Owen Wilson Makes Stick a 10-Episode Sports Comedy Worth Investing In

SO MANY TV shows these days pride themselves on being important. The stakes are high, and life and death are on the line. Those shows—which in 2025 include Severance, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, and more—have viewers tense, clenched, and on the edge of their seats. And for the most part, they’re great! But sometimes, you don’t want to be on the edge of your seat and tense. Sometimes you just want to be happy and feel good. And that’s where a show like Stick comes in.

Stick should feel immediately familiar to most of its viewers. If you’ve ever watched any kind of underdog sports movie (or show) before, you kind of know what you’re getting into. The story follows a washed-up former golf prodigy named Pryce Cahill (nicknamed “Stick” and played by Owen Wilson) who was once seen as a Tiger Woods or Rory McIlroy level prospect, but a mid-career meltdown (think Richie Tenenbaum on the tennis court, a moment co-written by Wilson and portrayed by his brother Luke in The Royal Tenenbaums) derailed his career. Now, he makes due by upselling customers on golf clubs at a sporting goods store.

Pryce is a jovial enough guy in his mid 50s, but things clearly didn’t turn out the way they could’ve; when not at his job, we see him verbally sparring with his ex-wife (Judy Greer) and pulling hustles at bars with his best friend and former caddy (Marc Maron). He realizes he’s still got the fire in him, though, when he meets a kid named Santi (Peter Dager) who appears to be an even better prospect than Pryce once was. And so he decides that he’s found his calling to get back into the game: coaching.

It’s all very familiar, in a Ted Lasso meets Happy Gilmore kind of way—and that’s meant in a very complimentary manner. These are shows and movies where the characters aren’t putting their lives on the line, but they’re doing something we’re interested in, playing a sport we recognize, and making us laugh along the way. Wilson has been charming audiences on screens for nearly 30 years, and the way he embodies the lead character works for him in a way that it wouldn’t work for any other performer. Maybe in different hands Pryce would feel a bit like a sleaze or maybe a little corny. But Wilson is so endearing that we can’t help but root for him and hope he can bring this all together.

Apple TV+ has done a good job in the last couple years with comedies, bringing not only Lasso to the screen but also hits like Shrinking and The Studio. With any luck, Stick could be the next crowd-pleasing favorite on that list. And if you’re into any of this, you won’t want to miss a single episode.

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When is the next episode of Stick coming out?

The next episode of Stick is officially scheduled to release on Wednesday, June 11th. But every Apple TV+ show (semi-secretly!) releases the night before a bit early. So keep an eye out for the next episode of Stick on Tuesday, June 10th, at 9:00 PM EST.

How many episodes of Stick are left?

The first season of Stick will be 10 episodes in its entirety, the first three of which have already debuted on Apple TV+. That means there’s seven weeks—and seven more episodes of golf fun—remaining in the first season of Stick.

Here’s the complete release schedule for Apple TV+’s Stick:

Episode 1, “Pilot” – Now streaming as of June 4
Episode 2, “Grossweiner’s Law” – Now streaming as of June 4
Episode 3, “Daddy Issues” – Now streaming as of June 4
Episode 4, “Zero Sum Game” – Streaming on June 11
Episode 5, “The Birdie Machine” –Streaming on June 18
Episode 6, “RV Shangri-La” – Streaming on June 25
Episode 7, “Dreams Never Remembered” – Streaming on July 2
Episode 8, “TBA” – Streaming on July 9
Episode 9 ,”TBA” – Streaming on July 16
Episode 10, “TBA” – Now streaming as of July 23