In this installment of Appointment Viewing, we kick off our summer by flying out to Spain for Land of Women, a feel-good bilingual dramedy following a family on the run in Spain, and starring Eva Longoria.
We get it: There’s an overwhelming number of television shows right now. The streaming landscape is an impractical maze, and the good stuff easily gets lost in the shuffle. But most of us can still find one show that cuts through the noise. We call this “appointment viewing” — or the time you carve out in your busy schedule to watch the show you’ll want to unpack the next day with your friends while it’s still on your mind. Tune in here each month to read what writer Michel Ghanem, a.k.a.
Once in rural Spain, Gala is a fish out of water amid Catalan-speaking residents who aren’t a fan of American outsiders. But eventually, the show settles into a rhythm, with Gala warming up to the town’s handsome but brooding eligible bachelor and getting involved in the local women-run vineyard co-op. Meanwhile, her mother Julia revisits her adolescent hometown roots at a time while dementia eats away at her memories, bringing family secrets to light.
The show’s tone remains feel-good throughout, but an episode can pivot easily to more emotional depth. The show explores Kate’s barriers to procuring hormone medication in a small town as a trans teen, and Julia reconnects with her estranged sister. Maura, who effortlessly infuses Julia with an easily relatable yearning to rectify her past mistakes and a general horniness , is a standout.
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