Fleabag
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Are you close with your family?
We get on with it, she responds, as accurate an answer as any.
But when it comes to her family, shes powerless.
Theres nothing to do but get on with it.
Fleabags still fuzzy on whether the lawyers an old flame or Claire has taken the leap to cheating.
Either way, he seems dead set on seducing Fleabag as well.
Godmothers been giving Fleabag the third degree, barely cloaked as concern, about the lost pregnancy.
For Fleabag, whose whole life is a Chatty Wednesday, its a genuine challenge.
No wonder Fleabag is all too willing to let The Priest lead her into temptation.
Still under the mistaken impression that Fleabag has had a miscarriage, hes eager to offer spiritual counsel.
But getting off on a bit ofThorn Birdsfrisson seems harmless.
Nothing can really happen, right?
Gives me some edge.)
Hence the therapist, played in a delightful crossover by Fiona Shaw,Killing Eves morally compromised superspy.
Fleabag insists shes conflicted about her lust for The Priest, but the therapist knows better.
You already know what youre going to do, she tells her.
But the triumph is, once again, short-lived.
First, she runs into her ex, Frank, toting a new baby she knew nothing about.
For once, she doesnt crack, but Martins not giving up.
(Clueless American that I am, I had tolook that one up.)
Infuriatingly, Martin once again gets to walk away with the arrogant upper hand.
But before he does, we finally get to meet his son Jake for the first time.
As they depart, he whispers to Fleabag that she should tell [Claire] to leave him.
No wonder The Priests gentle, steadfast attention feels like deliverance.
