What I’m Watching: Work in Progress

Work in Progress: Season 2, Episode 6 “Eleanor Roosevelt” (B+)

I like that, after the ominous ending of the previous episode, this show started off the pandemic experience with a flashback to a different time when Abby had other issues interacting the world. Being shouted out of an event because she was bisexual rather than just a lesbian was harsh, and she seemed to have a really enlightening and great time on the road trip. Seeing her first trans experience and the look on her face while she was struggling to understand the people around her spoke volumes, and it’s quite a departure from the way that she tried hard to say the right thing with Chris and treat him the way he wanted to be treated. Back in the present, Abby and Campbell were having a blast shopping in the supermarket with gloves, and, when someone wasn’t observing the proper protocols, all Abby did was mutter under her breath about six feet and all that. Hearing that she was thriving not having to go into work and making her own schedule presented a much more optimistic view than I had expected, though I suspect that’s all about to change with the news of her father being in the ICU. Her friendship with the similarly-minded Campbell is surely going to be what will help her get through it, and I enjoyed her beauty school dropout background that came to light and the excitement of her pet adoption that went through rather seamlessly. I don’t imagine what comes next is going to be easy for either of them.