Flack: 3 reasons to watch Pop’s new drama series

Flack is a new drama series on Pop that stars Anna Paquin as a publicity maven. Read on to find out three reasons you should be watching it.

We’re only two episodes into the season of a short six-episode run, but already Flack is turning into the perfect late night binge. It’s the kind of comfort show you want to watch when you’re settling in to relax over the weekend.

But if you need more reasons to check it out, I’ve got you covered.

Reason #1: Robin is a complicated but compelling character.

Anna Paquin is excellent as the main character, Robin, a publicity guru who is often called in to handle high-stakes crises in the world of entertainment. In the first episode, she has to help a celebrity chef avoid getting caught up in a cheating scandal and in the second episode she orchestrates a lesbian sex tape so that a teen starlet (who was recently dropped from her label) can establish herself as “edgy”.

If you think those plotlines are wild, just wait until you get further into the season.

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But what I love about Robin is she isn’t cold and calculating. I mean, sure, she can be if the situation calls for it, but she can also be gentle and understanding too.

At the end of the day, she will do what it takes to make sure her clients are taken care of but she isn’t afraid to stand up for herself, or for women in general, when the time comes. For instance, in the second episode, she refuses to try and coax 17-year-old teen singer Summer into performing in a sex tape and instead goes out of her way to find a body double. (Yes I realize that sentence doesn’t make Robin look like a saint but in context, you’ll understand).

Plus even though her work life is under control and always at the forefront of her mind, at home, Robin can’t figure things out to save her life. She and her husband are trying for a baby but she’s still using birth control.

She cheats. She drinks. She does cocaine. Robin is a mess, and that is exactly why I love her. Well that, and Paquin is a tremendous actress.

Reason #2: It’s got a cast full of brilliant women.

Pretty much all of the main characters are women and a genderfluid character – Robin’s boss, Caroline (who gets a ton of brilliant one-liners). Then you have Robin’s cheeky best friend and co-worker, Eve, her sister, Ruth, and her new intern, Melody.

Robin and Eve are kind of like a power couple at the office. They finish each other’s sentences, tell each other everything, even flirt shamelessly from time to time.

Melody’s meek demeanor is a sharp contrast to the brash boldness of both Eve and Robin but it helps to balance out the field of strong, domineering women, with one who is still very much an ingenue. I love the interplay between the cast, in particular, scenes where they’re having fast-paced banter or working together to solve a crisis are some of the show’s standouts.

Reason #3: Flack is genuinely hilarious.

If you loved all the biting snark and dark humor of Lifetime’s UnREAL then odds are you will be right at home with Flack. It’s a little similar in tone to UnREAL, which is about the behind-the-scenes of a reality show, but Flack manages a different kind of PR angle. No joke is off the table and that means no scandal or crisis is either.

Flack isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty and neither of its characters. That’s what makes the comedy work, its fearless and the delivery is always punctuated with a wild amount of wit and sass. The energy of the show is infectious.

Have you been watching Flack? Do you plan to check it out in the future? What is your favorite thing about it so far? Let me know in the comments!

New episodes of Flack air Thursday nights on Pop at 10/9c.