“God, if I could finally get a big Le Creuset, things might really turn around.”
This is a noble and quick solution proposed by Nicola Coughlan. big mood The character Maggie narrates a depressing episode while sitting on the couch on her 30th birthday. And, dear reader, there's no way I haven't thought the same thing myself.
Written and created by playwright Camilla Whitehill. big mood It deals with friendships and mental health, particularly the nuances of bipolar disorder and unprocessed grief. But it's really interesting. As a close friend who is the center of the show, bridgerton/delhi girls With star Coughlan It's a sin Star Lydia West is absolutely fantastic, embodying Whitehill's poignant, pop-culture-infused script, giving a performance that is vulnerable, hilarious, and often with righteous fury.
Directed by Rebecca Asher, dead to me to grace and frankie, big mood The show is about women in their 30s who are spectacularly flawed, fail and apologize, are ridiculously funny, suddenly take their health seriously, and process life's unexpected crap while belting out Avril Lavigne's „Nobody's Home.“ It's the type of show you have to do. In the car with my best friend.
What is big mood about?
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🎶She wants to go to Hogom, but there is no one at home🎶
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Set in London, the series centers on best friends Maggie (Coughlan) and Eddie (West) as they take on a new decade of their lives and all the social expectations that come with it.They are dreamy best friends love actually A themed party with attention to detail. They eat gummies at the pagan Ostara festival in the forest and drink tequila during the day. They were seen wearing adult diapers on each other during their headline set at Bestival. However, they are not indifferent to the challenges of friendship. big mood testify
Maggie is a 30-year-old aspiring playwright who struggles to satisfy her agent while experiencing both the manic and depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder. Eddie, the manager of No Filter Bar, is struggling to keep his late father's rat-infested Hackney pub, the Wet Mouth, afloat. She runs it with her brother Jay (midwich cuckooUkweli Roach) and one pretty awful staff member: witcher's Eamonn Farren played the privileged son of an earl named Clent and stole most of his scenes in the spirit of 'no role is small'.
Eddie and Maggie work together, especially with Eddie's manipulative ex Jonah (slow horseMax Bennett) storms back into her life after his „journey of discovery“. Through these challenges, big mood For better or worse, it focuses on how friends respond to each other's needs.
big mood Unpacking mental health and friendships with compassion
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That's friendship.
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Like his admired British contemporaries ice ring beads This Way Up, Michaela Coles I May Destroy You, phoebe waller bridge free bag, daisy mae cooper Am I being irrational?and Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper I hate SusieWhite Hills big mood Here, the female protagonists are complex, flawed, and dynamic, all trying their best to make sense of it all under the weight of society's expectations and unprocessed trauma. It takes a bloody miracle to find light in the darkness, and these shows pull it off.
Especially similar to Bee This Way Up And that Compassionate depiction of mental health, big mood It shows Maggie's experience with bipolar disorder, where her mood swings between euphoric highs and emotional lows. Here, Whitehall's script suggests that Maggie tells her psychiatrist, „I wish I could think of a way to get out of my bipolar disorder, just by using a meditation app, or going for a walk, or taking expensive vitamins.'' He expresses his honest sympathy and dissatisfaction with Maggie, who says, But I can't do that. ”Maggie often goes out of her way to avoid dealing with her own health condition. Throughout her series, she experiences manic and depressive episodes, after which she begins to experience hallucinations and moments of dissociation. She furiously Googles schizophrenia and spends much of her time concentrating on Ron Howard movies. beautiful heart. The highlight of the series, Episode 6, is a brilliantly edited and dissected look at Maggie's dislocation through time and memory, and Coughlan is truly spectacular in this final chapter.
Far from being relegated to a supporting role, Eddie is working through his own mental health, burying unprocessed grief, and returning to an emotionally and financially manipulative relationship with a toxic ex. I noticed that. Find out how much effort women go to to be „polite“, it's extremely refreshing to see West let loose as Eddie and tell people to „eat shit“ to their faces. Throughout the series, Eddie is particularly criticized by the men in her life for supporting Maggie, who tends to demonize her. Here, West's character doesn't always have to be a hero, though the drama emphasizes how Eddie cares deeply for her best friend through his complex mental health journey. Eddie is frustrated and unable to understand Maggie's perspective at every turn, and they both struggle to sincerely ask for help when they need it most (or when they have the appropriate bandwidth to give it). .
big mood's script is hilariously pop culture-savvy
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„If everything costs money, why aren't there cheat codes like in The Sims?“
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Whitehill's script is rich with pop culture and young millennial elements, making it feel authentic, upbeat, and contemporary. It's nothing like the reference books we know and love. gilmore girls But it's fast-paced and lands every time. Coughlan conveys Maggie's lament over the aforementioned lack of Le Creuset without the slightest hint of irony. He will be tempted to write down Whitehall's even bolder lines in a hurry.
„Fuckboy Pound has become amazingly strong since they all became social media managers.“
„You seem strange. Have you ever attended Shinkin's wedding?“
„Why does everything cost money and why don't we have cheat codes like this?“ sims? ”
Like our favorite Stars Hollow residents, Maggie and Eddie use their pop culture obsession as a weapon. In episode 1, without anyone blinking, Eddie introduces himself as „Maggie's publicist Adele Dazeem.“ But Whitehill not only strengthens the bond between Maggie and Eddie through these relatable jokes, but also uses humor and lightness to make the characters and the audience empathize with each other through some important conversations about mental health. Guide with realism.
As a compact yet impactful series, big mood West and Coughlan deliver top-notch performances, approaching the experience of friendship and mental health with empathy and crisp comedy.Only her 6 episodes leave you wanting more and more big mood.
How to watch: big mood Streaming on All4 in the UK and American Tubi
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