2020 is a time of stress, so it makes sense that we’re getting plenty of TV shows that reflect it.
The latest series to pair that crippling sense of being overwhelmed to a creeping sense of parental inadequacy is the FX show “Breeders,” which follows parents Paul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) as they wade through the frustrating, anger-inducing parts of raising their two young children.Through those opening handful of episodes, there’s a lingering problem that comes from the idea that annoyance is not enough.
As Ally and Paul seesaw between the pressures of their job environments and suppressing the urge to shout at their children (not always successfully), “Breeders” becomes a profile of two people doomed to discover the ways that the reality of parenthood did not line up with their expectations.
There are sleepless nights, there are ER visits, there are snobbish primary school parent
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