HBO's series 'Somebody Somewhere," just ended its three season run. It features former New York City Cabaret performer Bridget Everett as Sam, who moves back to Manhattan, Kansas to take care of her ailing sister who passed away before the series begins.
The series is a careful and intimate portrayal of friendship, family and love that expresses true feelings without expounding on the traumas the characters have faced in their lives.
Instead, you can feel how the wonderfully realized characters have dealt with past traumas and have recovered and risen up to find happiness and belonging.
For Sam, everyone is changing around her. She finds herself stuck at making decision for her own well being. There's a heartbreaking sequence of events where she goes to a kennel and finds the most adorable dog ever. Instead of adopting on the spot, she hesitates to "think about it." The next day, after admitting she loves this dog she goes back to adopt it, but to her surprise and regret somebody beat her to the punch.
It was a devastating moment, but encapsulated her life up to this point.
Rebecca Nicholson writes in The Guardian:
