Acceptance
- Episode aired Nov 19, 2020
- 39m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
154
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Suzie has to come to terms with her situation and make some big decisions.Suzie has to come to terms with her situation and make some big decisions.Suzie has to come to terms with her situation and make some big decisions.
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- GoofsThe newspaper article that Suzie reads in the park does not contain written content related the topic, but instead has repeated paragraphs of 'Lorem ipsum' text.
- ConnectionsReferences The Wonder Years (1988)
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Season One Review
I'm going to take a gamble and review this as the first season of an ongoing show, although I'd think it's probably about 50/50 at the moment as to whether they feel there's anywhere else to go with the characters. It was a bravely-performed black comedy but occasionally to fond of a flight of fancy for my taste.
Suzie Pickles (Billie Piper) is a former teen singing star, who then transitioned into a role in a successful science fiction show and though stuck in genre roles since, has an opportunity for a Disney movie in her horizon. Her phone is hacked and photographs of her engaged in a sexual act are leaked onto the internet. Though her agent Naomi (Leila Farzad) is able to keep the photographs out of the papers, and people are generally supportive of the invasion of her privacy - her home life suffers as the person she's with in the photograph is not her husband, Cob (Daniel Ings).
I'm not sure where I thought the show was going to go, given the premise, but I was surprised by what the show turns into. It is, as I said above, a jet-black comedy, ostensibly about unhappiness. Unhappiness with the hand dealt to you, the life you chose, the way things have gone. The thing I imagine will be the strongest complaint against the show was, for me, it's biggest strength. The characters in this, pretty universally, but especially Suzie herself, are unlikable. They make bad choices, are self-destructive, passive aggressive, impassively aggressive, lie and hurt each other. It's a really bold central performance from Billie Piper to allow herself to look as, realistic I suppose, a human as she does here, especially given that Suzie's life reflects her own and she is the co-writer.
Sometimes though that realism rubbed up against the choices that the show makes. Dream sequences or a song routine felt out of place for me. It's very chaotic in it's opening episodes too, almost to anxiety inducing levels - though this does calm down as the show runs on. Indeed, across the board the second half is better than the first.
I understand the views of those that found it too much to take, but a few days after finishing it I'm still stuck thinking about some aspects of it and marvelling at the bravery of Billie Piper.
Suzie Pickles (Billie Piper) is a former teen singing star, who then transitioned into a role in a successful science fiction show and though stuck in genre roles since, has an opportunity for a Disney movie in her horizon. Her phone is hacked and photographs of her engaged in a sexual act are leaked onto the internet. Though her agent Naomi (Leila Farzad) is able to keep the photographs out of the papers, and people are generally supportive of the invasion of her privacy - her home life suffers as the person she's with in the photograph is not her husband, Cob (Daniel Ings).
I'm not sure where I thought the show was going to go, given the premise, but I was surprised by what the show turns into. It is, as I said above, a jet-black comedy, ostensibly about unhappiness. Unhappiness with the hand dealt to you, the life you chose, the way things have gone. The thing I imagine will be the strongest complaint against the show was, for me, it's biggest strength. The characters in this, pretty universally, but especially Suzie herself, are unlikable. They make bad choices, are self-destructive, passive aggressive, impassively aggressive, lie and hurt each other. It's a really bold central performance from Billie Piper to allow herself to look as, realistic I suppose, a human as she does here, especially given that Suzie's life reflects her own and she is the co-writer.
Sometimes though that realism rubbed up against the choices that the show makes. Dream sequences or a song routine felt out of place for me. It's very chaotic in it's opening episodes too, almost to anxiety inducing levels - though this does calm down as the show runs on. Indeed, across the board the second half is better than the first.
I understand the views of those that found it too much to take, but a few days after finishing it I'm still stuck thinking about some aspects of it and marvelling at the bravery of Billie Piper.
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- southdavid
- Nov 5, 2020
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