Physical (2021–2023)
7/10
Rooting for Sheila
8 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Sheila is a broken woman with many secrets, captivatingly portrayed by the always-fascinating and beautiful Rose Byrne. She is friendly and supportive on the outside, but simmering with anger and ambition inside. From the beginning, you sympathize and want to root for her, hoping that one day she will get what she desires and be wildly successful at it. That desire can be anything, but in this series it's the birth of aerobics in the early 80s, so the show immerses you in that distinctive music, that distinctive hair, and those distinctive clothes and makeup. It's fabulous! With that backdrop, we get to know Sheila more deeply as she journeys her way through her husband's campaign, her wife and mother responsibilities, her own health issues, and her relationships with neighbors, "friends," colleagues, and family. In the end, I am really rooting for her, however she does something unexplainable that almost seems out of character. Yes, she has dark secrets and is very ambitious, but it is just not in her to backstab Bunny like that - the same Bunny who showed her the ropes and has never done anything bad to her. If anything, knowing what we know about Sheila by episode 10, she is very grateful to Bunny for giving her a chance to be part of the whole thing.
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