‘Feel Good’ Episode 1
Stand up comic Mae Martin has penned a semi-autobiographical take of her life, where she battles her former demons and dates someone who wasn’t gay to begin with. But hay love is love and life is life, who the heck cares who you fall in love with?! Buts it's more complicated and messy than the beautiful fairytale we want it to be. And THAT’S life. So it has had very good reviews and each episode is 24 minutes long. So it won’t be too hard for me to type and watch as we go. I think. I hope. I pray.
Okay, press play!
So you have this stand up comic called Mae Martin and she’s trying her hand at comedy and… its kinda good kinda bad. But wait! There’s this really cute girl in the audience and what’s even cuter is that she’s the only one laughing. awww. And she’s been here like, every night?! Also to the guy who keeps yelling “Minge”. Read. The. Goddamn. Room! Oh and that girls friend is playing Candy Crush…. Dear god. Why are peoples friends weird. Or just the AH? Or is it just straight people?
Also, the girl is with a creep. And woooow he’s odd, and what is so funny about ham? Also who takes Tupperware to a comedy club? Oh his names Jared. That’s an awkward name. (Sorry if your name is Jared) Oh god. I hate it when men try and be chivalrous, please don’t kiss her hand. Or maybe I just can’t imagine someone doing such a thing during Covid-19, because ewww…. And yes girl! You need the double G’n’T. Or maybe 12, you know what buy the bar.
‘A dangerous Mary Poppins’ oh damn, what a way to describe George, the girl! (She Has A Name) I think I’ll use that in future.
So wait are they on a date or not a date? I don’t know… oh wait hold the goddamn phone, they are! Awww she’s never been on a date with a girl before, it's awkward and adorable. But you can tell, they’re hitting it off immediately. But hay :) we’re not mormons you know (sorry if you’re a mormon, loved the musical by the way) Also how awkward do you have to be to say ‘that would be so cool’ to someone who says ‘do you want to kiss me’?!?!?!.
Queue epic montage of them having fun, being all cute and giggly…Oh, they’ve moved in together. Oh but George is straight-ish and this is all very new to her… I see storm clouds on the horizon.
LISA KUDROW IS MAES MUM! DA HECK! Also Mae is/ was a narcotics addict? And she needs to go to meetings?… and this is a big thing… and she was born premature and apparently Lisa Kudrow thinks she and her daughter are not close… much to her daughters surprise… naturally lol.
Mae, why are you being evasive? And she’s using compliments to distract George from the main issue, that Mae is a former addict. Mae kinda likes verbal-diarrhea-style compliments. Which is adorkable. (is adorkable still a thing?)
So Mae goes to a meeting! There are some really cool actors in this… they’re all a bit…. Weird. And she doesn’t need to be there and she’s blaming the fact that she’s an addict because she was born pre-mature and she hates eggs. So she leaves and meets someone else who hates the meetings and they have coffee, lots of coffee. More than is healthy I think. But she turns out to be Mae’s new sponsor who says it's best to keep busy. Oh and throw your past in the bin :)
Ooo there’s are issues here, George hasn’t introduced Mae to her friends and Mae has been economical with the truth about her past. And it turns out George went through Mae’s things, not cool George. So, oh damn Mae set up bonfire… and, well, there goes her past.
Mae: “New Me New Life, I have everything under control”
Georgina: ”said every junkie ever!”
So, Mae says that her junkie days are in the past, but it’s chilling to see her resolve get tested because her boss at the club does cocaine… which is what Mae was addicted to… huh.
Ah the ham story. The eagerly anticipated ham story. The ham story to end all ham stories. Jesus Christ that’s dull. Jared, there’s a reason why you’re single if you find ham THAT bloody funny.
So how does this end:
“what do you wanna know”
“Everything”
And that chaps was episode 1.