Feel Good

This show is intense and lovely, the jokes and the drama feels so real. It's very emotional and sweet and very much relatable to everyone. The fact that is in located in England with the sprinkles of that typical British humor makes it even more interesting.

I think it's a must watch.

I want to like this show. And I'm trying. But there are quite a few stumbling blocks in the way and I guess the biggest one is that I get zero chemistry between the two main characters. Absolutely none. And if you don't have that, you can't believe they would go through all they are going through. Beyond that I am finding the acting to often be mediocre and their rapid fire dialogue is sometimes hard to follow. I am a bit more than halfway through the episodes and while mildly intrigued where this is going and how it will end, still I am contemplating not continuing. I watch tv to be entertained and this show is just not cutting it on on several levels.

There's a bit of a spate of quasi-biography comedian-as-themselves type drama/comedies on British TV in the last few years but Mae Martin's brittle and razor sharp tale of rehabilitation, relapse and relationships is by far and away the most painful and beautiful of all of them. Aided by a remarkably strong support cast (Charlotte Ritchie is spellbinding here particularly - and you keenly miss Sophie Thompson in the second series) but all oscillating around a mesmerically layered performance from Martin. Feel Good can really genuinely hurt you but there's a powerful strength to it to. Deeply underrated and not to be ignored.

A lot of the negative reviews I've read is more about the confusion about mental health, no matter how much you think you get it unless you've lived it you just don't, for someone fully functioning I get why you'd question chemistry or the quick ups and downs but it's so damn real, you could have the perfect person but if you cannot relax and get your brain to enjoy it you are just doomed, they both make mistakes and bad choices but it's true to form for both sides, one needs a rock for mental stability, one needs a rock for sexuality confusion and neither are strong enough at the early stages, which then creates the dramas. It's really good to see it portrayed so well.

First non friends role I've loved kudrow in, but Charlotte Ritchie is such a star, seen her in so many shows and every one she nails it.

If you're a fan of Mae Martin's stand-up (and you should be) you'll absolutely love this show.

Mae, Charlotte Ritchie (as closeted George), and Lisa Kudrow (Mae's over-bearing mother) all deliver stellar performances in this beautiful story about love, addiction, and the confusing spectrum of sexual identity we all find ourselves in.

As a bisexual person myself who has struggled with addiction, this show represented me in ways I haven't seen in years. Possibly ever.

10/10. Highly recommend.