‘Maid’ - Netflix series

Watching this now and agree it's harrowing!
And they drive such good cars. I winced at the car crash! And of course there is no public transport so it's taxis.

Just watched episode 8- I find it’s getting more depressing with predictable disasters☹️. Will keep going at this stage. Acting is great and it’s interesting to see an American drama set in a part of US that we normally see little of.

JJ!!

Thanks, JK

I watched this over the last few days and thought it was very good.

Brilliant series.

just carry on watching baggs it is a bit tense but it is part of the story

I got to the part where Maid is swanning about in her employer's house at Thanksgiving and behaving so stupidly that I couldn't bear to watch any more. Does that swanning about end predictably or not? If not, then I might carry on watching.

Just checked "Maddy" was born in 2016 and would have been 4 when filming started in Sept 2020. The amount of carrying was possibly to disguise her size, as she would also have grown during filming which didn't finish till May 2021.

I'm still watching it but agree withBaggs comment about the child being carried so much. I suspect the reason may have been that the child playing Maddy was older, but they wanted to make her seem like the under 3 she was meant to be in most of series.
Going to check age of actor now!

I finished this on Sunday, I really enjoyed it - even though it was desperate fantastic acting in it throughout

This was excellent. A tough one for me and my sister as there were many parallels with our own upbringing and struggles.

I thought all acting was so good and little Maddy, a delight.

Would recommend highly.

Rant alert!

One thing that annoys me about this film is that the child gets carried everywhere. I suppose it might be just that filming would be slowed down if she was walking but they could have got around that. Kids should walk as much as they can, and climb into their car seats by themselves as soon as they can, and out again once the safety harness is undone, and walk upstairs, etc, etc. No wonder so many Americans are obese.

Great binge watch series with such authentic characters..yes upsetting in parts but that's life and little girl so talented..loved Andie's character such a mess but very enjoyable watch!

Just about to start on this recommendation…

I am loving it too. He is such a bastard isn't he? but all the relationships are so complex.

I watched the last episode last night. An excellent series. Highly recommended.

I just finished it and it is a beautiful series. I think it is very positive to highlight emotional abuse and the very real damage it does as well as how easily some people dismiss it. Also how rare it is for an abusive person to actually wake up to their own behaviour and how abuse tends to follow a cycle in families. Oh and also how it emotional abuse doesn't follow class or culture and happens everywhere.

Anyway. It was beautifully done and very emotional.

I have watched all the episodes and thought it was brilliant, very thought provoking

Oh I will watch this. Woman are tough, you are right

Oops sorry - seen the OP mentioned this earlier

I think they are mother and daughter in real life.

highlanddreams

It was very good and hard to watch too, I've been through similar circumstances in my life when I was young but I had 2 children and none of the resources or support she was able to get help from were available to me where I lived.
I hope anyone who is going through this can find the strength to get away and start again,you can do it.

I, too, went through something very similar, with a 3-year-old and whilst 6 months pregnant. I survived on benefits, got a degree, and became a teacher. (It did take quite a few years.) Unlike poor Alex in the series though, I had a very supportive mum and friends. It certainly wasn't easy and it does take strength to walk away, but it proved to be so worth it in the long run.

It was educational for me, how very tough it is, as I've been very lucky and was never that poor , or in a DV situation. Such a huge gap between the haves and have nots. I saw some terribly poor trailer parks when driving from Grand Canyon to Vegas. We were shocked.

That little girl was one of the best most natural and delightful young actors I've seen.

I gave up after second episode, so depressing.
It's hard going I couldn't face anymore well atm.
Agree if your poor in America, you really are poor.