Flack (TV series)

Flack is a British dramedy television series. The first season, starring Anna Paquin, premiered on 21 February 2019[1] and consisted of six episodes.

Flack
Genre	Dramedy
Created by	Oliver Lansley
Written by	Oliver Lansley
Directed by	Peter Cattaneo George Kane
Starring	Anna Paquin
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anna Paquin Cerise Hallam Larkin Stephen Moyer Mark Larkin Jimmy Mulville Helen Williams
Producer(s)	Oliver Lansley
Production location(s)	London, United Kingdom
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	CASM Films Hat Trick Productions
Release
Original network	Pop (U.S) (season 1) W (U.K) Amazon Prime Video (U.S) (season 2 - present)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) – 18 May 2020 (2020-05-18)
External links
Website

On August 2, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season.[2] It was scheduled to premiere on Pop in the U.S. on March 13, 2020,[3] but was removed from the schedule after cutbacks by parent company ViacomCBS.[4] In the UK, the show's website listed the second series as scheduled to run on W that March, before being changed to "Coming Soon".[5][6] In late March 2020, the first season was made available through the video on demand platforms of Pop's sister network Showtime in the United States, though a confirmation of the network airing the second season has not been made.[7] In June 2020, it was announced that the series would move to Amazon Prime Video for its second season.[8]

The second season premiered in the UK on April 13, 2020, on W.[9] and consists again of six episodes.

Premise

Robyn (Anna Paquin), an American PR executive living in London, must figure out how to make the best of bad situations and somehow manage to get out unscathed. Robyn specialises in clearing up the monumental messes caused by her hapless and selfish clients. Although utterly in command of her job, her personal life is spinning out of control.[10][11]

Cast

Main

• Anna Paquin as Robyn, an American publicist living and working in London.[10]
• Sophie Okonedo as Caroline, Head of Mills Paulson[10]
• Genevieve Angelson as Ruth, Robyn's sister.[1]
• Lydia Wilson as Eve, Robyn's best friend and colleague at Mills Paulson.[1]
• Rebecca Benson as Melody, an intern at Mills Paulson.[1]
• Arinze Kene as Sam, a nurse and Robyn's boyfriend.[12]
• Marc Warren as Tom, a recovering drug addict [12]
• Rufus Jones as Mark, Ruth's husband.[12]
• Andrew Leung as Craig, an IT worker at Mills Paulson [12]

Guest

• Bradley Whitford as Calvin Cooper[1]
• Max Beesley as Anthony Henderson
• Alan Davies as Dan Proctor
• Rebecca Root as Allie Gregs
• Amanda Abbington as Alexa
• Katherine Kelly as Brooke Love-Wells
• Sam Neill as Duncan Paulson
• Daniel Dae Kim as Scott Cole
• Rebecca Scroggs as Abigail Reese [13]

Episodes

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	6		21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)	28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)
	2	6		13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	18 May 2020 (2020-05-18)

Season 1 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.K./U.S. viewers [14]
1	1	"Anthony"	Peter Cattaneo	Oliver Lansley	21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)	370,000 (U.K.)
2	2	"Summer"	Peter Cattaneo	Oliver Lansley	28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)	45,000 (U.S.)[15] 307,000 (U.K.)
3	3	"Dan"	Peter Cattaneo	Oliver Lansley	7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)	22,000 (U.S.)[16] 282,000 (U.K.)
4	4	"Brooke"	George Kane	Oliver Lansley	14 March 2019 (2019-03-14)	52,000 (U.S.)[17] 282,000 (U.K.)
5	5	"Rodney"	George Kane	Oliver Lansley	21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)	64,000 (U.S.)[18] 242,000 (U.K.)
6	6	"Patrick"	George Kane	Oliver Lansley	28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)	36,000 (U.S.)[19] 254,000 (U.K.)

Season 2 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.K. viewers [14]
7	1	"Sofi"	Alicia MacDonald	Oliver Lansley	13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	218,000
8	2	"Brand Barron"	Alicia MacDonald	Oliver Lansley	20 April 2020 (2020-04-20)	127,000
9	3	"Clara"	Alicia MacDonald	Oliver Lansley	27 April 2020 (2020-04-27)	165,000
10	4	"Duncan"	Oliver Lansley	Oliver Lansley	4 May 2020 (2020-05-04)	231,000
11	5	"Alexa"	Stephen Moyer	Oliver Lansley	11 May 2020 (2020-05-11)	286,000
12	6	"Danny & Deepak"	Stephen Moyer	Oliver Lansley	18 May 2020 (2020-05-18)	270,000

Reception

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 63% with an average rating of 6.38/10, based on 16 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Audiences looking for an arsenic cookie of a series may cut Flack some slack, but its cynical take on publicity is exacerbated by hyperbolically unpleasant, underdeveloped characters."[20] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 57 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[21]

References

1. Burt, Kayti (January 30, 2019). "Flack: Anna Paquin Pop TV Series Release Date, Cast, News, and More". Den of Geek. Dennis Publishing. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
2. "Anna Paquin's Flack Renewed at Pop, Sam Neill and Daniel Dae Kim Join Cast". TVLine. August 2, 2019.
3. Petski, Denise (13 January 2020). "'Flack': Anna Paquin's Dark Comedy Gets Season 2 Premiere Date On Pop TV – TCA". Deadline. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
4. Andreeva, Nellie (5 March 2020). "Pop Pulls the Plug On 'Florida Girls', 'Best Intentions' & 'Flack', Raising Questions About Net's Scripted Future". Deadline. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
5. "Flack | W Channel". w.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
6. "Flack | W Channel". w.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
7. "Series page on Showtime Anytime (TV Everywhere login required)". showtimeanytime.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
8. Deadline Hollywood (June 11, 2020). "'Flack': Amazon Picks Up Anna Paquin Comedy Drama After It Was Abruptly Pulled By Pop TV". Retrieved June 11, 2020.
9. https://w.uktv.co.uk/shows/flack/
10. Hipes, Patrick (20 March 2018). "'Flack': Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, More Join Anna Paquin's Pop TV Drama". deadline.com.
11. Wiseman, Andreas (12 March 2018). "Anna Paquin, 'The Full Monty' Director Peter Cattaneo Team On PR-World Series 'Flack' For Pop TV, UKTV's W channel". deadline.com.
12. "Flack". Pop Press. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
13. Sundar, Priyanka (1 March 2019). "'Flack' episode 3 preview: Robyn's life is expected to spiral down further". meaww.com.
14. "Weekly Top 15 Programmes (See relevant weeks and scroll down to UK Channel Management and W Total)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
15. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.28.2019 - Showbuzz Daily". www.showbuzzdaily.com.
16. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.7.2019 - Showbuzz Daily". www.showbuzzdaily.com.
17. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.14.2019 - Showbuzz Daily". www.showbuzzdaily.com.
18. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.21.2019 - Showbuzz Daily". www.showbuzzdaily.com.
19. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.28.2019 - Showbuzz Daily". www.showbuzzdaily.com.
20. "Flack: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
21. "Flack reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

External links

• Flack on IMDb