Martin met Hampson at a comedy festival in 2012, and the duo went on to pitch several shows - mostly science-fiction series, murder mysteries and other genre stories - that no one wanted. Martin began doing stand-up in Toronto at 13, and eventually dropped out of school and worked at Second City, first in the box office and then ultimately onstage.
Martin, who is “ very bisexual,” nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, and Joe Hampson, the show’s co-creator, set out to tell a relatable and realistic story about the complexities of relationships and about addictive behavior, which “I’m very familiar with,” Martin said.