[2] The series was written by Naomi Higgins, Humyara Mahbub, Mark Bonanno, with additional writing by Vidya Rajan, Michelle Brasier and Laura Davis.
[6] Meg Watson of The Guardian wrote, "Why Are You Like This is perched right on the edge of those two ideas, never fully redeeming or condemning its awful" characters and their actions.
"[1] David Knox of TV Tonight wrote, "Dramatically I was a little unclear on just what these characters wanted -acceptance, money, understanding, sex or just more time to sleep in and eat the latest baos?
"[5] Eddie Cockrell of The Australian wrote, "Surprising, profane and possibly culturally baffling to anybody without a 20-something in their own life, these purposefully exaggerated modern moral dilemmas will nevertheless prompt a high degree of proudly un-woke comedic satisfaction.
"[9] In 2021, Naomi Higgins, Humyara Mahbub and Mark Bonanno won the Comedy - Situation or Narrative category at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards for their writing on the series.