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"Home Economics"
I recently watched all the extant seasons (1-3) of "Home Economics", a sitcom currently airing on ABC in the US. It's reasonably funny, has some fun actors and writing, and sometimes gets at issues I haven't seen explored in other TV-type mass media (although I'm not thoroughly keeping up). The third season just finished and we don't know whether ABC will renew the show for a fourth.
As English Wikipedia summarizes:
In particular, this show is set in the modern-day San Francisco Bay Area. Connor's a private equity investor, living in a mansion I think in Sausalito or the Marina District; Sarah and Denise, who work in public schools, live in Oakland; novelist Tom and taking-a-break-from-corporate-law homemaker Marina live in a suburban house. (The geography does not really make sense to me when it comes to how quickly they jaunt from home to home, and also we glimpse a map onscreen saying that the suburban house is in Berkeley but I do not think there are any neighborhoods in Berkeley that look like that, but I have decided to not let that bother me.)
I've found it interesting to reflect on what the show does and doesn't address, given its premise.
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I am extremely hesitant to recommend this show. It's a totally fine way to pass 22 minutes at a time, watching reasonably good-looking people banter and make references you'll probably get, laughing a bit. If you want to try a single episode, try S2E3, "Bottle Service, $800 Plus Tip (25% Suggested)". I needed a little brain vacation after a rough January so I gulped the show down and it served its purpose of immersing me in a different life for a bit. And at least it's trying to reflect some aspects of cross-class relationships in a way that's been a bit useful for my brain.
As English Wikipedia summarizes:
Home Economics follows the lives of three siblings. Tom, the oldest, his wife Marina, and their three children are considered a middle class family. The middle sibling, Sarah, her wife Denise, and their two adopted children live in a tiny apartment and are barely scraping by on their meager incomes. The youngest, Connor, is very well off financially but unlucky in love, as the series begins with him finalizing a divorce.
In particular, this show is set in the modern-day San Francisco Bay Area. Connor's a private equity investor, living in a mansion I think in Sausalito or the Marina District; Sarah and Denise, who work in public schools, live in Oakland; novelist Tom and taking-a-break-from-corporate-law homemaker Marina live in a suburban house. (The geography does not really make sense to me when it comes to how quickly they jaunt from home to home, and also we glimpse a map onscreen saying that the suburban house is in Berkeley but I do not think there are any neighborhoods in Berkeley that look like that, but I have decided to not let that bother me.)
I've found it interesting to reflect on what the show does and doesn't address, given its premise.
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I am extremely hesitant to recommend this show. It's a totally fine way to pass 22 minutes at a time, watching reasonably good-looking people banter and make references you'll probably get, laughing a bit. If you want to try a single episode, try S2E3, "Bottle Service, $800 Plus Tip (25% Suggested)". I needed a little brain vacation after a rough January so I gulped the show down and it served its purpose of immersing me in a different life for a bit. And at least it's trying to reflect some aspects of cross-class relationships in a way that's been a bit useful for my brain.