Substandard copy of You're The Worst?

I feel like the writers watched the (excellent) first season of You're The Worst and thought 'this is great and feels fresh' and rushed to write an equivalent version set in London rather than LA, and where the girl is English and sour, and the guy is American and a bit of a mess, before YTW could get big in the UK. Similarly the batch of largely mean-spirited 'quirky friends'.
Other than that, it's ok. Just about. The writing feels forced at times and the acting rings a little hollow yet try-hard. Catastrophe goes for what it thinks is the 'edgy' style seen in YTW, but suffers when compared to that show, lacking the emotional stakes and charisma of both the cast and the depicted characters. It comes off as being deliberately 'adult' for its own sake rather than in exploring an interesting taboo or uncomfortable theme or character aspect. And some of the dialogue feels self-consciously explicit and shoe-horned in for the sake of allowing the show to show off with 'gross' humour, rather than extreme yet organic character expressions being allowed to go uncensored. In YTW this comes off as naturalism, whereas in this show it's the opposite.
That said, it's an easy watch and entertaining - if not 'laugh out loud' funny. I'm aware others will probably enjoy it more and be less of a harsh critic, especially if they haven't seen YTW and don't have that to compare it to. Normally I don't like to judge one show in relation to another, but I feel it's justified here as (in my eyes) it's so blatantly 'influenced by' (a rip-off of?) YTW. Which annoyed me as it came JUST after that show.
Also I noticed a lot of praise on here that lauded Catastrophe for not hand-holding the audience (with a laugh track for example). I guess that made them feel smart, as it makes the audience feel they're being taken seriously and not talked down to, but that alone does not guarantee a great comedy.