She forgets to put on pants before she screams at her neighbors she stresses out when she’s invited to brunch because it turns out to be a group activity. "Even as she does, a question grows more pressing: Is it really the location that’s a trap, or Sam’s own feelings? In Everett’s hands, Sam is someone you either know or are. Somebody Somewhere is about belonging and how often the places we end up are forced to feel like home by default: "While Dorothy Gale might not have been itching to leave Kansas after The Wizard of Oz, Sam can’t do anything but rail against it," says Kristen Lopez.
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Everett may well be more comfortable in Sam’s skin than Sam herself, who softly admits to Joel that she’s not sure she’s 'friend material,' seems to be - she laces her scenes with a sly sense of humor, particularly when she’s opposite Hiller’s dorky but surprisingly self-assured Joel." I don’t know how much of the dialogue is improvised, but it’s a compliment to both the performers and the screenwriters that it feels like much of it was. Then a nascent friendship with coworker Joel (Jeff Hiller) slowly brings her out of her shell and into the embrace of outsiders - some older, some younger, some queer, some not - who find community and cathartic self-expression singing, drinking and dancing at not-officially-sanctioned “choir practice” parties hosted in a local church." Han adds: "The heart of Somebody Somewhere lies in the easy, spontaneous chemistry between characters who feel not like they were created but like they’ve always existed.
We get the sense she’s been drifting along this wave of loneliness so long, she can hardly bring herself to mind anymore. She spends her weekdays toiling at a tedious test-grading job, and her weekends drinking wine alone in her underwear.
#BRIDGET EVERETT OFF HER SOFTER SIDE SERIES#
Created by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, and inspired by autobiographical details from star and executive producer Bridget Everett’s own life, the series follows 40something Sam, who’s still reeling from the death of her big sister Holly some months prior. Blessed with an eagle eye for detail, a laid-back sense of humor and a disarming sense of compassion, Somebody Somewhere is a mostly low-key delight that occasionally spills over into sheer exuberance. But it would be a mistake to assume such gentleness translates into a show that feels subdued or shallow. Though it’s billed as a half-hour comedy, it inspires more smiles and chuckles than belly laughs. "Though it wades into painful topics like grief and addiction, it does not wallow in the depths of despair. "The very title of Somebody Somewhere suggests self-effacement, and in some ways the series seems to live up to that impression," says Angie Han of the HBO dramedy.
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