
And if you're not, you absolutely should give it a go.
If you're based in Aus it's on HBO, not sure about other countries.
Trailer if anyone's interested, however I admit its much better than it looks.
A review if you need a bit of warming up. I've pasted the first two paragraphs below, which I think provides a perfect synopsis.
Frankie Jones is having a great night out. She’s dancing, drinking and doing drugs, and it’s not long before she’s having sex in a seedy toilet cubicle with a stranger. It’s during this passionate moment that the night starts to catch up with her, and suddenly, Frankie begins spewing into the toilet (“don’t stop!” she orders her new friend). When we see Frankie again, it’s daylight. She’s now sitting in a hospital room, with a new black eye and laughing hysterically as a nurse welcomes her to rehab. “It’s just a big misunderstanding,” she says, before a flashback shows Frankie sitting in court, telling the judge what she really thinks of him.
It’s not often a local television drama begins with the lead character telling a judge to “eat a dick,” but these frenetic opening moments of Three’s new eight-part comedy-drama set the tone for what is one of New Zealand’s strongest TV debuts in recent times. Created by, written and starring Holly Shervey (Millennial Jenny) and directed by Shervey’s husband Emmett Skilton (The Almighty Johnsons), Crackhead draws on Shervey’s own experience of psychiatric care back in 2010. It tells the story of Frankie’s (played by Shervey) addiction and mental health issues as the judge gives her one last choice: jail, or a 28-day drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme at The Laast Resort.
Downside is, it doesn't have subtitles which might be hard for anyone based outside of New Zealand/Australia. Heck I even found it hard to follow what they were saying some of the time.. but still worth the watch.
by g0ldentit
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Is this like the druggo version of Fleabag?
Aussie here. I’ll give it a try!