2024 Show
Kitty Flanagan & Vincent Sheehan · Australia · English
Australia’s signature dry wit is on full display in this enjoyable workplace sitcom
Everything wrong that can happen does happen to Helen Fisk, and it’s those unlucky encounters and minor inconveniences that make rich fodder for the show’s comedy. Helen is awkward and pragmatic to a fault, a fish out of water in the small sunny suburban town she’s moved into. But the more she bristles (in her own hilariously deadpan way), the more she blooms too, into a person that’s a little bit more caring and aware of those around her. Americans might see shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm in Fisk, but where the former is led by a stubborn unlucky man set in his ways, the latter is led by a stubborn unlucky woman who leaves a little room for growth, and that makes all the difference.
When Helen Tudor-Fisk's life falls apart, she takes a job in a small suburban firm specialising in wills and probate assuming that, because the clients are dead she won't have to deal with people.
After her life falls apart in Sydney, Attorney Helen Fisk (Kitty Flanagan) starts a new life in Melbourne as a probate lawyer.
Australian humor is fabulously dry, and nowhere is this more apparent in recent TV history than in Fisk. The jokes are understated, the writing is ironic, and the expressions are usually blank, but placed in crazy moments, they work to highlight the absurdity of mundanity. Fisk is a simple but effective show, and many sitcoms will do well to adopt the straightforwardness of Fisk’s structure.
If you were ever looking for a show to watch after bingeing all of The Office, this could be it.
Renee Cuisia is the lead curator at A Good Movie to Watch. In her spare time, she likes to watch K-dramas and analyze them to death. She's also seen You've Got Mail one too many times but is still convinced it's one of the greatest films out there.
That small sunny suburban town is a city of 4 million – Melbourne.
I love Fisk!!! Can’t get enough of it.
Sad when the season is over, then I just need to rewatch and catch the little bits of humor I may have missed. It’s so refreshing.