It's really good. She's like a DLer.
The "very good-looking" fuckbuddy isn't that hot, though.
She's self-destructive, makes huge mistakes, but is also surrounded by sociopaths who've done their part to make things shitty.
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It's really good. She's like a DLer.
The "very good-looking" fuckbuddy isn't that hot, though.
She's self-destructive, makes huge mistakes, but is also surrounded by sociopaths who've done their part to make things shitty.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | February 24, 2020 1:39 PM |
It's very good OP and very funny.
And you can understand the accents without much trouble.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 13, 2017 4:30 AM |
"Chewing Gum" in Netflix is similar in a way (breaking the fourth wall, UK, sex-obsessed). Both leads wrote their respectives series (both started as playwrights).
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 13, 2017 5:23 AM |
Is Fleabag on BBC1 in the UK?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 13, 2017 2:35 PM |
The trailer has kind of a Peep Show vibe...and I see Olivia Colman (Sophie) is in this too. I didn't think the trailer was as funny as Peep Show, though. Maybe I'll give it a shot, though.
"Very good-looking" means something different on British tv than it would in America, in any case.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 13, 2017 4:37 PM |
[quote]Is Fleabag on BBC1 in the UK?
Ya, it is. I watched the whole thing the night of the election. It sure helped with the anxiety.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 13, 2017 4:40 PM |
Ben Aldridge is the "very good-looking" "Arsehole Guy" (character's name). He's okay.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 13, 2017 5:19 PM |
I can't wait to watch it, looks right up my alley. And everyone should watch Chewing Gum, btw, it's absolutely amazing-- quick, quirky, sexy, but a bit grungy and realistic. Love it.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 13, 2017 5:28 PM |
Season 2 has been announced today!
Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until 2019 to watch it.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 26, 2017 1:19 PM |
Very funny but very uncomfortable to watch.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 26, 2017 2:19 PM |
I thought it was awful.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 26, 2017 2:30 PM |
I watched it last winter when it was first on Amazon. Hilarious and squirm-inducing in the best way. I look forward to Season 2.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 26, 2017 2:35 PM |
Not familiar with either 'Fleabag' or 'Chewing Gum' so I decided to check out some clips on Youtube. I was drawn more to 'Chewing Gum', the main actress is both hilarious and fearless.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 26, 2017 6:06 PM |
Interview with the producer, discussing the show at length. Second season to air in early 2019 and will be set a year after the first one.
[quote]When I visit Hampson at her London office, I mention the first season’s novelistic qualities. The shock value seems hard to repeat. How will they overcome Difficult Second Album syndrome? “The key is to not retread old ground”, Hampson believes. “Fleabag’s in a very different place in life from where we left her. The whole of the first series, it was a façade. She was shiny and prim on top, but you didn’t know she was grieving underneath it all. In that last episode, we saw she was broken. We can’t go back to pretending she’s fine again.” There will be a time jump, though. “Whatever our story is, we’re going to start a year on from where we left off.” (Does that mean there’ll be a scene with Fleabag pleasuring herself to Donald Trump? I didn’t ask.)
Can't come soon enough!
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 5, 2018 7:06 PM |
I loved both though, without giving anything away, Fleabag is also deeply sad. Chewing Gum is something else altogether and Michaela Cole is terrific in Black Mirror as well.
The Derry Girls is also well worth watching if you haven't yet seen it.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 5, 2018 7:17 PM |
I binge watched this on election night. I guess this is one show I will never forget.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 5, 2018 7:20 PM |
Tracey Ullman was really pushing this show a year ago. Never saw it.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 5, 2018 7:45 PM |
Kumail Nanjiani on Twitter:
[quote]I know I’m late, but Fleabag on Amazon is a miracle. There’s a chance I’ve never loved anything more.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 15, 2018 1:09 AM |
I was pleasantly surprised to learn this morning that the first episode of the new season is out! On BBC iPlayer and BBC3, that is. It's coming to BBC1 this evening. Can't wait to see Andrew Scott's priest character. And Kristin Scott-Thomas, and Fiona Shaw, and Olivia freaking Colman!
It will be available internationally on Amazon Prime Video from 17th May.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 4, 2019 10:50 AM |
i Watched season 1 when it came out, i thought the actress playing the stepmother was awful. then i found out she was Olivia Colman.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 4, 2019 11:30 AM |
I couldn't get into it...it is really dark. I love I'm Sorry though.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 4, 2019 11:33 AM |
I watched it and didn't like it. The chick Fleabag is completely unlikable, no redeeming qualities. Maybe if she seemed more horrified by the fucked up behavior of others but she didn't. It was almost like she was getting off on others bad behavior and was amused by her own.
Killing Eve is great though.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 4, 2019 11:45 AM |
Is this another one of those "Oh hi everyone, we're all charmless sociopaths doing shocking things in a repulsive way!" sitcoms?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 4, 2019 12:03 PM |
The first episode of the second season sure is promising. Andrew Scott looks cuter than ever, although the bad hair genes are slowly coming home to roost, unfortunately.
r22 I love that with this show because I know people like that who are natural disasters manifest. It's all fun and games until shit blows up massively. I don't think the showrunner is sympathetic to the main character she plays at all. She's judging her by showing the consequences of her actions at the very end.
r23 There are great moments of sibling and just human connection throughout. The cuntish behaviour makes those moments stand out even more.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 4, 2019 12:12 PM |
I prefer my tv shows about mentally ill women with music, I love Crazy Ex Girlfriend. Similar to Fleabag it's about a hot mess of a woman but with musical numbers.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 5, 2019 2:09 AM |
The second and the third episode have been so, [italic]so good[/italic], I can't wait for more people to see this in May. A couple of gags almost made me choke on my food, but it's brilliant and snappy throughout.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 19, 2019 6:30 PM |
I loved Derry girls too R15. I especially love the main blonde girl's Mom.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 19, 2019 6:37 PM |
Male nudity quotient?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 19, 2019 6:50 PM |
The BBC made her cut out the word "cunt" while referring to the priest in the second season. So you can imagine how much nudity there is. There's lots of prosthetic penises, though.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 19, 2019 6:53 PM |
I got some misinformation and thought Fleabag was on Amazon Prime as of now, waah! Counting down to May. Derry Girls' next season is another one I'm looking forward to. I also loved Toast of London...yes!
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 19, 2019 6:58 PM |
I hate this shit.
I tried twice to watch it.
Gave up after 3 minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 19, 2019 7:10 PM |
It's just not for you and that's fine. But saying you hate it after only having seen three minutes of it seems odd.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 19, 2019 7:13 PM |
I only need 3 minutes to know something's shit.
And this is VERY shit.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 19, 2019 7:13 PM |
It’s not shit.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 19, 2019 7:15 PM |
It is shit.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 19, 2019 7:17 PM |
r33 Good for you.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 19, 2019 7:17 PM |
Suburban frau humour.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 19, 2019 7:17 PM |
Nope.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 19, 2019 7:17 PM |
Yep.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 19, 2019 7:17 PM |
The second episode had Olivia Colman and Fiona Shaw both revelling in their respecting roles and I thought my brain might explode from all the delight. Same for Kristin Scott-Thomas in the third episode. I just want to throw a truckload of hard cash at Phoebe so she can continue making this with these fabulous actresses.
I wish Miriam Margolyes were on this show as well.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 19, 2019 7:24 PM |
[quote]The second episode had Olivia Colman
Oh, God - she's in EVERYTHING. I'm so sick of her.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 19, 2019 7:27 PM |
It’s not shit but since you think it is why are you even on this thread?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 19, 2019 7:27 PM |
You're here to stay, aren't you, r41?
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 19, 2019 7:27 PM |
[quote]It’s not shit but since you think it is why are you even on this thread?
This is only for fangurls who say how great it is?
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 19, 2019 7:33 PM |
How many different ways can you say it’s shit though?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 19, 2019 7:35 PM |
This show is incredible.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 21, 2019 10:51 AM |
Incredibly bad.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 21, 2019 11:57 AM |
There's always Greg Berlanti's Arrowverse for the jackasses who've come to this thread to shit on something they watched less than 10 minutes of. Or some Andy Cohen-produced garbage on Bravo.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 21, 2019 12:13 PM |
I watched the first three episodes of season 2, and I cannot stop thinking about it. Probably the most engaging and exciting thing I have watched in awhile.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 22, 2019 1:21 AM |
The kind of woman housewives find “edgy”. The show has some moments but it’s that same old Brit cunty-mannish-women-are-hilarious humour. Breaking the 4th wall is tired.
Overall the show is feh.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 22, 2019 1:40 AM |
My fiends and I certainly aren't housewives and we all find it amazing. But good for you for dismissing everyone who likes this show as a housewife; it's not misogynistic at all or anything. It also speaks volumes about why you probably don't enjoy this show. In any case, it's more incisive than edgy. Who even says "edgy" anymore, really?
r49 Agreed! Nothing profound has happened yet but I find myself thinking about it constantly as well, and about all the vicious cycles in my own life. The sibling dynamic is incredible, with a devastating remark always coming at the perfect time. Already excited for the big finish.
[SPOILER] Her breaking the fourth wall is being addressed by another character in the second season, so that's something we haven't seen before.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 22, 2019 1:49 AM |
[quote]Who even says "edgy" anymore, really?
He was being ironic.
But anyone who likes this sort of tired cliché unfunny rubbish wouldn't get that.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 22, 2019 2:00 AM |
R51, you certainly write like one.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | March 22, 2019 2:11 AM |
R7 looks good to me. Except for the dweeby way he's buttoned the top button.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | March 22, 2019 2:37 AM |
r53 And you type extremely old. But enough about our writing styles. Back to the show, dear!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | March 22, 2019 3:17 AM |
I had no idea Skinner was gay. Here with another one who's been making waves on DL recently - Jonathan Bailey. I wish he had an Insta, though. He seems fun.
r52 Why are you still here? You're just making a spectacle of yourself, honestly.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | March 22, 2019 3:26 AM |
Is Skinner gay, or out?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | March 22, 2019 3:48 AM |
Think both r57.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | March 22, 2019 3:51 AM |
You can see how hysterically funny she is from this clip. I managed just under 2 minutes of this,
by Anonymous | reply 59 | March 22, 2019 6:06 PM |
The main actress and Andrew Scott have incredible chemistry. They've used it in an interesting way, really playing with the audience. I gasped at the last scene of the last episode.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | March 28, 2019 5:57 AM |
I will check out Fleabag. I have an Amazon recommendation: the tv show Tokyo Girl.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | March 28, 2019 6:12 AM |
Andrew Scott last night: a more convincing heterosexual male than *any* heterosexual male alive. Blimey!
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 2, 2019 7:00 PM |
r62 Right?! That shit was crazy hot.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | April 2, 2019 7:09 PM |
Just binge-watched Season 1. Cannot wait for Season 2.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 2, 2019 7:11 PM |
She's currently in NYC doing the stage version at Soho Playhouse. It's sold out.
Season 2 is interesting. There are some funny bits, but there are also some moments where someone should have reigned her in a bit. As usual, Olivia Colman does excellent work.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 2, 2019 7:13 PM |
[quote][SPOILER] Her breaking the fourth wall is being addressed by another character in the second season, so that's something we haven't seen before.
Which is a really poor concept. The audience doesn't want to share her attention with anyone else.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 2, 2019 7:15 PM |
Scott was a great Hamlet on stage and he's a perfect priest in sin here.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | April 2, 2019 7:18 PM |
r66 I disagree; I like that she's experimenting with the form. Besides, it's just six episodes this season and it's probably the last season, so why not go all out.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 2, 2019 7:20 PM |
There's only one episode left, R69 ? Now I'm sad.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | April 2, 2019 7:21 PM |
r70 Yes, it's outrageous!
by Anonymous | reply 71 | April 2, 2019 7:22 PM |
[quote]Besides, it's just six episodes this season and it's probably the last season, so why not go all out.
Do you think it is the last season?
by Anonymous | reply 72 | April 2, 2019 7:23 PM |
r72 I think so, yes. She had to basically be harassed into doing this one as a fan service as it is, and has plenty of other projects on her mind. I'd hate to see her make another season while hating the show.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | April 2, 2019 7:28 PM |
I wish she’d get that mole removed on the side of her forehead.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | April 2, 2019 7:30 PM |
She has claimed it is. At least until she is 50. Hopefully not. I agree with r69, it is a clever playing with the form. I think I may be enjoying this season more than the first season. Though I am watching this one weekly, rather than binge watching it, which may be the difference.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 2, 2019 7:30 PM |
The tension building over the season has been so satisfying. The culmination last night was so hot.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | April 2, 2019 7:32 PM |
I'm hoping for the same kind of reckoning next week as in the last season. But who knows, she might subvert those expectations and decide on a different ending.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | April 2, 2019 7:34 PM |
I think so. She loves to subvert expectations, so I'm going in with a blank slate of expectations. There will be the wedding.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | April 2, 2019 7:37 PM |
Is season 2 on Amazon now?
by Anonymous | reply 79 | April 2, 2019 7:37 PM |
r76 Who knew the word "kneel" could sound so hot? I was certain he'd be put off by her after he overheard her sex story at the door, but no, it didn't go into that virgin-whore territory at all. Great writing.
r78 I want to see Colman's character HUMILIATED next week so badly, it's not even funny. I want her to stroke out on the spot; nothing less than that will do.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | April 2, 2019 7:39 PM |
r79 May 17th!
by Anonymous | reply 81 | April 2, 2019 7:40 PM |
Thanks r81!
by Anonymous | reply 82 | April 2, 2019 7:42 PM |
You should keep off the thread, there are too many spoilers!
by Anonymous | reply 83 | April 2, 2019 10:13 PM |
I think the priest noticing her asides show he is very observant and attuned to her. It is the first time we have seen anyway get her on that level, and it is a really interesting and original way of showing that.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | April 3, 2019 1:16 AM |
She also wrote and stars in “Crashing” (on Netflix) with the adorable Jonathan Bailey.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | April 3, 2019 1:40 AM |
It's funny enough, but the actors always make a sucking/smacking sound when they deliver their lines. It's so distracting, I had to stop watching.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | April 3, 2019 1:10 PM |
r85 I watched Crashing for the first time just last month. Another little gem of a show and I'm glad Bailey's taut bod got captured on celluloid for posterity. I've seen people calling for a second season of that one as well, but that definitely won't happen as she's matured creatively too much since then.
r86 I hadn't noticed that but I doubt it's specific to this show. Perhaps it's a RADA thing?
by Anonymous | reply 87 | April 3, 2019 1:39 PM |
I don't find it funny at all. I don't know what I'm supposed to find funny.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | April 3, 2019 1:48 PM |
It's just not your type of humour and that's perfectly fine. All sorts of other comedy shows don't work for me either.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | April 3, 2019 1:51 PM |
Maybe the final episode will have all the characters talking to the camera.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | April 3, 2019 2:00 PM |
r90 I was expecting Claire's drunkard husband to address the camera when Fleabag said "It's a hamster" right in front of him. But no, apparently the priest is special somehow in that he alone registers those asides.
On an unrelated note, I just noticed PWB's character's name has never actually been mentioned on this show. How about that?
by Anonymous | reply 91 | April 3, 2019 2:08 PM |
R62 yes so damn hot! He is a fantastic actor
by Anonymous | reply 92 | April 3, 2019 2:15 PM |
r91, did you notice at the end of episode 5 how she not only acknowledged the camera, but actually pushed it out of view? She's a sly one with playing with the form!
by Anonymous | reply 93 | April 3, 2019 2:30 PM |
r93 Yes! She's been gradually escalating the effect from the first episode of this season onward. I like how she basically implied with that gesture, "This moment is something special and so is just for me." Or perhaps it's a sign that she's moving on from having an audience altogether.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | April 3, 2019 2:56 PM |
Or maybe the last episode will be her trying to look at the camera and not being able to do so! Oh, I've got you figured out Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | April 3, 2019 2:59 PM |
Or, that for the first time that we've seen, she had no intention of disassociating during sex. She was going to give him all of herself in that moment. Clever!
by Anonymous | reply 96 | April 3, 2019 6:22 PM |
[quote]I don't find it funny at all. I don't know what I'm supposed to find funny.
You need to be under 25 and femme.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | April 5, 2019 8:53 AM |
[quote]The next episode is the end, apparently.
Thank God for that.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | April 5, 2019 8:53 AM |
[quote] surrounded by sociopaths who've done their part to make things shitty.
Yeah I posted here enough years to know what that feels like.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | April 5, 2019 8:54 AM |
R100 haha
by Anonymous | reply 101 | April 5, 2019 8:55 AM |
R99 are you watching it? You seem very invested!
by Anonymous | reply 102 | April 5, 2019 8:57 AM |
I put little faith in trailers and usually just skip them. However watching this trailer it looks like it might be good. That one fellow briefly seen also played Prince William in The Windsors. He seems to get steady work.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | April 5, 2019 9:17 AM |
I would absolutely recommend it if the trailer is appealing to you. I think people can tell pretty quickly if it is a show they'll respond to. I find if you like it, you love it. I absolutely do.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | April 5, 2019 10:00 AM |
Yup, it ends on Monday. But we'll always have these twelve perfect episodes, rather than twelve seasons of it slowly dying on its ass, were this an American production.
The (two) crazy posters who keep railing against the show in this thread remind me of those people who feel personally attacked when you inform them you don't do anal (or oral, in my case). It's like they feel anyone who doesn't have the exact same preferences as them is broken somehow and they make it into their personal mission to pester you into changing your mind. Quite infantile, really.
Though on DL I've noticed this phenomenon mostly on threads about shows with strong female leads. Figures.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | April 5, 2019 10:56 AM |
Yes, r94 but Andrew also acknowledged her acknowledging the camera, screaming at her stop doing it.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | April 5, 2019 11:53 AM |
[quote]The next episode is the end, apparently.
Oh, she'll be back when the money dries up. Look at the cast of Cold Feet. Every one of them came back for the reboot. (They even asked Helen Baxendale back and she said, "Are you out of your fucking mind? I'm not coming back as a ghost.")
by Anonymous | reply 107 | April 5, 2019 3:31 PM |
They wrapped it up pretty perfectly and I think conclusively.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | April 8, 2019 11:15 PM |
When she shook her head at the camera in the ending smiling with tears in her eyes, pretty much saying "no, you can't follow me anymore," and then walked off, turned and waved bye. Brilliantly done.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | April 9, 2019 12:08 PM |
I'm sorry, I didn't like the ending. In fact, I didn't like the whole episode.
r109 is correct in the description of the last scene, but I felt it was too tied to her thinking she found love and then didn't. I got more of a feeling of "I want to be alone for a bit" rather than "This is goodbye."
by Anonymous | reply 110 | April 9, 2019 1:38 PM |
Standing ovation. The scene where they were sitting at the bus stop and he clasped her hand. The look they exchange was really beautiful and nuanced.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | April 9, 2019 4:27 PM |
R110, I thought the talking to camera was linked to her feeling grief, shame, loneliness, worries she would ever love someone again and that she was quite broken. It was her way of coping, and a sign of her issues. She needed the camera less and less as she made peace with and connected with her family. Which had been eluding her since season 1. She also saw with the priest she could love again, and as the priest said in his sermon, love means hope.
She walked away, with healing, closure, hope and piece of her mother with her still. Fleabag no longer needed us, so she said goodbye. It was a very positive thing for her. If there were another season, it would mean that she had backslid, which wouldn't be necessary. I thought it wrapped it up well.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | April 9, 2019 10:00 PM |
I liked the finale, but it didn't have the bite I always love. It was really tying up loose ends, giving it a finality. I was not as electrified as I have been by previous episodes, which is disappointing. But dysfunction makes the most engaging fiction for me. Anyway the season as a whole was absolutely an A+.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | April 10, 2019 3:17 AM |
The brother-in-law scene went on waaaaaaaaay too long in the final episode.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | April 10, 2019 6:30 PM |
The frocks the sisters wore at wedding were HIDEOUS. Cliaire looks like she's in a peach pastel crochet coathanger coverlet.
It must have been a freezing location shoot though and not the ostensibly summer garden wedding too - I found myself distracted by all the red tipped noses and clearly cold chillled faces.
Second season improved on first by miles.
Worth it for the hot Finn and nothing was hotter than PWB Scott "kneel" confessinal scene.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | April 11, 2019 12:47 PM |
The second series was perfect.
It's insanely big news here in the UK. Surprised they chose to air Killing Eve in the US first rather than capitalise on PWB being front page news at the moment with Fleabag.
Also surprised it didn't leak that this would be the last series since the ending is so "final".
by Anonymous | reply 117 | April 11, 2019 12:51 PM |
I'm firmly in the camp that loved that finale! It's less showy than the first season's, but also more mature in a way. When they sat down at the bus stop and she asked, out of nowhere, "It's God, isn't it?", something just exploded inside me. It seemingly came out of nowhere because he was such a relaxed priest and he was kissing her just before the ceremony. When was the last time faith and romantic love were explored in such a way? And PWB is the last person I'd expect this from.
And her dad finally stringing a full sentence together, only to tell her she feels love deeply and that's why it hurts her so much. And the little statue being a substitute for her mother, eugh. What a perfect little treasure of a show.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | April 11, 2019 5:03 PM |
She may be being brought into punch up the latest Bond script.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | April 14, 2019 1:43 PM |
I don't think most Americans get British humor. I hated this series, especially the female lead. I thought she was crass and unlikeable, there was something creepy about her. Killing Eve is way more popular here in the US, rarely was Fleabag talked about.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | April 14, 2019 2:08 PM |
Long after the first season aired, Fleabag was talked about by everyone I follow on Twitter and listen to on the podcast who just discovered the show. And those were very much all Americans. We just happen to follow different circles, that's all.
[quote]I don't think most Americans get British humor.
I really wouldn't speculate and generalise like that without a quality representative survey before me. That's an anecdotal statement based on a sample of one.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | April 14, 2019 2:35 PM |
I hate Fleabag. Everything is so mannered about it and you can tell this girl is someone who loathes anything genuine or emotional.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | April 14, 2019 7:26 PM |
Some people are hardened and damaged, and are drawn to that sort of fiction. I know I am. It is very soothing and cathartic to experience how you feel inside, outside of yourself. It allows you to question and interrogate what that is. This show blew me away, but I don't expect this show to have a universal appeal.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | April 15, 2019 4:03 AM |
A conversation and Q&A with Andrew Scott of Fleabag.
Interesting that SAG-AFTRA is doing these events for British shows as well, especially those that haven't aired in the US yet.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | April 26, 2019 4:08 PM |
Just watched that video all the way through. Andrew Scott is pure sex. Handsome, intelligent, cool. funny. My God!
by Anonymous | reply 125 | April 26, 2019 4:42 PM |
Does Andrew Scott wear a very bad hairpiece or has he got the worst possible style?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | April 26, 2019 7:34 PM |
Out on Amazon today!
by Anonymous | reply 127 | May 17, 2019 5:17 PM |
I rewatched Season 1 of Fleabag again because I didn't remember anything from the first season. The motorcycle guy that likes fucking her asshole and doesn't have a name is very good-looking.
Yup, he's very very good-looking, handsome, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | May 19, 2019 8:41 PM |
Such a shame this show is not eligible for any of the US awards. I've seen nothing but praise for the second season.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | May 26, 2019 6:58 PM |
Hated season 1 but loved season 2 of Fleabag. I gave season 2 a chance after so many people said it was good and I was not disappointed. Don’t really like Killing Eve but I am going to give it another shot.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | May 26, 2019 7:06 PM |
The AV Club has such nice write-ups of the episodes. I only realised when reading them that Fleabag isn't the only one who's not named on the show; Dad and Godmother are the same in that regard.
In fact, in the last-ever episode, Olivia Colman seems to have a little meta moment of breaking the fourth wall herself when she looks at Dad while she's introducing people, stops for a moment and goes "This is... this is... God, how extraordinary... I always just call you darling..." And we get a glance from Phoebe in that moment.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | May 26, 2019 7:09 PM |
Has anyone managed to track down the Insta of the extra who plays Asif, the gorgeous bisexual Syrian refugee, in the finale?
by Anonymous | reply 133 | May 26, 2019 7:14 PM |
R94 and r106, I took the priest’s detection of Fleabag’s breakage of the fourth wall as a sign of deeper connection to her than the other characters.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | May 26, 2019 7:15 PM |
r134 Yes, you're right, but we weren't as far along into the season at that point to recognise that yet. He's the one who got the closest to her and saw the wall breaking as a defence mechanism. The rest were too involved with themselves to notice.
There's also been some speculation that she started with the glances after Boo's death and that she's actually addressing her. Note that she never looks into the camera in the flashbacks before Boo died.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | May 26, 2019 7:27 PM |
R131 I tried and I don't like Killing Eve either. Sandra Oh drives me nuts.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | May 29, 2019 4:25 PM |
I don’t like it much. She has a Lena Dunham meets Bridget Jones vibe I can’t get behind. At the start of the first episode when she had a late night breakdown on her dad’s door stoop it was all too predictable.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | May 30, 2019 12:41 PM |
I didn't like her at first but she kind of grew on me. It's the sister who is an unpleasant bitch. Anyway,, I rewatched the first season and found it funny. The second season with Andrew Scott---who was extremely good-- was more mature and heartbreaking.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | May 30, 2019 4:47 PM |
Her sister, Isobel Waller-Bridge, is a composer and even wrote the dirty lyrics for the choral music.
[quote]Director Harry Bradbeer said, “Iso wrote the lyrics for it. But all the words are basically Latin or Greek words for private parts of the body, repeated at various intervals. They’re basically saying, ‘Cock, cunt, arse.’ So there’s a little detail that not everybody knows.”
by Anonymous | reply 142 | June 5, 2019 1:39 AM |
Jake G meeting with Phoebe last week. New project?
by Anonymous | reply 143 | June 10, 2019 12:46 PM |
Halfway through Season 1.
She's great and I find it generally fascinating. She has a knack for taking a very well worn story path or idea and just taking it slightly in a different direction.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | June 10, 2019 1:29 PM |
Watched both seasons this weekend. So good! I definitely preferred the second season. Andrew Scott was delicious as the priest, I had not thought about him since Sherlock, shame on me.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | June 25, 2019 11:04 AM |
It's incredibly well written, but awkward, I think someone way upthread said the same thing.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | June 25, 2019 11:21 AM |
podcast episode with the adorable andrew scott.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | August 2, 2019 4:19 PM |
r147 Thanks for that!
by Anonymous | reply 148 | August 2, 2019 4:38 PM |
I love his voice.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | August 3, 2019 1:12 AM |
I watched both seasons last week and was completely wowed. It’s easily the best show on television.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 3, 2019 1:22 AM |
[bold]'Fleabag' Dominates TV Critics Awards[/bold]
[quote]Phoebe Waller-Bridge was officially crowned a critical darling Saturday night at the Television Critics Association's 35th annual awards.
[quote]Waller-Bridge's Amazon comedy Fleabag was the only multiple winner during the awards, taking home the prestigious program of the year prize and wins for best comedy series and individual achievement for her on-screen role. The series, which Waller-Bridge says will not continue after season two, won in all three categories in which it was nominated.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | August 4, 2019 10:11 AM |
LOVED IT!!
by Anonymous | reply 152 | August 6, 2019 5:13 PM |
I only recently discovered Fleabag. I came to DL looking to see if there was a thread. Problem is, I only just finished Season 1. It was extraordinary. But I want to give myself a break before starting season 2.
Is there somewhere I can go to just discuss the first season?
by Anonymous | reply 153 | August 19, 2019 7:38 AM |
I have seen both seasons and I love it. I personally find it very touching and funny at the same time. The "It's God, isn't it" line killed me. The cast is superb, all of them. I think it could go for a couple of seasons since there are a lot of plot lines we could follow: her father's marriage, Claire/Klare... and a great character worth exploring would be the loan employee that she meets again at the retreat and appears briefly in her cafe a couple of times. I love that character.
Oh well. Time to rewatch it. It was really one of the best things out there.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | August 19, 2019 7:57 AM |
R153 I liked season two even more than season one. I may have to rewatch it again.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | August 20, 2019 10:51 AM |
r153 Unfortunately, I haven't managed to find any first season threads here on DL, or on the official Fleabag subreddit. Which is weird because it came out only in 2016, though it's also true that it was a niche thing for a while.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | August 20, 2019 12:09 PM |
[quote]and a great character worth exploring would be the loan employee that she meets again at the retreat and appears briefly in her cafe a couple of times. I love that character.
Interesting; haven't seen that mentioned before. I'll have to pay more attention to him on a rewatch.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | August 20, 2019 12:10 PM |
My partner and I binge watched both seasons after the Emmys. It lived up to the hype in our opinion. I was disappointed before watching it that Phoebe Waller-Bridge was adamant that the show was over, but now that I've seen it I understand. It ended perfectly. As posters above have noted, Fleabag realizes she can love again and get hurt again and she will live on. Her sister finally extricates herself from her self-described douchebag husband and weird stepson to give love a chance with her Finnish work colleague.
I was disappointed the father married Olivia Colman's character. In the first episode where Colman's character appears, in an aside to the audience, Fleabag says she's a cunt. She doesn't seem like one at first, but oh boy, does the cuntiness come out. But otherwise, she wrapped it up right. Too bad that in the U.S. they don't allow for shows to end when the creator wants them to end.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | September 28, 2019 2:05 PM |
I was not familiar with Andrew Scott before "Fleabag" (I know, bad gay!), but his addition to Season Two was a coup.
I see that NT Live will be showing his starring role in Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" this fall. I'm generally not a big Coward fan, but will make a point of seeing Andrew Scott performances more now.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | September 28, 2019 2:37 PM |
I watched it yesterday. very good, better than I expected it to be and I even cried a little.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | September 28, 2019 2:42 PM |
the statue was not the same size in season 2, it was much bigger.
I only watched this after the emmy wins. it was well deserved.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | September 28, 2019 2:48 PM |
Just binge-watched the entire thing while packing things into bins and taking apart a bed frame.
Really good.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | September 28, 2019 8:03 PM |
[quote]Just binge-watched the entire thing while packing things into bins and taking apart a bed frame.
It's a very breezy binge. I went through both seasons in one sitting. It moves quickly but it's still extremely potent.
And I love that she had two openly gay actors playing her love interest: Andrew Scott in S2 and Hugh Skinner in S1. This shows that gay actors can play believable straight love interests.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | September 28, 2019 8:05 PM |
Andrew Scott is apparently really good in Modern Love, coming to Amazon in October, and will also be playing the lead in Showtime's Ripley. It's all happening for him. Whishaw next, please! And Bailey after him...
by Anonymous | reply 164 | September 28, 2019 8:15 PM |
Andrew Scott is gay?
by Anonymous | reply 165 | September 28, 2019 11:09 PM |
r165 He is!
by Anonymous | reply 166 | September 28, 2019 11:10 PM |
Loved both seasons but adored s2. Andrew Scott was fantastic!
by Anonymous | reply 167 | September 29, 2019 3:02 AM |
I watched season 2 three times - I adore it!
by Anonymous | reply 168 | October 1, 2019 11:42 PM |
r168 This is all sorts of pathetic, but I've watched it twice now and pretended I was watching it through the eyes of someone who had never seen it before the second time around. 😊
by Anonymous | reply 169 | October 2, 2019 12:00 AM |
Season 1 was funny and clever....but Season 2 really kicked it up a notch. Just about perfect.
Hot Priest is, well, Hot.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | October 2, 2019 12:03 AM |
Watched the first episode when it first came out and was not impressed. I didn't like anyone's character, especially hers. A couple of months ago, after all the hype, I figured I'd give it another chance. Found that season one got better as it went along, and liked it a lot by the end. But Season two was brilliant, hreads and tails above the first one.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | October 2, 2019 12:53 AM |
I've seen the trailers and I'm not very interested in watching this. The premise seems overdone (I'm a fucked up young woman just trying to make my way in the world and bone dudes look how quirky and sad I am) and I can't stand shows that try to make asshole characters sympathetically funny. Part of the reason shows like It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia succeed is the fact that the show runners don't try to make you sympathize with any of the sociopathic characters. They're horrible people and the audience is supposed to know that. You're supposed to laugh at what awful people these characters are and not feel bad for them as their schemes blow up in their face. This show is showing us those same horrible characters but trying to pass their behavior off as quirky and relatable.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | February 23, 2020 3:20 AM |
Checked it out last night and felt it was uninspired. This premise has been done a million times. I'm not interested in seeing another quirky Daria-like self destructive young woman deal with the ups and downs of being single. I'm tired of it.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | February 23, 2020 3:22 AM |
Brilliance is lost on the weak of mind.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | February 24, 2020 1:07 PM |
The show is cute but I don't understand all of the hype and awards.
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