I appreciate your intention behind saying things like "*or people who identify as women", but people who identify as women are just women. So saying "women or people who identify as women" is actually redundant. You can just say women in that case :) Also, uterine/period pain, breast tenderness, and other hormonal or reproductive functions/symptoms can happen in certain people of all/any genders, so it's not at all exclusive to womanhood. The only group of people who do not tend to experience these things are cisgender men or some transgender folks who were assigned male at birth. I know I'm likely going to get transphobic harassment from some people who see this, and that sucks a lot, but I want to write this comment in hopes that those who are compassionate can learn something they may not have known and perhaps if any other transgender people see this they can feel less misunderstood too. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the video essay! I wish you happiness in your life as we all fuck things up beautifully

My favorite part of this whole show is when clare tells her “the only person I would run through the airport is you” Amazing. Complicated love between sisters.

“The we’re not friends, we’re sisters” is the most real shit as someone with a semi awkward relationship with my sister.

“Where’d you go?” Is one of the best scenes I have ever seen.

"if series 1 was conspiratorial, series 2 was confessional" - beautifully put!

I can't believe this show is just about The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known

first of all, you made me cry with the last few sentences. Also, the fox being a physical representation of the Priest's emotional baggage and that he can see Fleabag looking at us and she can see his fox, man that was such an amazing analysis. I would never have thought of it as that but it makes so much sense and it makes me even sadder that the two of them met at the wrong time. Imagine if they'd met before he became a priest, they'd be so happy now :')

my theory about the names is about emotional distance. claire has a name because throughout, she's closest with fleabag despite their troubles. martin gets one because he's in between them, he's fleabag's antagonist who tries to keep them apart, keep her from the person she's closest with. dad doesn't have a name because to fleabag, that's exactly who he is. no more, no less. he's dad. godmother? it's a title to keep her in the place fleabag wants her. she doesn't get to be called 'stepmother' or similar. she is godmother because fleabag doesn't want her around, doesn't want her to solidify her place in their lives by moving into a role with a name or a title that's closer to family. moving into her mothers spot. boo gets a name because she's why fleabag hurts so dearly, why she struggles so hard. she gets a name so fleabag has a conscience. the priest doesn't get a name because she doesn't let him in all the way. they fall in love, sure, but it's never it for either of them. he loves god, she can't tell him everything. she keeps him at a distance to keep herself safe, scared that if she tells him, she'll lose him, only to lose him all the same. he’s another version of the fleabag character, someone we again can relate to, who we can see struggle and make it through but understand that it is hard and you have to work through it and stumbling doesn’t mean you’ve failed at being who you are. it means you’re finding yourself, and the priest did just that. he fell, he fumbled, he struggled and in the end, he found himself again. and that’s what fleabag did. she went the whole show struggling and not knowing who she was or what she wanted until she got back up. fleabag herself? she doesn't need a name. she doesn't need one because we're seeing it from her perspective. we see what she wants us to see, never all of it but never too little. fleabag exposed us to her life, counted the audience as her friend, but the priest saw her go somewhere, leave that present moment. because fleabag never looked at a friend, an audience, she looked at herself. fleabag never needed a name because we were her, we knew her name because her name is ours. fleabag didn't name herself because she looked at herself when she talked to the audience and who needs to name themselves in their own mind? but interestingly enough she DOES wear a necklace with the letter 'A' on it... also fun fact: i'm also named phoebe and phoebe w-b said fleabag is named after a family nickname for her and i used to get called fleabag growing up. i told my sister the other day that i watched fleabag and she went 'that's your name!' and made a terrible name joke about it... phoebe and fleabag apparently go hand in hand and i hate the nickname a sliver less than before this show. gave the show a little more of a relatable feeling for me, too...

Fun fact: The graffiti at 'their' bus stop says 'Life' in Bulgarian (Животе) but in the vocative case, as in addressing life itself or "O, Life!", which I think ties the whole thing together rather beautifully.

... I watched this whole show and didn’t realize Fleabag doesn’t have a name...

I was surprised how long it took for a thoughtful video essay about fleabag to appear, but this is what i was hoping for. I especially loved what you had to say about the depiction of sisters. Thanks for the work you put into this!

I think the cafe represents Fleabag’s guilt about Bo! After opening up to the guy from the bank about what really happened to Boo, the cafe was able to thrive- as in Fleabag was able to accept it and let go. Before she had opened up, the cafe couldn’t be successful.

I love what you say about the way this show deals with sisterhood. I think intense, positive relationships between women are intimidating to a many male writers. Not only do they not know how to write them, but they don't really GET them, and don't want to mess with the simplistic trope of women always being ready to stab one another in the back. That's an easy trope to go back to - an old reliable.

The first time I decided to watch Fleabag, I turned it off after the first few minutes. I thought, "Not another sex-filled story." Not that I am a prude, but it is tiring and annoying to see so much of it in shows and movies because it is far too often exploitative. I cannot remember what made me give it a second chance, but I am so glad that I did. The sex scenes are less "dirty" and more extremely, uncomfortably intimate. The intimacy is not between Fleabag and her partner but rather Fleabag and the viewer. Fleabag is near perfection.

I literally cried at the ending of the video with the comparison with the book. I hadn't realise it. I mean, I knew she was like, sort of "breaking up" with us because she knew our journey was finished and that she will be all right, but I didn't picture us, the audience, as a coping mechanism that eventually helped her through and made her feel not all alone. I can't keep my mind off this show. I hate its ending, but because I'm a selfish hopeless romantic that believes that every love story deserves a chance. I really hope she finds somebody again. and I hate that there's not gonna be a series 3 anytime soon. but I'm also glad because that means that she doesn't need the coping mechanism. imma keep crying

So I didn't like fleabag when I first watched it because it made me feel too many emotions that I've been trying to escape from for my entire. fucking. life. I hated it for the same reason I hate The Lion King or Up. It just hurt too much to look in a mirror and see my deepest fears and everything I hate about myself reflected back. And yet I watched both seasons, and it stuck with me. It didn't stick with me in a good or bad way really. It was more just something I carried around in my pocket. It was a weekend of sobbing my eyes out and mourning the time I've lost to all the pain I've carried with me throughout my life. Your essay was like the last puzzle piece. Everything about this show clicked together and made so much more sense that it had when I was processing it alone. I feel some kind of warm catharsis that I don't think I would have reached on my own. Which plays into one of the messages of fleabag, that the relationships we build with those around us make life more meaningful and tolerable, and that makes me giggle to think about. So thank you =) Also, that thing about the fox being the hot priest's baggage made me cry laugh. AT WORK. So thank you for that too.

Fox represents the trickster. 🦊 I love the idea that anytime the fox shows up, he's testing the priest's piety with earthly delights.

ok I'll be honest, when I saw it was 48 minutes, I didn't wanna watch it. But because I was bored, I did. And mannnnn... you just articulated all my f*cking feelings about fleabag and a whole lot more and i guess that needed 48 minutes! You nailed it. And made me cry. Thanks.

BEST FUCKING SHOW EVER Also I love the idea that only Fleabag can see the fox the same way only the Priest can see her coping mechanism of breaking the 4th wall. Great video as always!

Fleabag referencing Boo's rubber quote made me so, so sentimental and I haven't even watched the show.

The Stepmother and Martin were on par with Umbridge. I wanted Fleabag to let me through the screen to throw hands. They were horrible and reminded me of people that have been in my own life. That was the real beauty of the show. Fleabag invited us in by reflecting our own lives back at us.

This video has been in my watch later list for a few weeks now, and I am really glad to have finally gotten to it. I've been trying to put my thoughts together about series 2 of Fleabag for awhile now, and this definitely helped put a lot of ideas into focus. Thank you. This is a fantastic breakdown of the show, and I am super excited to see more stuff from you.

I walked into this video saying to myself I wouldn’t watch all 50 minutes. And yet here we are.

God. I remember I read Perks of being a Wallflower my freshman year of high school which was a really stressful and damaging time in my life but it gave me so much comfort to know that the book I was reading wasn't going to end up being a "sad story" although it did make me sad, and that I wouldn't end up that way either. And I got that same feeling now in my twenties (which have been another crazy change filled point in my life) watching Fleabag, knowing that this will end up okay too. This video was really great!

Brilliant essay. In the words of Scott Pilgrim, "I feel like I learned something."

Kudos for making a nearly hour-long video that doesn't feel its length at all. Subbed.

This is an absolutely incredible essay and it beautitifully sums up all the themes that Fleabag touches upon, so thank you very much!

Oh Ladyknightthebrave, where have you been all my KZfaq-watching life? This. Essay. Was. Astute, erudite, divine. Thank you for sharing your talented insight and skillful presentation.

The ending made me cry - what a brilliant video essay!

Fleabag is my favourite TV prog of all time, and i've watched loads. Series 2 is the crowning glory. The ending slays me to the point of sobbing every time I watch. What you cover about it caused the same response, bravo. - Simply never seen a better told love story than series 2 of Fleabag, PWB rocks.

I love the video. However, I think that when Priest says "It will pass", he was speaking more to himself than her.

I legitimately saw this review in my feed and immediately went to watch the entire series of Fleabag just to watch the review. 100% worth it! Thank you for the recommendation and the amazing content, seriously, it’s an event for me to watch your videos

I love that you loved it enough to research every character thoroughly and speak about for 48 freaking minutes not worried about being perfect. (heart emoji)

For me, the priest being the only one who can discern when Fleabag slips away to break the 4th wall was absolutely an indicator that he saw her for who she truly is in all ways. And his ability to see her fully is what allows him to love her truly and her to love him back. And the fox is indeed the manifestation of his version of 4th wall breaking, to me. So, after they tell each other they love one another (and he departs) when she sees the fox after he has gone, this is them telling us that she tuly sees him as well. It's the narrative saying, at least in my eyes, these two people belong together - they love one another for who each of them really are - and that's why it's a tragedy. Fleabag and the priest belong together in the way that those very rare true matches do, yet the difficult path they have each lived to get to this moment have made them incapable of embracing that together. When he says "it'll pass," he's wrong. The fox showing up shows he's wrong. She has seen him for all he is and loves for him that as he does her... and that will never pass. They will never unsee each other and never unlove one another. They will have other experiences in life, but this will never pass away... Fleabag has gone unseen - and therefore unloved in a very real way - by absolutely everyone in her life up until she meets the priest. And I think we are meant to understand the truth is the same for his life. And then they see one another truly and love the other person they see truly. But a life spent being unseen has rendered at least the priest from being unable to risk embracing being seen by a physical other human being and he leans into the safety of feeling seen by an invisible entity instead. And this is the tragedy... you can live a life waiting to be seen and loved for who you are and, when it happens, one or both of you can still be unready to embrace that love and walk away from it, abandoning the thing you were hungering for all your life once it finally shows up. This is my read on the story and it's why I love the show, the pain of the show, because it rings true. Fiction tells us that when true love shows up, mountains will be moved and that love will stay once it has arrived. But reality is that as rare as true love is, it is even rarer that all parties embrace it when it arrives. And this show, to me, owns that truth and the pain of that is so real and so true to life that it makes me feel seen by the show and show makers when it happens. Its profound. It is, to me, the show makers telling us they see us in return. We have seen Fleabag, the priest has seen her and she has seen him in return, and the creators of the show have seen us and our pain. It is an act of loving us in how the show breaks our 4th wall by its completion. It's devastating and sublime and totally unique.

Soooo, I just watched a 48 minute video on a show I've never even heard of, let alone watched. It was glorious!

God damn, you have earned a subscription from me. If I could somehow do that a million times, I would. I've never seen Fleabag, and considered it a couple times, but never took that jump. I'm just a random, 24 year old guy, but bloody hell you made me ball my eyes out with your interpretations and descriptions of the story, and meanings of things said and shown, and whatever other buzzword I could spurt out. This review genuinely made me try to think harder about what it's like to be a woman in this day and age, especially even throughout history in the past, and for the consideration of my girlfriend too. I just made up a big letter of a bunch of stuff I should have already said to my girlfriend, and double noted it because I'm gonna repeat bits and pieces to her on our wedding day. Can I just say really, thank you. I'm about to press that subscribe button, wipe my eyes off with some tissue, and repeat to my girlfriend that I promise I am not a big baby, it was all this cool reviewer on KZfaqs fault, haha. Absolutely fucking brilliant review, you smashed it.

I've never really watched video essays but I adore Fleabag so much I couldn't pass this up. Your reading of the show is so insightful and deep. You picked concepts and read into moments I never would have thought of. This is an excellent summary of what Fleabag is and what it stands for. Thank you

It's not a gerbil themed cafe! That title killed me, it's a Guinea Pig themed cafe. Fantastic essay though, it explores the show's themes well. Such a masterpiece of television. Season one is great but season two is phenomenal. Glad to find someone else who appreciates the acting talents of Andrew Scott.

ah dammit just watching this made me cry over Fleabag again

Fleabag is the best use of the fourth wall I have seen since the 1990's BBC House of Cards, which is impeccable.

This was a brilliant summery and interpretation of a show I have had such trouble talking about. Not for lack of material, but because you have to have seen it to really understand and appreciate all the weird, absurd, vulgar, hilarious, heartbreaking nuances. Thanks for this video - you did a fantastic job!

"either EVERYONE feels like this JUST A LITTLE BIT and NO ONE is talking about it or i am just completely fucking alone."

This is a sad story. I ended up crying each episode. It was too raw.

Your video is absolutely astounding. Well edited, performed, and argued. A hell of a thing. Thank you for putting it out. Totally made me want to fall in love with this work.

why am i sobbing over a show ive never seen

I’ve never seen this show but I watched this lol and I’m crying

The intelligence, love and care in this video is incredible. Lots of love :)

This was great. I'd love to venture into video essays but I'm afraid of shitty comments ...but this inspires me! Your narration is thoughtful and you've got a nice voice ha. Would love to see you discuss other British shows!

Terrific analysis! After a year of digesting the show, this was a great way to relive and appreciate it even more. This helped solidify it into my top 10 personal favorite shows.

I love that you talked about the music on the show it was so on point in terms of what was happening in her life and in her head... Great review

“It’ll pass…” are the two most devastating words…💔😭

I thought when I was finally able to watch this series and thinking about then being able to watch your video that finally there’s a video of yours that wouldn’t make me cry. And then I finished series two.

This was SO good!

Season 2 *broke* me, dude. I showed my best friend the first episode of series 1 when she came to visit because I love the show so much and she demanded that we watch the entire show. Phoebe-Waller Bridge is now an all-time favorite and I'll adore this perfect, messy, broken, wonderful show forever.

It’s astonishing that your videos don’t have millions of views. But, I bet they will one day.

Thanks for making SUCH an incredible video analysis of Fleabag- I keep being obsessed with the different interpretations of themes and characters so I’m always searching for more videos and articles, but this is the first that made me cry so I guess thanks for that as well? Seriously though, this is an amazing video and I had no idea I had been watching it for over 40 minutes until it ended... keep up your amazing videos :)

Another you tube channel recommended this show and im so glad they did because I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also loved how it got its story across in such short episodes!

This video had 69 comments before i wrote this one, but as someone who just binged both seasons, i messed that up to show appreciation at how much more you've contextualised and made me love the series even more.Thank you

Season 2 of fleabag is one of the most amazing things I’ve EVER seen. I’m so happy she decided to make it.

I watched this show, all of it, on a Sunday afternoon. I cried, laughed and felt my heart swell of beauty and emotion. Then I got my shit together, ate something, then repeated all of it. Needless to say that I was late to work on Monday. This will go into history as one of the genius shows ever..

I LOVE THAT SHOW SOOOO MUCH IT'S CRAZY! This girl is whip-smart and wishes more people would see it. Both her shows actually. You laugh to the point of hysteria and the next second, you feel this profound sadness. I have to rewatch it!

In the 'breaking the 4th wall' part you missed a show that's a very clear comedic and stylistic influence of Waller-Bridge's... Miranda. It's a BBC Two show that aired in the early 2000s and it's also about an awkward woman in her 30s who's trying to get her life together, co-owns a shop w her best friend, has a horrible posh mother and has no luck dating. Miranda's signature thing was looking to camera whenever she found herself in a cringey situation. Miranda is meant to be a light-hearted comedy though, in addition to the 4th wall breaks Hart is also a fan of slapstick humour. Fleabag is grittier, cynical and R-rated, but take those elements away and they're basically the same show. They're so similar in fact, I'm surprised Waller-Bridge hasn't given credit to Miranda Hart for influencing her. Here's a full breakdown of the similarities between the two: www.digitalspy.com/tv/a806413/10-ways-that-bbc-threes-excellent-fleabag-is-mirandas-evil-twin/ Fleabag also reminds me a bit of Peep Show, another Brithish comedy from the early 2000s, which was funny, cynical and made the viewers feel the horrible cringey situations the characters got themselves into. The camera takes on the character's POV, and the perspective is voiced over so we can also hear what the characters are thinking. Often, whatever they're thinking is in stark contrast to what they do after, and the humour very much comes from this opposition. Like that scene in the theatre where Fleabag assures us she'll ask her sister for money and then tells her everything's fine. Peep Show also pushed boundaries and made the viewers complicit in the character's sex lives, even more so than Fleabag since the camera takes on a POV perspective and uses a lot of closeups. Olivia Colman was also in Peep Show, she plays evil characters v well: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMV3dJqIlpiccYk.html

I can't wait for Fleabag to get released on dvd for region one. I don't care if it takes a while. Eventually I will get to see the entire two series and knowing me it I will probably cry. From the clips and video highlights that I have been lucky enough to see I know that eventually it will be very special to me when I do get to immerse myself in it. Such a talented cast as even this video made my cry in parts. Thank you for posting this for all of us. Bless you.

This show is tremendous, and I loved the entire video. Your POV is inquisitive and simultaneously so clear. Thanks for the great video!

Damn Ladyknightthebrave this one fine video essay. Wonderful.

I watched this video 3 times now and every time I just think how Fleabag is a perfect show and so perfect for me, it's absolutely what I need

I just recently found the show and I fell absolutely in love with it. And another large reason why season 2 hit so hard "for me" had to be that we got to see the internal/external struggle for The Hot Priest. He WANTED her and most importantly wanted to know her; you could see it and feel it in every interaction with her. It just got deeper and deeper and I believe it terrified him as well as made him question himself but never question his faith.

I would love a series 3 in like 20 years. An older Fleabag dealing with a family catastrophe, maybe her father dying.

Something about Fleabag breaking rhe 4th wall made me realised I need to go to therapy

Clicked on this video at random having heard nothing about fleabag except that people loved it, started watching, went 'wait, this show actually looks really good,' stopped, went and watched both seasons in one sitting, and then came back to finish this video. It's fine. I didn't cry or anything.

I checked out this video because I saw your Rogue One video last night on a whim, then checked out your Dr Who video today, and then watched this video also on a whim. I had no idea about this series and I am so happy you showed it to me. We should be applauding angry, messy, raw art like this from perspectives that aren't St*ve*n M*ff*tt's idea of a woman ;)

Hot damn ladyknightthebrave writes pure poetry. I love listening to her perspective on the art she covers. Sofaking beautiful and well put together. Makes my brain happy.😊

can you stop making me cry with your essays?? But seriously, thank you for your incredibly well-crafted, emotionally enriching work

I'm stuck at the end of season 1, I really want to watch the whole series but the step mother gives me serious anxiety, growing with a less than welcoming step mother it only reminds me of all the small petty things she used to do just to show she was more "important" to my father than me (an actual child at the time)

One of my favorite movies with sisters: Practical Magic. I like the magical take on women and how they relate to love and each other.

I'm so glad I stumbled across such an eloquent and thoughtful video essay about one of my all time favourite tv shows, I just subscribed and just saw the Russian Doll video and can't wait to watch that next!

Your essay is so gentle and makes me cry. Thank you for doing this and thanks to Phoebe wrote this amazing series.

I was mid-way through watching Fleabag when I decided to watch this video anyway and I'm really glad I did. I feel like Fleabag is a show that isn't really affected by spoilers and this essay just made me want to watch it more. I binged all of season 2 yesterday and now I feel like I may just spend the rest of my life crying over it. So thank you for that and just expressing so many great ideas. I'm so glad I discovered this channel and can't wait to see what you do next

I love this analysis, and it inspired me to think more critically about the series myself. I think one of the big themes of the series is repression. Everyone in Fleabag's family is repressed, including her as she's refusing to face the fact that she's somewhat responsible for Boo's death. She however is outwardly unrepressed, which allows the family to use her as a scapegoat for the issues they refuse to confront when she's in a bad place. Both Claire and Father are in relationships with terrible people, but they think they must be doing okay since they're not as fucked up as Fleabag. We really see this with Claire, who allows herself to believe that Fleabag came onto Martin despite the fact she can't stand him and use this as an excuse to not take a chance she wants to because she's scared. We then in Series 2 learn that she went to Finland anyway and that she didn't really believe that Fleabag kissed Martin. Father is more subtle, but he witnesses Stepmother be cruel to and even slap Fleabag, but when Fleabag explodes in the last episode of Series 1 he makes her the bad guy and sides with Stepmother. He even refuses to talk to her when she tries to apologize when Stepmother shows up, silently pressuring him to choose her over Fleabag. Fleabag then improves in Series 2, and suddenly they can't use her to justify their choices. She's no longer the family fuckup, she's the cool and successful small business owner. This, in turn, makes Claire no longer the successful female executive but almost the stereotypical overworked executive with the failing marriage, and Father not the mournful widower that's ready to find love again but has to deal with the daughter that demands he never let go of her mother, but the failing father with the evil new paramour that his children are unsuccessfully attempting to pull him away from. The shift in dynamic forces them to deal with their issues: Martin's a selfish cheating husband and Stepmother's a sociopathic narcissist. Claire's able to finally let go of Martin, but Father even after getting cold feet at the wedding decides to stay with Stepmother, as he'll still be happy with her. Sorry about the wall of text, I had more thoughts on the series than I realized! I hope you continue to make analyses and love your work!

Okay, I've got to say something. I'm pretty sure I noticed Claire looking at the camera a couple of times, once TOGETHER with Fleabag. I'm a bit too tired to dive into the implications of that, but... Claire might not notice Fleabag "going somewhere", or maybe she does but pays it no mind because she's used to it or because she "goes somewhere" herself, and it's a bit painful either way but UGH. Despite their troubles, they're... Together, you know? They're so different but this is the one thing that solidified it for me - their personalities touch at points.. And maybe it was just a fluke of my eyes and Claire's fourth wall breaks didn't actually happen, but I can't let this go; this possibly imagined similarity between the sisters dug even deeper into me than the airport quote Loved this video, by the way! Watched this way too late because it took me a while to finally check Fleabag out, but I finally did it and loved every minute of it. Time to go rewatch your Much Ado About Nothing video once again now 😎

Thank you for making an essay on this show, and while I haven’t seen the show, what you have shown I really relate to Fleabag- the character. My mother died when I was young and it wasn’t long before my father started dating. At the time my sister was 11 and I was 14, and my sister seemed to have more clarity that my father was having sex and dating only weeks- if not days- after my mothers suicide. The women were her friends at first, then strangers. He stayed with and married the worst one. She would tell us we were the reason for my mom’s suicide, that we were broken and couldn’t be fixed, that we should be disowned, replaced, horrible terrible daughters and people. And it hurt. And on my father’s side, we told him. We told him everything, and he stayed. He married her. For eight years, my sister and I watched him try to be happy with someone who hated us. My father always compared me to my mother. If it wasn’t because he perceived me as intelligent, or caring, or sarcastic, it was in the shape of my body. Nauseatingly often he talked about how I had my mom’s boobs, or her butt, or some other thing. I think he was trying to be supportive, or keep her alive in some way, but I hated it. Sometimes he still does, and I have to tell him to stop it, a father shouldn’t talk about his kid in that way. Fleabag’s disassociation, her monologues, her promiscuous behavior as a coping mechanism, her strained relationship with her sister, her feeling like she lacks connection, I’ve done all of that. That is me. And the way you talk about her makes me feel seen. Thank you for that.

Your video is a BRILLIANT analysis of an astoundingly written program. You absolutely nailed the many layers of the show and peeled the onion wide open for all of us to breathe in. The way I see it.....when onions are sitting on the shelf, all wrapped in on themselves, they are drab and without flavour. Opened up they bring color, texture, taste, tears and a completion to all they are added to. My deepest compliments to your insightful addition to the Fleabag journey.

Claire and Fleabags relationship sort of reminded me of Tahani and Kamilah from the good place. Like just the clinging awkwardness and discourse that’s there.

This is the first video essay I stumble upon speaking of this brilliant show that is Fleabag. I discovered it a while ago, when series One came out, and I just found it different, gritty but fun, and most of all sincere. I rewatched it along with series Two, and even though I absolutely loved the priest and his interactions with Fleabag, I couldn't pin why I liked this show so much. And well, you helped me figure it out, so thank you. Even though I am a man, I think that this women created series is one of the series that could speak to me the best. And I think I'm not the only one that would want more shows or movies created by women. Hell, if I can, one day I will assist a woman creating her own story. All that to say that I enjoyed your video very much, and I will now go to see other of yours !

Thank you for making this wonderful video,the poignancy of the message of this show has touched everyone who has watched it but no one has made anything so profound as this,I was having a bad day,I watched this video and it made me rethink a lot of things,thank you so so so much and I look forward to looking at more of your content ❤️

This has been coming up in my recommended for over a month and I've kept putting off watching it. Mostly because it was long and I'd never heard of Fleabag before. But I'm so glad I finally clicked and I'm rushing to watch the show for myself now. You articulated very well so don't beat yourself up for lil' editing issues (trust me, I do the same thing), what's more important is the message you so thoroughly got across.

This popped up in my feed, and I can’t remember if I’ve watched it before. I’m sure I have. Your work is fantastic, and I love your analysis of this show. Now I want to watch it again.

I paused this video 5 minutes in, watched the whole thing (so far), loved it, and now I'm back here to finish the video.

I watch a lot of movies and tv, and this show is the first one to make me start writing and give me ideas for short films. Phoebe waller-bridge legit inspired me

oof why am I crying at the end of a video essay. Excellent work, especially your interpretation of the characters' coping mechanisms and the comparison to the perks of being a wallflower!

This was very well done. Thanks for the lovely experience!

I never watched a show where I was deeply invested whether two characters ended up together except this one. I have two sisters and I’m the youngest brother so I told them about this show and they fell in love with it.

This is one of the best examples of exegesis I have ever encountered. Thank you, your own genius has enlarged and opened the object of your own appreciation and admiration; magnificent.

Now *this* is a great analysis of Fleabag. Thanks for the work you put in! I can't believe you don't have more subs!

I loved this show, it felt like something I needed. And this was such a great essay.

Series 2 is one of my most favorite-written pieces of anything in existence and yet I've never been able to fully place why she sees the fox at the end. I love this theory, that she's finally vulnerable enough to be real, which means she can fully see him back. Fantastic video, thank you so much for making it.

I cried 3-4 times throughout this video you’ve made. But I lost it when you compared fleabag to perks of being a wallflower. It’s my favorite book/movie and it caught me incredibly off guard that you brought it up. This video was emotional and amazing.

Had to pause the video midway through and wait a week until I had time to watch season 2, and I'm so happy I did! Great essay, thank you.

So, I saw the first season of Fleabag forever ago, many years ago at this point. I remember bingeing the entire first season (series?) in one night and absolutely sobbing when it ended. It was an emotionally harrowing show for me. And I remember trying to watch the second season and going "I can't do this." I've never watched it to this day. I used to watch and re-watch your video essays regularly, they're the reason I watched Hill House and Bly Manor, but I've been holding out on a few of them lately because I know I would really enjoy the piece of media that they're about, and I've been trying to actually watch/read/etc the thing before engaging in analysis of it. But I'm really glad this video exists, because I'm not sure I am ever going to go back to watch s2 of Fleabag.

I only discovered your channel a few days ago and.....wow. You are definitely one of my favourite KZfaqrs already. Your video essays beautifully balance fact, background, in-depth and interesting analysis and your personal views, observations and feelings. I dont think I've ever seen a video essay creator do that as skilfully as you do. This video is so profound, so fascinating and absorbing and personal and yet objective enough to give it real intellectual VALUE. I love it. I love it and I love the way you do these so damn much, I think you're brilliant.