Series Finale |date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2013}}</ref>
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The show is a representation of a seemingly typical American family who must cope with the daily struggles of [[dissociative identity disorder]] (DID). [[List of United States of Tara characters#Tara Gregson|Tara Gregson]] is a wife and mother of two children in [[Overland Park, Kansas]], a suburb of [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], who has been diagnosed with DID. Suffering side effects from the medication, she is depressed at her inability to focus, to feel, to be intimate, to create art, and to progress in therapy to discover the painful source of her dissociation. With approval from her therapist, she discontinues the medication, knowing that multiple personalities will reemerge.<ref name="Slate Troy"/><ref name="The Four"/>
When stressed, Tara may transition into one of her alters: wild and flirty teenager [[List of United States of Tara characters#T|T]]; 1950s style housewife [[List of United States of Tara characters#Alice|Alice]]; and male, loud, beer-drinking [[Vietnam veteran|Vietnam vet]] [[List of United States of Tara characters#Buck|Buck]]. A fourth alter, [[List of United States of Tara characters#Gimme|Gimme]], is introduced later in the first season. During the second season, two further personalities are introduced: [[List of United States of Tara characters#Shoshana Schoenbaum|Shoshana]], Tara's therapist of sorts, and [[List of United States of Tara characters#Chicken|Chicken]], an infantile representation of Tara when she was five years old. Another alter emerges in Season 3, that of Tara's previously unknown half-brother [[List of United States of Tara characters#Bryce Craine|Bryce]]. Tara is supported by her husband [[List of United States of Tara characters#Max Gregson|Max]], daughter [[List of United States of Tara characters#Kate Gregson|Kate]], and son [[List of United States of Tara characters#Marshall Gregson|Marshall]]. Her sister, [[List of United States of Tara characters#Charmaine Craine|Charmaine]], is
==Characters==
{{main|List of United States of Tara characters}}
* Tara Gregson ({{nee}} Craine) ([[Toni Collette]]), a woman with [[dissociative identity disorder]]
* Max Gregson ([[
* Kate Gregson ([[Brie Larson]]), Tara and Max's
* Marshall Gregson ([[Keir Gilchrist]]), Tara and Max's gay cinephile son
* Charmaine Craine ([[Rosemarie DeWitt]]), Tara's self-absorbed younger sister
* Neil ([[Patton Oswalt]]): Max's employee and best friend
* Gene Stuart: ([[Nate Corddry]]), Kate's boss at Barnaby's, a fast food outlet.
==Production==
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[[Portia Doubleday]] was cast as Kate in the pilot episode of ''United States of Tara''. Doubleday was replaced by [[Brie Larson]] when the series' creative team chose to go in a different direction with the character.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Ouzounian | first = Richard | title = Portia Doubleday: Michael Cera's transformer | newspaper = [[Toronto Star]] | location = [[Toronto]] | date = January 5, 2010 | url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/745966--portia-doubleday-michael-cera-s-transformer | access-date = January 7, 2010}}</ref>
Diablo Cody didn't expect the pilot to reach series status, so she considered "three seasons in the lion's den" to be exceptional. She emphatically appreciated the writers, but was pressured with the expectation of writing more "gobbledygook banter" as seen in her recent hit movie ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]''; she disliked the institution of the writers' room and wished that it had been primarily a solo effort. She said Steven Spielberg was "incredibly involved", offering "his soul and his input" to the series. She was sad to learn of the cancellation especially without a proper finale, but was fairly satisfied with "a nice, natural end".<ref name="Differently">{{cite interview | title=Diablo Cody on United States of
==Episodes==
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Troy Patterson of ''Slate'' gave high praise to [[Diablo Cody]]'s infamous style of snarky pop-culture dialog, and to the cast, concluding that "The most elusive of the personalities is Tara herself, and that's as it should be."<ref name="Slate Troy">{{cite web | title=The United States of Tara | first=Troy | last=Patterson | date=January 15, 2020 | website=Slate | url=https://slate.com/culture/2009/01/the-united-states-of-tara-reviewed.html | access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> Emily Nussbaum of Vulture saw ''Tara'' as "the true sister act" to ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', Showtime's other hit show at the time, with a more feminine focus on the allegorical roots of mental illness. She said it "has slowly taken its premise deeper, bolder places than I ever expected, all while maintaining an arch-comic tone that could sour if it weren’t so smart. Far more ambitious than bloated award bait like ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', it has become a truly original series, a dark comedy about sexual abuse, swinging at existential questions about its heroine's struggle to become a real girl."<ref name="New Dexter">{{cite web | website=Vulture | title=TV Review: Is United States of Tara the New Dexter? | first=Emily | last=Nussbaum | date=March 28, 2011 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/03/united_states_of_tara_5.html | access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref> Alan Sepinwall of HitFix said that ''Tara'' has "gotten deeper, darker and just plain better as it's gone along" where sometimes "the Gregson family seems in danger of splintering as badly as Tara's psyche".<ref name="Different paths">{{cite web | title=Review: Showtime's 'United States of Tara' & 'Nurse Jackie' take different paths in season 3 | url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-showtimes-united-states-of-tara-nurse-jackie-take-different-paths-in-season-3 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014170029/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-showtimes-united-states-of-tara-nurse-jackie-take-different-paths-in-season-3 | archive-date=October 14, 2011 | first=Alan | last=Sepinwall | date=March 28, 2011 | access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref>
In a 2014 retrospective, Ariana Bacle at ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said that she was "still not over" the show's premature cancellation. She said the show portrays mental illness in a realistic, humanizing, and normalizing way that gives appropriate weight to the lives of all the family members who were overwhelmed but not totally consumed by one's mental illness. She found it "dark" but "consistently funny, never taking itself too seriously". She praised Toni Collette's "flawless" transition between personalities that are so multilayered yet "insanely distinct" that they could have each been a different actor.<ref name="Still Not Over">{{cite
===Awards and nominations===
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* {{IMDb title|1001482}}
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