“A cupcake’s never as funny the second time.”
—The Comeback, S1E12
I just finished watching the first season of The Comeback, and OH MY GOD WHAT A JOURNEY.
I would fight for Valerie Cherish. I want all good things for her.
There is LITERALLY no way to make stakes higher in a show than to have a woman trying her hardest and then put her relationships and reputation with the women around her at risk.
We’ve seen stories where children and animals have their lives at risk. We know the rules for how those stories turn out— whether well or badly. And there’s only so much we can be faked out by them changing directions back and forth anymore.
But a woman’s friendships with other women? Damn. We don’t see those enough. So when a show puts those relationships on the line… STAKES THROUGH THE ROOF.
You can’t get any goddamn more ninjas than that.