I love finding shows to stream that nobody talks about, and the latest is Julie Delpy’s On the Verge. It is a smart, funny look at the lives of four women in their 40s. The fact that one of them – Delpy – is French, adds an interesting perspective.
On the last episode I watched, she is attending her son’s soccer practice and the ball keeps rolling over by her chair. She kicks it back, telling the kids to move farther away. Shortly after, the ball comes flying over and hits her in the face. She gets up and lashes the kids with insults. One of her friends, trying to calm her down, says: “You can’t talk like that to children here.”
Watching that scene it hit me: The show is like a realistic Curb Your Enthusiasm. It's puzzling that Netflix cancelled it after one season.
