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In a nondescript house on a nondescript block in Burbank, California, a “pathologically honest” man named Clark (Ben Falcone) feeds his cats dinner. One won’t come inside, so he heads to his backyard to retrieve it.

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are one of Hollywood's funniest couples, having shared side-splitting scenes in films like and, and creatively collaborated on, and many more. Now, in their new Netflix series, — created and written by Falcone — the pair finally get to portray a couple, albeit an unusual one. They play coworkers, Clark and Amily, who fall for each other while Clark is coping with the ethereal aftermath of a near-death experience. «It just felt like an easy thing to write, since I've already lived it,» Falcone joked with ET's Kevin Frazier about the new series. «Just like, me being lazy.»In all seriousness, the actor and producer said it was «really fun» getting to work closely with his wife of 16 years on the new project.«It kinda hearkened back to some of those moments of doing or a scene or two in ,» he recalled.

A joke belabored is a joke ruined. “Superintelligence,” Melissa McCarthy’s latest team-up with comedian, writer, director, and hubby Ben Falcone, ruins an overwhelming majority of its jokes.

Melissa McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone, is filling ET in on the hilarious moment his wife declared her love for their co-star.McCarthy, 50, and Falcone, 47, star alongside Bobby Cannavale in the new HBO Max flick,, releasing on Thanksgiving Day.

At first, you might think that a film about a woman being stalked by a superintelligent AI that presents with the voice of James Corden would be a horror film. I mean, James Corden is a popular guy and seems silly enough, but let’s be real, his voice following you everywhere you go and threatening to blow up the world doesn’t really seem like fodder for a comedy.