I Hate Suzie Too is just as boundary-breaking and relevant as ever
Billie Piper's female-focused drama perfectly intertwines its anti-hero protagonist with an exploration of topics rarely seen on-screen and, within moments of its self-proclaimed anti-Christmas Christmas special, the show proved that it's back doing what it does best.
Picking up almost directly where we left off at the end of season one, Suzie Pickles – formerly a beloved celebrity, now the target of nasty tabloid fodder – is pregnant. But rather than using this as a big plot device or a catalyst for further trauma,sees its lead making a more matter-of-fact decision to have an early at-home abortion.
It's almost certainly the first time abortion has been depicted in such a mechanical way on screen, and it also struck a chord that the showing of blood on a sanitary towel, although obvious on paper, feels revolutionary in itself.in a recent interview. "When you see something and you think, 'Well, that's weird, because that happens a lot in real life, but I've never seen it.' That feeling always makes me go towards it.
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