Anonymous wrote:If you can watch Season 2 and not guffaw when the Step-mother asks her to keep turning around while painting her you don't get comedy.

Or when Fleabag chews out the stylist about Clare's hair and then he pulls her inspiration picture from the trash? GOLD.

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Hilarious! And then she says, “See you next week?”

I think Boo‘s death is perfect for the show because of course it’s funny, because she tried to throw herself in front of a bicycle. But of course it’s not funny and horribly sad because she died and because Fleabag has so much guilt about sleeping with Boo’s terrible boyfriend. That’s what the show is about - the line between funny and sad, and love.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched both series in their entirety. I really enjoyed the comedy....but is Boo's death supposed to be so contrived as to be absurd? I just could not find enough empathy for that situation to be sad. Not only was it just absurd that a grown woman would do that, but the flashbacks felt disjointed to me.

I personally know two people who committed suicide by jumping in front of trains. I think many more people purposefully step out in front of moving cars/trucks/buses.

Are you completely unfamiliar with clinical depression?

Boo wasn't clinically depressed or even trying to die, she was trying to get side swiped by a cyclist so her cheating boyfriend would feel sorry for her and visit her in the hospital. Except she was an idiot who didn't realize "bikes go really fast" and that the bike swerving would cause a car crash.

I just had trouble buying that a 20-something woman would have that thought process, unless maybe she was supposed to have some kind of underlying cognitive or emotional problems?

And then the flashbacks to that one scene over and over, which presumably Fleabag didn't even witness (her stepping off the curb), just made it unbelievable for me.

If you can watch Season 2 and not guffaw when the Step-mother asks her to keep turning around while painting her you don't get comedy.

Or when Fleabag chews out the stylist about Clare's hair and then he pulls her inspiration picture from the trash? GOLD.

Anonymous wrote:Just watched both series in their entirety. I really enjoyed the comedy....but is Boo's death supposed to be so contrived as to be absurd? I just could not find enough empathy for that situation to be sad. Not only was it just absurd that a grown woman would do that, but the flashbacks felt disjointed to me.

I personally know two people who committed suicide by jumping in front of trains. I think many more people purposefully step out in front of moving cars/trucks/buses.

Are you completely unfamiliar with clinical depression?

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Anonymous wrote:Hot priest is hot band cause of his insane chemistry with Fleabag. Do people really just judge hotness on what someone looks like in a photograph?

Yeah, I wasn’t really feeling it with his supposed hotness until hey were in the confessional and he said “kneel”...whoa! That was hot?????

For me, he was "attractive" for being a good listener and for caring about her despite her flaws. And the kneel scene - damn!

Just watched both series in their entirety. I really enjoyed the comedy....but is Boo's death supposed to be so contrived as to be absurd? I just could not find enough empathy for that situation to be sad. Not only was it just absurd that a grown woman would do that, but the flashbacks felt disjointed to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Hot priest is hot band cause of his insane chemistry with Fleabag. Do people really just judge hotness on what someone looks like in a photograph?

Yeah, I wasn’t really feeling it with his supposed hotness until hey were in the confessional and he said “kneel”...whoa! That was hot?????

All those question marks were supposed to be a shrug emoji.

Anonymous wrote:Hot priest is hot band cause of his insane chemistry with Fleabag. Do people really just judge hotness on what someone looks like in a photograph?

Yeah, I wasn’t really feeling it with his supposed hotness until hey were in the confessional and he said “kneel”...whoa! That was hot?????

When discussing the character with Vanity Fair, Waller-Bridge spoke about how the word “fleabag” sums up the inner turmoil she struggled with as well as the ways that chaos manifested in her outer world. She also liked the idea of leaving some parts of her character unknown, especially her real name...

Anonymous wrote:I still don’t understand what the name “Fleabag” is supposed to mean/represent.

“So, how did Waller-Bridge come up with the name “Fleabag” in the first place? In an interview with Decider, she shared that it’s her family nickname. But she was very clear about the fact that the show is not based on her personal life. The name provided the perfect springboard to craft a multidimensional character:

“I also wanted something that would create an immediate subtext for the character. So, calling her ‘Fleabag,’ calling the show Fleabag, gives the subtext of ‘Fleabaggy-ness.’ Then presents herself so…nice hair, lipstick, coat…like, nailed it. She looks like she’s got stuff together, and yet her name betrays the subtext of her.”

Fleabag began as a one-woman stage play that took off in the UK in 2013. During Waller-Bridge’s theater performances–which can be caught on a farewell tour this year–she spends little time explaining the name, only giving a basic dictionary definition of the term. The idea carried over to the TV adaptation.”
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-fleabag-got-her-name.html/

Just finished season 2 - oh my goodness. I so want her to end up with the priest, but I guess that won’t happen. I’m incredibly sad. Love them together.

Will there be a season 3?

Anonymous wrote:Joke’s on you, op.



Not hot.

He looks like he smells of sour milk and cat food.

I still don’t understand what the name “Fleabag” is supposed to mean/represent.

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Anonymous wrote:Hot priest is hot band cause of his insane chemistry with Fleabag. Do people really just judge hotness on what someone looks like in a photograph?

This. Priest is hot in comparison to the other men in Fleabag's life.

And, it's more like a drama with dry British comedy thrown in.

Given the other man is this, not a high bar:



Ned Gowan is a lot more appealing, but since that actor plays her dad that would go to far on the damage meter even for fleabag.

OMG, the BIL is horrific. I know these are just fictional characters, but I find myself wondering over and over what Claire sees in him! Gross.