На главнуюFleabag (2016–2019) is a comedy about grief, a romance about celibacy, and a tragedy with a laugh track. It asks the hardest question: How do you live with yourself when you hate the person in the mirror? The answer, according to Waller-Bridge, is not religion, not sex, not a partner, and certainly not an audience. It is simply to keep walking, to let the fox follow, and to one day, finally, love someone who you can’t take a picture of.
In 2016, the "unlikable female character" was a trending topic of debate. Could audiences root for a woman who behaved badly? Waller-Bridge didn't just ask the audience to like her; she demanded they understand her. By breaking the fourth wall, Fleabag turns the viewer into her confidant. We are complicit in her lies. When she looks at the camera and rolls her eyes during a tedious conversation, we are flattered that we are "in" on the joke. Fleabag -2016-
"I think the story is complete," she said. And she was right. To bring Fleabag back would be to give her a new audience. She has let us go. A Season 3 would violate the fundamental thesis of the ending: that silence and absence are sometimes the healthiest options. Fleabag (2016–2019) is a comedy about grief, a
