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Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan bring their funny, unflinching 'Catastrophe' to an end

NEW YORK - Even for a show that has been unflinching in its depiction of marriage and family life, the fourth and final season of "Catastrophe," which premieres Friday on Amazon, goes to some uniquely dark places.

In its closing stretch, the series contemplates themes of spirituality and mortality and marital resentment, culminating in a finale that revisits in newly urgent terms the central question of "Catastrophe": Will Rob and Sharon make it? (The finale aired on the U.K.'s Channel 4 last month, with the Guardian calling it "the greatest TV ending since 'The Sopranos.' ")

"You might have a few months' rent or mortgage in the bank. You might have a partner that you feel you can depend on. But, really, there's just no certainty," says Rob Delaney, who was joined by costar Sharon Horgan this week in New York, where the pair were in

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