Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022–2023)
unoriginal and lacking depth
23 March 2023
This show wanted to be so many things that it ended up being about nothing. It could have been a deep dive into the experience of living and loving in your middle age, recovering from a decade-long unhappy marriage, and coming to terms with the clash of multiple identities (heartbroken adult, devoted parent, hardworking professional, etc).

This show ended up being so superficial, forcing us to watch the lives of rich elites who live in an ethnically insular bubble in new york and complain about the most predictable first-world problems. Rachel's backstory felt like it was hastily constructed-- her character was the most intriguing... and after countless flashbacks painting her as the stone-cold frigid binj, i was looking forward to hearing her side of the story.

Her character is so one-dimensional and unlikeable that it solidifies how one-dimensional and unlikeable literally everyone on screen is. Everything felt underwhelming and forced.
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