With recent TV shows such as Benito Skinner’s “Overcompensating” and Rachel Sennot’s “I Love L.A.,” it’s clear that in-your-20s sitcoms are making a comeback to television — and FX’s Adults is helping to spearhead its return. 

Created by comedy writer duo Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, “Adults” follows five twentysomething friends who live together in Queens, New York, and the comical, often deranged situations they find themselves in.

Like any classic sitcom, each character has a defined archetype. Samir, whose parents’ house they live in, is the chronic, jobless overthinker, while Billie, his childhood friend, is a burnt-out journalism major struggling to find herself. Anton is the witty, sarcastic social butterfly; Issa is a well-meaning, unpredictable wildcard, and her sweet, sexually fluid Canadian boyfriend, Paul Baker, completes the friend group. 

But unlike “Friends,” “Adults” is considerably less bingeable. This can be attributed to its eight 20-minute episode runtime (much less than that of 2000s sitcoms), but it’s clear that the vibe was never meant to be like “Seinfeld.” Right off the bat, “Adults” is significantly more offbeat and almost revels in its discomfort.

The show itself admittedly struggles to find its footing in the first two episodes. The pilot attempts to make a statement on workplace sexual assault, but rather fumbles it awkwardly and verges on satire, while the second deals with stress-caused medical issues and debt, and reflects badly upon everyone but Billie (mostly unconscious throughout the episode). 

But starting from episode three, “Adults” begins to pick up. Sure, it’s still uncomfortable at times, but viewers begin to understand that it’s the whole point. We begin to warm up to the characters, and despite their flaws, we begin to like them; even through the ridiculous situations they manage to find themselves in, whether it’s accidentally befriending a neighbourhood stabber, hosting a snide teen getting an abortion in New York, or protesting against the cancellation of a kid’s ballet dubbed “Popcorn Forest.” 

But despite its craziness, “Adults” doesn’t forget to be grounded. At its core, the show is about a few twentysomethings trying to discover themselves and be “good” in an insane world — through their stages of employment, love, and relationships. 

All in all, “Adults” is well worth a watch. It’s no “How I Met Your Mother,” but it fits rather well to the modern day reality we live in, in all its messiness and glory. After all, the world is not as it was 20 years ago, and neither is “Adults.”