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Series 33. The Flight Attendant (HBO MAX 8-episode miniseries, 2020)

I don't buy the hype in a lot of these "event shows" - my favorite series tend to have long seasons, plot arcs that take 20+ episodes to unroll, characters that you follow for years. But I'm willing to give event shows a shot, simply because - as we all know - they're low-commitment. And in mid-late 2020, with TV running out, there was a lot of hype around HBO Max's show.

The Flight Attendant follows Kaley Cuoco's titular flight attendant who becomes mixed up in a complex murder during a one-night stand. It then tackles her struggles with alcoholism, her relationship with her family, asks of us why we think she hates herself so much.

There's some fun stuff to this. It's occasionally humorous and I do kinda like the protagonist's lawyer friend. But overall, it really feels like material that I'm rather tired of - substance abuse problem storylines have always bored me; using substance abuse/past trauma to explain a character's bad decisions is boring; I don't really see there being a lot of redemption for our heroine. In the end she does make strides toward being a better person, but it's really not the type of story that interests me much without the humor.

I guess I shouldn't begrudge the feminist power fantasy that much since I think I probably like some male power fantasy shows, but this just didn't really capture my attention. Maybe that's simply because it didn't give itself long enough to endear itself to me, but more likely it's because I found the heroine's motivations uninspiring and her self-destructive behavior dull.
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