Fleabag
Overview
Fleabag is a 2016 comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman play of the same name. The series stars Waller-Bridge as the title character, a dry-witted, sexually active, and deeply unhappy young woman living in London. The series is a fourth-wall-breaking, confessional comedy. Fleabag frequently turns to the camera and shares her thoughts, her fears, and her sarcastic observations with the audience. She is a unreliable narrator, and she often lies to the other characters. The series follows Fleabag as she navigates her messy life. She runs a struggling guinea pig-themed café with her best friend, who is dead. She has a complicated, toxic relationship with her sister, Claire (Sian Clifford), a Type-A, successful businesswoman. She has a father who is married to her godmother (Olivia Colman), a passive-aggressive artist who hates her. The first season is a hilarious, heartbreaking exploration of grief, guilt, and female friendship. Fleabag is mourning the death of her best friend, Boo, who committed suicide after discovering that Fleabag had slept with her boyfriend. The second season is a romantic drama, focusing on Fleabag's relationship with a priest (Andrew Scott), known as the "Hot Priest." He is kind, funny, and celibate. They fall in love, and they have sex. He chooses God over her. The series ends with Fleabag walking away from the priest, and shaking her head at the camera, telling us to leave. Fleabag was a massive critical success, winning six Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress for Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Andrew Scott. It is widely considered one of the greatest television series of all time, a brilliant, funny, and deeply moving exploration of love, loss, and the human condition.
