Your Necessary Delusion
By Matt LeBlanc
The storytelling show that celebrates vulnerability and speaks to real people about the fantasies that have led them to their greatest successes and their greatest failures.
Your Necessary DelusionApr 18, 2022
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Expecting Parents
**Season Two Finale** The complicated delusions of parenthood unpacked by 10 storytellers who have lived it. Featuring my very pregnant wife, my mom, my dad, my unborn child, my best friend the shrink and many more.
Jul 05, 202256:21
Know Regrets
Regrets. We all have them and we all use a delusion to live with them. We speak with 8 storytellers about the regrets that haunt them.
Jun 08, 202251:28
Dare to Disappoint
Patterns don’t change in a day, Bobby returns to discuss the baby steps he has taken towards being upfront with women and Matt shares a time when he turned a marriage into a divorce in just 3 short months.
May 31, 202237:33
Authenticity App
Michael buries his true identity with vices and delusions alike, until a hook up dating app reveals the path to his dreams.
May 23, 202247:06
How To Erase Your Past (Part 2)
In an attempt to flee the mess that she has made for herself in NYC, Rosie follows her secret crush to the wilderness of Alaska hoping to make a connection.
May 16, 202254:31
How To Erase Your Past (Part 1)
Rosie marries a stranger that needs citizenship in a secret attempt to make his friend fall in love with her.
May 09, 202248:06
Adopted Anger
Grace never thought about the ways they might have experienced trauma, until the answer became so obvious it made them rethink everything.
Apr 25, 202237:39
Super Secret Agent
Your necessary shrink, Marcus returns with life long delusions to be a secret agent and all of the unexpected ways that he has manifested this fantasy.
Apr 18, 202242:40
Africa. Surprise!
Eric’s desire to be in control began in 4th grade when his mom left him by himself to live in West Africa.
Apr 11, 202244:11
Daddy’s Got Issues
Devon’s dad went away to prison when she was only 2 years old and the ideas that grew in his absence changed the way that she saw herself.
Apr 04, 202245:48
Transgender Forever
It has taken her a long journey to get here but Kenni has known there was something different about her since she was a very small boy.
Mar 14, 202246:34
Science Twitch
Ben navigates friendship and science with an uncontrollable twitch that happens when he imagines his greatest fantasies coming true.
Mar 07, 202236:04
The Noise Maker
While Gillian aims to find fame as a singer, she learns every lesson life has to offer through music along the way.
Feb 28, 202242:00
A Manic Pixie, Me Too
After years of receiving threatening emails from an anonymous harasser, Madison tries to take back control by turning the troll into a friend.
Feb 21, 202237:18
Fear of Missing Sports
Jasper hates sports; always has, and yet he has lived his whole life compulsively watching them, playing them and collecting memorabilia, in fear of what might happen if he doesn’t.
Feb 14, 202239:20
Funny Girls Don’t Cry
Colleen thrives as a tomboy with a razor sharp wit until she’s faced with something that can’t be joked away.
Feb 07, 202248:51
The Pressure To Be Enough
Dan walks a narrow path and taps into the heart of a universal human experience.
Jan 31, 202232:20
Militant Thrill Seeker
Sam isn’t afraid and he always cares. This perspective leads to varied results when attempting extreme physical stunts and (even more dangerous) socializing with coworkers.
Jan 24, 202241:36
Chosen Queens
What’s in a name? Reyna unpacks the unexpected delusional baggage acquired from holding a name that means royalty.
Jan 17, 202236:50
Free the Riddler
A naturally occurring chemical imbalance fuels Peter’s greatest fantasies and drives him to the edge.
Jan 10, 202246:44
Imaginary Friends
**Season One Finale** Imaginary friends from literal to figurative. Featuring the Shrink, the Guru and Special Guest my Mom.
Aug 09, 202143:43
Flirt Practice
Despite being smart, beautiful and ready for a relationship, Pao found herself single because she believed the way to get a man was to act completely disinterested.
Aug 02, 202132:52
Plan to Worry
If Abby doesn’t plan to worry about catastrophes, then how is she ever suppose to respond to them if they ever come true?
Jul 26, 202149:16
My Mess, My Mission
Make your mess your mission.
Jul 19, 202121:01
Brooklyn Time Capsule
Marcus has been a New Yorker for nearly 20 years, but in a week he and his family will move to their new home in the suburbs in Scarsdale. So then who is he suppose to be?
Jul 12, 202131:53
Goal Weight
**Trigger Warning** Phoebe is “gifted” with a harmful delusion from the time she’s a child. She knows it’s wrong but it can be very hard to change your story.
Jul 05, 202151:21
I AM DOBOY
We all use dreams to create ourselves, but most of us don’t have the guts to chase them as boldly as Anthony from Sacramento.
Jun 28, 202152:01
Handful of Bees
Leo is fascinated with bees. He dreams of one day being a bee keeper, if only he could push passed the research phase.
Jun 21, 202137:56
Marathon Liar (Part 2)
Will Travis get to keep the girl of his dreams? Will he be driven enough to run the marathon, or is this whole new life a quickly fading fantasy?
Jun 14, 202144:52
Marathon Liar (Part 1)
Travis finds his whole life changing when he follows a momentary impulse and signs up to run a marathon to impress a girl.
Jun 07, 202141:17
Dangerous Laziness
Janie is threatened with physical harm when she ignores all warning signs to indulge in her usual nightly routine.
May 31, 202147:22
Tenacious Drinker
Russell‘s career as a drinker... The delusions that got him into it, the ones he used to keep going and how he eventually changed his story to quit.
May 24, 202143:18
Mormon Curiosity (Part 2)
Having recently been secretly baptized and feeling more desperate than ever to fill the hole inside of himself, Bobby drives 12 hours from home not sure if it will get him any closer to his goal.
May 17, 202135:31
Mormon Curiosity (Part 1)
Bobby is searching for a sense of belonging when one day the answer literally knocks on his door.
May 10, 202138:12
Dancing In Peanut Butter
Jackie follows a dangerous delusion that if she ignores a problem it will go away, unfortunately that’s hardly ever the case.
May 03, 202143:27
Comedy Dropout
Reyna follows a necessary delusion that makes her change careers, move cities and risk everything on an idea.
Apr 26, 202137:39
Love Game (Part 2)
In the midst of divorcing her first husband, Devon thinks she may have found her true soulmate online, now she just needs to meet him in person.
Apr 19, 202140:18
Love Game (Part 1)
Devon believes if she doesn’t get married and have children before she is 30, then she is a complete failure. So she goes after her goal by any means necessary.
Apr 12, 202132:50
Tiny Gangster
Dave was only a kid when he decided he wanted to be a gangster. While he excelled towards his necessary delusion, his actions changed the course of his life.
Apr 05, 202138:22
1: Reptile Mind
Host, Matt LeBlanc explores the origins of his own necessary delusion of believing he was the funniest kid in his 2nd grade class. Don’t miss the SURPRISE GUEST!
Mar 29, 202136:32
Your Necessary Delusion: Trailer
Creator, Matt LeBlanc introduces the storytelling show that celebrates vulnerability.
Mar 22, 202108:15