S01.E01: Stop Living

[AnimeMania]

When Mel’s best friend deserts her on her birthday, she tries to salvage the day with a gift that knocks her out and wakes her up.

Premiere Date: September 13, 2024    Hulu

[krankydoodle]

I liked this. I haven't seen most of the actors in anything else but thought they were all great and worked really well together. However, as much as I enjoyed the main character, I might struggle with this show because she can be so frustrating. When she used the dead woman's credit card to buy the plane tickets, ugh. That kind of thing combined with Mel's tendency to self-sabotage might make it rough going for me.

[Irlandesa]

I love Natasha Rothwell. I saw her on The White Lotus and Insecure and found her enjoyable in both places.  I also remember Conrad Ricamora from Fire Island and from How To Get Away with Murder from the brief amount of time I watched that.

The one thing I don't love is that her love interest is her boss and engaged to someone else.  I'm not sure if we're supposed to be rooting for them. He's handsome as hell so I probably could get over one of those things but not both. 

 

 

 

[SoMuchTV]

This seems like it could be fun, except, dog!  Dead hospital roomie had no next of kin, so who was taking care of the dog? Neighbors? But wouldn’t they worry when they go to check on him and he’s gone? Nobody? How long was she in the ER?  Didn’t someone notice the dog when she was taken in? I have questions!

[possibilities]

I suspect that whoever was taking care of the dog will have reported it missing and pretty soon someone will come looking for Our Hero, having figured out she got the wrong stuff when she left the hospital, and thus has the keys of the deceased.

Also, someone that wealthy surely has a lawyer who will notice that her credit card is being used, and that will be easy to trace, I'm guessing.

But then, it might just be tv handwaving shenanigans for convenience.

The dog didn't look neglected, though, and the apartment didn't seem to reek of dogshit, so likely somebody was walking and feeding and generally taking care.

[ZuluQueenOfDwarves]

It’s the ER, she had most likely been admitted within a few hours of her death, the dog was probably not alone for a significant amount of time. 

[Harvey]

Strange show. The trailers made it seems so good but I am halfway through the 1st episode and kinda find the lead unlikeable and the script a bit crass. I'll hang in there for a few more episodes, maybe it finds it's voice...

[Paloma]

I was confused about the scene in the bar. The sympathetic bartender asked if Mel had someplace safe to go, and Mel said yes. But I thought the bartender gave Mel a piece of paper with a name and an address, and the name looked like Allie (though I didn't get a close look). So when Mel went to that apartment, I thought it was the apartment of the bartender and didn't understand why she would go there if she had someplace safe to go. 

So was the paper with the name and address actually from the purse of the patient who died, not from the bartender? And the apartment Mel went to was the apartment of the patient who died, whose name I think was Elise?

[mrsbagnet]

1 hour ago, Paloma said:

I was confused about the scene in the bar. The sympathetic bartender asked if Mel had someplace safe to go, and Mel said yes. But I thought the bartender gave Mel a piece of paper with a name and an address, and the name looked like Allie (though I didn't get a close look). So when Mel went to that apartment, I thought it was the apartment of the bartender and didn't understand why she would go there if she had someplace safe to go. 

So was the paper with the name and address actually from the purse of the patient who died, not from the bartender? And the apartment Mel went to was the apartment of the patient who died, whose name I think was Elise?

The piece of paper had the bartender's name and phone number. She knew Mel needed a friend. The apartment belonged to the other patient, Elise. I assume Mel got the address from Elise's ID, which would have been in the bag from the hospital.

Edited November 15 by mrsbagnet