Mom (TV Series) Charlotte Bronte and a Backhoe (2018) User Reviews

True to life

[Sober-Friend · 7/10 · 12 March 2018]

Jill went to a wellness retreat to get her food issues under control and ended up working with "inner strength coach" Miranda (Kristin Chenoweth). Miranda however has a problem with "AA" and Jill may suffer for it.

Now I love this show. I am in recovery myself and have 20+ years now. I just get extremely sad when they have a character "Slip". However what I admire the most about this show is that they "Allow The Characters" to make mistakes.

Now when they had Bonnie slip it gave me nightmares. I am disappointed that the show had another person "fall off the wagon". What I did love was that the episode ended with "Hope" and not "A bunch of people yelling". The last scene ended with the ladies being "Loving and supporting" .

Help is in the way!

[kellielulu · 10/10 · 28 August 2022]

Kristin Chenoweth plays Jill's inner strength coach from the spa/ wellness center that helped Jill lose weight. Jill is back home and struggling to stay away from temptation. In other word food! Miranda comes to help and instantly gets on Bonnie's bad side followed soon by Marjorie. They don't buy into Miranda's methods but somehow Miranda is effective. She quickly taps into everyone's weak spot. For Jill it's already established she traded booze for food. With Wendy it's her timid nature and hilariously effective. Miranda actually helps Wendy get louder and bolder. For Christy it's self confidence which is lagging since she didn't get into law school. Miranda seemingly worked her magic in a cleansing session and Christy works up the courage to force a meeting with the Dean and she ends up one step closer to law school. Bonnie is outraged when Christy reveals she spent five hundred dollars on that session with Miranda ( Marjorie continues to push that it's AA that's actually helping) Wendy though helped by Miranda agreed with Bonnie on the money Christy spent. Bonnie confronts Miranda and immediately Miranda taps into Bonnie's inability to be vulnerable and admires Bonnie for protecting her daughter sensing Bonnie wasn't valued or protected as a child. She also gives Bonnie a free cleanse and Bonnie becomes a faucet ! Everything flows and Bonnie releases herself from the need to hold it all in.

Bonnie and Christy get a call from Miranda Jill has fallen off the wagon. Miranda tried to convince Jill moderation could work with food so Jill tried it with booze. They all gather at Jill's to help. Miranda apologizes but Marjorie tells her she didn't make Jill drink you can't make an alcoholic drink or get them to quit and it's not a quick fix . If anything it may expose Marjorie's religious like devotion to the program.

The episode really shouldn't work so well but sometimes an outsider points out obvious things that we keep missing and Miranda appears to do it as she tells Christy you had it in you all along.