(Un)well (TV series)

(Un)well is an American documentary series about the wellness industry. The series was produced by Left/Right Productions and premieres on August 12, 2020, on Netflix.[1]

(Un)well
GenreDocumentary series
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Ken Druckerman
  • Banks Tarver
  • Anneka Jones
  • Erica Sashin[1]
Production company(s)Left/Right Productions
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original releaseAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)

Summary

Through interviews with practitioners, consumers and experts, the series questions the efficacy and safety of six treatments offered by the "wellness" industry. Presented without a narrator, the audience is left to make up his own mind about the information presented.[2][3][4]

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byOriginal release date [5]
1"Essential oils"TBAAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
Are essential oil a remedy, or just a billion-dollar multilevel marketing scheme?
2"Tantric sex"TBAAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
Can tantric sex live up to the hype, despite the potential for abuse?
3"Bulking up with breast milk"TBAAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
The safety and ethics of breast milk for bodybuilding
4"Fasting"TBAAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
The risks of fasting as a weight loss technique
5"Ayahuasca"TBAAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
The risks of using a shamanic hallucinogen as therapy
6"Bee sting therapy"TBAAugust 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)
The risks of using bee venom as therapy

Reception
  • Writing at The Daily Beast, Laura Bradley worries that despite using interviews with genuine experts, the series risks promoting the conspiracy theorists and health gurus it also presents: "As much as (Un)Well clearly wants to serve as an even-handed guide into the strange world of wellness, the show’s insistence on letting each side speak for itself without tipping its hand means all it’s really doing is providing a platform for quackery and false hope." While the show clearly identifies problems with some companies (Young Living gets the harsh treatment), others are let off easy. She also thinks the material presented would fit better into a 30-minute format rather than the 50 minutes per episode used.[6]
  • At Culture Whisper, Sarah Joan Ross gives the series three stars out of five. The series "does effectively expose a few of the darker sides of the wellness industry", but the scientific analysis does not go very deep. The testimonies of clients who tried the various treatments gives energy to the episodes, but they don't have the humor and production value of a series like The Goop Lab.[7]

References
  1. Keller, Joel (August 1, 2020). "10 Best New Shows on Netflix: August 2020's Top Upcoming Series to Watch". Decider.
  2. Horton, Adrian (August 12, 2020). "The dark side of wellness: behind a Netflix series on a murky industry". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. Ifeanyi, KC (August 12, 2020). "Netflix docuseries '(Un)Well' takes on the $4.5 trillion wellness industry". Fast Company. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. Landsverk, Gabby (August 11, 2020). "Netflix's '(Un)Well' delves into the dark side of fasting, essential oils, tantric sex, and other popular 'wellness' trends". Insider. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  5. "(Un)well – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. Bradley, Laura (August 11, 2020). "Netflix's latest wellness docuseries is a little better than Gwyneth Paltrow's "Goop Lab"—but it also provides a platform to conspiracy theorists". Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  7. Jones Ross, Sarah (August 10, 2020). "(Un)Well, Netflix review". Culture Whisper. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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