Mrs. Fletcher 2019 / Sexual exploration and coming-of-age for a multi-generational audience

Who do our children become once they leave the nest and enter the throes of early adulthood? Who do our parents become when we finally leave them by their lonesome? Many films and TV shows try to answer one question or the other, but rarely both at the same, and not with the kind of nuance, boldness, and compassion Mrs. Fletcher has for its characters. That’s what makes this limited series so comforting to watch, regardless of where you are in life right now. And because it’s often so emotionally exact, it can also be painful to watch–well, painful but healing. Like how astringents heal sore wounds, Mrs. Fletcher is the satisfying sting that validates your innermost hopes, fears, and desires at 19 or 39.