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I have two tv picks for you to start the weekend, both to be found on Amazon Prime — things with quite a few laughs and maybe a few tears.
First, a wonderful British ensemble comedy with veteran actors Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, and Tim Spall, among others, Finding Your Feet It’s a story about a woman of a certain age who flees her posh life because she is shocked to find her husband is unfaithful. She ends up reconnecting with her free spirited sister — well, let’s just say the sister is a bohemian, really. Or a hippy? Whatever you call it, her warmth and sense of fun gradually begin to defrost her deeply wounded sister. Stories like this about fresh starts, big changes, and finding happiness after a real Dark Night of the Soul never go out of style because those Dark Nights are a very real and common feature of the human condition. Anyway, it is a pleasure to watch a deeply unhappy lady flower again.
Second, I have a very binge-able comedy series from Australia for you — and I think it might be available for Streaming on YouTube as well as on Amazon. It is called Spirited because it involves a ghost, the spirit of the lead singer of a famous British punk rock band, The Nerve. Thirty years after his death, Henry Mallet is haunting the apartment of Suzy Darling (kind of a straight-laced dentist) who has just left her selfish jerk of a husband — taken the kids with her and started anew. She’s the only person who can see Henry. He’s invisible to everyone else except the neighbor’s ginger cat. We later find out that the apartment building used to be a hotel, the last place that Henry stayed in when he was alive — and that Suzy’s penthouse apartment had been his room. This is much more than a modern day The Ghost and Mrs. Muir romcom — it is a story on what it means to truly live in the moment. It does transpire that, even though we gradually find out that Henry’s life was absolutely littered with broken relationships, he is a much, much better person dead than he was alive — certainly better than Suzy’s manipulative husband. And it also clear that he always was a very gifted poet and songwriter and that his fans still adore his work with good reason. This show is not for children — there is a lot of coarse language and some sexual situations. But it is a very funny love story as well as a story about finding and cultivating self respect. It is very much worth the binge, trust me!
The weekend begins now. Come in, be comfortable among friends, and share your day, your weekend plans, your menus. This is an open thread.