A comedy-drama series that follows the daily activity and struggles of Mae, a young smart comedian, who suffers from addiction and she has been covered recently, as she struggles against dealing with the life challenges she has, while dealing with her relationship with her former girlfriend.
Satirising the overfamiliar target of upper-class Britishness, Feel Good isn't nearly as edgy as Sky's recent Work in Progress, but fringing the rumpled central relationship are beautifully drawn lesser characters.
It's not only an immaculately written and paced piece of work and a properly funny comedy, it is also has created a delicately and intricately constructed, deeply humane world where people make mistakes but are not damned.
The show's emulsion of the absurd and the deeply real achieves its own perfect balance -- albeit a balance quite different to what many viewers will be expecting.
If you're in the mood for a show that prioritizes realistic humor and heart over static connect-the-dots storytelling, you'll enjoy the subtle charms and overwhelming sincerity of Feel Good.
It's a crucial similarity with Catastrophe that every time Feel Good moves in a direction that a feature film might eye as a happy ending or resolution, the series just uses it as a way to become more chaotic.
While these ideas are all interesting, Mae and George's relationship comes across as a vehicle specifically engineered to explore them, rather than a genuine romance.
There are also great performances throughout-Lisa Kudrow as Mae's mother is an utter delight, managing a perfectly distant but comedic delivery even when going through a boardwalk Haunted House ride.
