“Stuart is a 15 year-old trapped in…well, in reality, a 38-year-old’s body, but I’m playing 35,” his creator confesses when we meet on set between takes. “He is an adolescent with this preposterous fantasia and he needs to grow up.”

HBO announced the news via press release, which we saw on Indiewire. A TV movie is a fitting end to the series, simply because that’s how Merchant has closed out his other shows such as The Office and Extras.