In Variety’s Recovery Issue, prominent entertainment figures offer insights on navigating a sober life in Hollywood. For more, click here. After five seasons of hallucinogenic trips and drun…
” faced a crucial crossroads. The animated comedy series is, overall, one of Netflix’s best, and yet its main character is an acerbic jerk whose love of escaping his own head with mind-altering substances wins out over everything and everyone else time and time again. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and his team have consistently found ways to keep this repetitive loop sharp and relevant, but facing down its final season, the show had a choice to make.
So while television frequently dives into addiction storylines and gives alcoholics the spotlight, it far less often does the same for sobriety in a substantial way. It’s frustrating that many shows shy away from naming and resolving addiction issues, but there’s a likely narrative culprit. Messy characters beget more dynamic storyline possibilities than straitlaced ones; characters who learn from their mistakes can cut off plot points at the knees.
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