ONE DAY AT A TIME
One Day at a Time remains one of the most beautiful shows masquerading as a comedy. Sometimes it does like to hit you straight over the head with their point of view, but we forgive it for it’s more meaningful moments.
Now in its third season (and I’m guessing soon to be picked up for a fourth), ODAAT has highlighted some of the most important issues in today’s society from racism, sexuality, drug abuse and mostly notably depression and PTSD. Anyone who has seen the show (and it should be everyone) will remember how they felt watching Season 2 Episode 9, Hello, Penelope, and knowing they’ve found something truly special in this Netflix remake.
I think it’s fair to say that most of the people I know who watch it don’t find it laugh out loud funny, though I have been known to chortle from time to time. What we all love about it is the sincerity in which it raises important issues. Season 3 dropped on 8th Feb on Netflix and I have been binging it like the millennial I am. I have just finished the second to last episode and couldn’t wait to finish to write about the show. Again, another poignant and heartfelt episode, Drinking and Driving, reminds us what makes this show so brilliant and beautiful, meaningful and wonderful. The love we have for these characters, urging them to live, love and be their best selves, even against the odds of current situations and past trauma (a testament to the great writers as well as the great acting), is what elevates this programme above your typical sitcom. They allow us in on their journey, we are there at their highest highs and their lowest lows and, in true sitcom form, we leave the Alvarez apartment with a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
One Day at a Time is a sitcom for the times and of the times. In a day and age where we’re all just trying to figure shit out, they’re here with us, just trying to figure shit out too.