Jordan Jensen makes her Netflix stand-up special debut with Jordan Jensen: Take Me With You, an hourlong set that frames personal unease and family dynamics through blunt, often self-deprecating comedy.
In the special Jensen examines her love life, the ways her parents shaped — or failed to shape — her ability to love, and what she describes as contemporary pressures for women to conform to a narrow standard of femininity. The hour balances observational jokes, physical bits and extended stories about childhood and sexual misadventures, converging on a recurring theme about self-worth.
Jensen, who grew up in upstate New York, spent time working the Nashville circuit and is now based in Brooklyn. Before signing with Netflix she self-released shorter specials on YouTube and co-hosts the Bein’ Ian with Jordan podcast with comedian Ian Fidance. In 2021 she became the first woman to win New York’s Funniest, the stand-up competition held during the New York Comedy Festival. She also appears in a supporting role in Bradley Cooper’s upcoming film Is This Thing On?
“Being a person is humiliating and grotesque,” Jensen says in an onstage statement that anchors much of the hour. Early on she riffs on industry expectations, joking that a streaming platform once wanted her to be “either gay or more feminine.” The special moves through bits about underwear makers, a botched bikini-wax misunderstanding staged with a napkin prop, the awkwardness of shaving in the shower, and a recurring critique of how porn performers are perceived and portrayed. Jensen uses physical acting and tonal shifts to punctuate her lines, leaning into discomfort to extract humor.
She frames several stories with candid accounts of family dynamics, including an extended bit on what she calls “covert incest” in her upbringing and an account of feeling like an outcast as a fat goth kid. Those elements serve as set-up for jokes about modern relationships and parenting: Jensen says motherhood might offer a route to feeling more feminine even as she questions whether the trade-offs are worth it. She also admits to struggles with self-image, delivering a pointed joke about asking a doctor to “make me look how I feel,” then imagining the monstrous result.
Reviewer Sean L. McCarthy, writing for Decider, called the special a “winning comedy debut” and recommended streaming it, noting Jensen’s ability to weave tangents — including complaints about Elon Musk, a childhood episode involving bouncy balls, and animal factoids — back into the hour’s broader themes. McCarthy wrote that Jensen’s “bluntness and point-of-view” places her among a wave of 2025 Netflix specials by women comics such as Liza Treyger and Steph Tolev who reject industry and audience expectations.
The hour is structured around Jensen’s storyteller instincts: she frequently diverges into asides but returns to central motifs of humiliation and boundary-setting. At one point she critiques other comedians’ stage habits even as she mimics the same behavior, an example of how the special often turns self-awareness into punchlines. A longer, sitcom-like bit about a sexual encounter went uncommonly far for a stand-up special in its domestic detail and theatrical staging.
Technically, the special leans on conventional stand-up devices — call-backs, prop work and physical acting — but is anchored by Jensen’s voice and perspective. She moves between shock and tenderness, and her closing argument asserts that women are expected to perform multiple personas through their menstrual cycles, leaving only brief windows to be authentically themselves. That thesis ties several disparate jokes together into a thematically coherent endgame.
Jordan Jensen: Take Me With You expands Jensen’s profile beyond festival wins and online clips, positioning her as a distinct comic in a crowded field. The special will likely appeal to viewers who favor confessional, boundary-pushing stand-up with a strong point of view. Decider’s appraisal recommended streaming the hour; for viewers tracking a new generation of female comedians on streaming platforms, Jensen’s debut provides material and a stage persona that invite further attention.