A dry-witted woman navigates contemporary London, grappling with anger, grief, and modern life's absurdities.
Darkly comic and intimate, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video.
No surprises for a TV-MA: moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
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A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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