Fleabag ... Made for women, by women
Fleabag will make you want to call your sister and tell her that you’d sprint through an airport for her. The show centers around the main character, which, I innocently didn’t realize was actually named “Fleabag” until the last episode, as she navigates her way through relationships with men, friends and family. The show starts at rough point in her life. Fleabag has just lost her mother and her best friend and the cafe she owns and her love life are both failing.
One of the aspects in the writing of this show is that the main character often breaks the 4th wall. She stares right at the camera to say things to the audience that really add to the story. None of the other characters in the show seem to notice when she seems to “zone out” for a second, until she meets a priest in the second season. It’s never explained, but for some reason, he is the only one that comments when she speaks to the camera.
The show also focuses intensely on the complex relationships between two sisters. No matter how much they fight and even if they don’t talk to each other for months, they still can lean on each other when bad things happen (like awful haircuts, or horrible husbands). So, if you get the chance, watch Fleabag and tell your sister to watch it, to. Then you’ll have something to talk about the next time you’re trying to ignore weird family members at holiday functions.