A newly sober single mom navigates family dysfunction and temptations with darkly comic, gritty wit.
Earnest, with dry wit. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix and The Roku Channel (free).
No surprises for a TV-14: some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.
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