Fleabag

If you haven't watched this British Amazon award winning show already, well it's time to get to it. What's it all about? It's about Fleabag (staring the uber-talented Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is not only the star of this series, but who's the writer and creator of the show) who is a thirty-something, highly sexually-active girl who runs a guinea-pig themed café in London. Fleabag, at least in the first season, isn't the nicest of characters. In fact, Fleabag is rather a pain in the ass; a drunk who makes most things about herself. As a result she has made some very poor choices, ones which she has horrible regrets about. Fleabag is charming though, smart, and self deprecating enough we can warm to her profane irreverent observations on what's going on around her. It also helps that she is always breaking the fourth wall (talking to the viewing audience just like Ferris Bueller). It's like we are her secret confidant. It's hard not to like her. Fleabag has an uptight successful sister who is married to an American alcoholic asshole (played wonderfully by Brett Gelman). Fleabag also has a dead mother, a distant father, and a godmother who is truly a piece-of-work (played by the fabulous Olivia Colman). Each episode only runs about 24 minutes and there are only 12 episodes total (6 per season). It's all highly binge worthy material. The second season is about Fleabag's complex relationship with a priest (Andrew Scott) and redemption. It's a dramady. The characters are all filled out in 3D and it's far more moving than you think it should be. Fleabag gets a very high recommendation from me. Catch it on Amazon.