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<em>This Way Up </em>Is a Bountiful Binge Watch

Hulu’s latest British import is a delightful, openhearted comedy about a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown.
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The more shows like emerge, the more the current TV business model of to questionably credentialed hit-makers seems lamentable. For every overstuffed, ego-swaddling vanity project clogging up the airwaves, you could have 20 series like this one from the Irish comedian and writer Aisling Bea: small in scope, infinitely charming, and intermittently devastating. Instead of uniformly glossy Emmys bait, there could be more TV shows that try to answer vital questions, such as: What do you do when just being alive seems a touch too much

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