The Flight Attendant is about good time girl Cassis Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) waking up next to the wrong man. The result is a likeable murder mystery with a solid cast. In fact, if The Flight Attendant had kept it's focus I would probably have given it a solid 8. Unfortunately for everyone, this plot meanders.
As I mentioned in my title when this ditzy stew - ah, Flight Attendant isn't travelling the globe she is having continuous flashbacks about her bad news childhood. Specifically, trouble with daddy and alcohol. To the Flight Attendant's credit these problems don't go where you might expect but we are still saddled with a continuous stream of melodrama that is so earnest and repetitive it stops the momentum of the story cold. Watching actress Kaley Cuoco play a loud drunk once or even twice is fine, I guess, but The Flight Attendant pounds you over the head with it substance abuse message so often you'll end up with a sympathy hangover.
The second issue I have with The Flight Attendant is the Rosie Perez subplot. Why is this here? It has nothing to do with the main story, it's not even introduced until episode 3 and when we finally learn why Rosie does what she does, I mean, it has to be the weakest motive for any character in any movie ever! I strongly suspect this dumb diversion was only added to round up the running time of the series because it literally serves no other purpose.
So, the Flight Attendant. 1/3 fun. 1/3 grime after school special. 1/3 Rosie getting a paycheck.
As I mentioned in my title when this ditzy stew - ah, Flight Attendant isn't travelling the globe she is having continuous flashbacks about her bad news childhood. Specifically, trouble with daddy and alcohol. To the Flight Attendant's credit these problems don't go where you might expect but we are still saddled with a continuous stream of melodrama that is so earnest and repetitive it stops the momentum of the story cold. Watching actress Kaley Cuoco play a loud drunk once or even twice is fine, I guess, but The Flight Attendant pounds you over the head with it substance abuse message so often you'll end up with a sympathy hangover.
The second issue I have with The Flight Attendant is the Rosie Perez subplot. Why is this here? It has nothing to do with the main story, it's not even introduced until episode 3 and when we finally learn why Rosie does what she does, I mean, it has to be the weakest motive for any character in any movie ever! I strongly suspect this dumb diversion was only added to round up the running time of the series because it literally serves no other purpose.
So, the Flight Attendant. 1/3 fun. 1/3 grime after school special. 1/3 Rosie getting a paycheck.