The Grim, Caustic Appeal of <em>Flack</em>
Anna Paquin stars as a celebrity publicist specializing in scandal in Pop TV’s splashy, sporadically insightful drama.
In the superb fifth episode of , Pop TV’s new imported drama, Bradley Whitford plays Calvin Cooper, a charismatic, troublesome actor flying from New York to London. Sitting next to him in his business-class pod is Robyn (Anna Paquin), a publicist who’s trying to rein in Calvin’s destructive behavior. As the flight waits for takeoff, Calvin hits on other passengers, sets off the bathroom smoke detectors, and genially grills Robyn about her life. Then he gets an unexpected voicemail from the police. The flight promptly takes off, leaving Calvin and Robyn stranded on a seven-hour flight while they try to do damage control on a potential
