Kaley Cuoco's 'The Flight Attendant' Was Flat Out Awesome And Just Got Renewed For Season 2 After Originally Being a Mini-Series
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Almost always we as a society, filled with idiots, judge a book by its cover and don't give certain things a fighting chance. People saw Kaley Cuoco starring and executive producing a murder mystery and kept on scrolling to watch something else. Why bother? There's a LARGE contingent of people out there who hated The Big Bang Theory and blame Cuoco for everything wrong in the world. World hunger? Water shortages? Global warming? Oh well TBBT happened so clearly they're at fault. This clip sums everything up pretty nicely.
So when Cuoco decided to rebrand herself from the show and dip her toes into starring in a murder mystery there was some immediate pushback and hesitation. She also was the executive producer behind the project so this was her baby. I'm not a guy who watched Big Bang at all, but I'm here to tell you The Flight Attendant was AWESOME. I'm not going to go full Roger Ebert here (RIP) and break down the pathos ethos and logos of the show, but if you watch all eight episodes you will come away surprised, thrilled, less hair than you started with (this might just be a me problem), and overall refreshed. In simplest terms, it's just a really fun show. You maybe upset about the writing a little bit? Fuck off, just enjoy the show you asshole.
Kaley Cuoco plays a hot mess just about as perfect as you can. She drinks non-stop and anytime she gets into trouble she always somehow has a nip in her purse to ease the pain of this little thing we call life (see picture at the top of the blog).
She enjoys some good sex as well which I certainly won't object to. Why can't a single woman sleep around a bit? It's a good stress reliever, not that I would know anything about the topic per say. She said he had to learn how to have fake sex for one of the scenes which is interesting.
The whole show has you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. It's one of those watches where you won't even think to look at your phone because it's that eye-grabbing. We all need a break from those screens that are burning holes in our head anyways.
The twists you really don't see coming which is rare, especially Flight Attendant Shane being the hero and coming out of nowhere as an undercover CIA agent to save the day. Part of me wanted him to do something heroic, but that was certainly something I didn't see coming. I feel like when you go back and rewatch you'll notice some shit he does that shows he's not just a regular flight attendant.
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My only objections. 1) a little too mush throat slashing for my liking. I'll never not squirm watching a throat slit and in fact just typing it out right now isn't helping my brain. In the first few episodes her conversations with Alex's ghost are just him talking in bed with blood all over him. At the end when we find out who the killer is, there he is again with his throat gashed. My eyes can only handle so much. 2) Spelling the killer's name Feliks and not Felix also had me irate. I watch with subtitles because I'm an old man (newly 27) and need to know what's actually being said. Who spells that name Feliks? I know this was based off of a book, but Cuoco certainly could have vetoed the preposterous spelling there.
Some good news popped up today that it's already been renewed for Season 2!
Streaming services being streaming services, ratings for “The Flight Attendant” are not available. But the renewal press release said, “The first season saw week over week growth and ranked as HBO Max’s No. 1 series overall during its run.” -Variety
The original plan was to have it just be a one-off mini series, but the reviews and reception were so good they're going to keep the show rolling. Honestly, that's gotta feel pretty awesome for Kaley Cuoco. Not sure how Season 2 will work if they try to make her sober since her mess of a life kinda made everything go, but it's still worth giving a shot based off what we got in these 8 episodes.
The Flight Attendant star also been doing the voice over for Harley Quinn in an animated version of Suicide Squad. 2020 being the year of Kaley Cuoco is a plot twist absolutely no one saw coming. Go Kaley go! She deserves an Emmy alone for the phone call to her brother she makes while inside jail. Check out her interview with the Times today if you wanna do some extra reading on this fine little Friday.
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