The Pain and the Hilarity of Being a ‘Single Drunk Female’
Getting sober is no easy task. This was explained in vivid detail in the first season of Freeform’s comedy, Single Drunk Female. When viewers first met 28-year-old Samantha “Sam” Fink (Sofia Black-D’Elia) she drunkenly assaulted her boss at work, which set off a chain-reaction of chaos. Sam was sentenced to community service, went to rehab, and moved back in with her mother in the suburbs of Boston. It was a huge wake-up call and one that finally took for Sam—she finally got sober.
As the series confidently enters its second season, Sam is a year and a half sober, but her struggles are nowhere near their end. (The series premieres Apr. 12 on Freeform, where two new episodes will air weekly. All episodes will be available to stream on Hulu beginning Apr. 13.) Sam burned many bridges with family and friends. This season digs into how she manages those relationships—and a few new ones—all while staying sober.
Like its first season, Single Drunk Female continues to give an unflinchingly honest look at the struggle to maintain sobriety, and much of this is in part thanks to creator Simone Finch, who’s sobriety journey the series is based on. One might find this to be a surprising topic for a comedy series, but there are plenty of laughs. In fact, it’s the show’s uncanny ability to perfectly blend humor and heart that is one of its greatest strengths.