*NO SPOILERS*Welcome to a new kind of episode on Pop Fiction Women where we take you behind the scenes on our thought process for picking content and where we try to convince each other (and our listeners) to watch a show we love.** I Hate Suzie. After a brief summary of the show, Kate leads with her strongest point: that Phoebe Waller Bridge is a superfan of I Hate Suzie and that there are endless comparisons between it and Fleabag! As if that wasn’t already enough, Kate points out that the show is a deeply personal labor of love co-created by two best friend writing teams, is interestingly structured around the stages of grief, and has a cleverly aggressive title for a reason. (03:05)** Complicated Woman: Suzie Pickles. Kate believes you’ll want to watch this show because of Suzie and Billie Piper’s performance. She’s insecure, full of self-loathing, reactive, dramatic, blunt, anxious, angry, messy, engages in self-sabotage, but is also a loving mother of a deaf child, a friend, a wife, a lover, a sister, a daughter. She’s vulnerable and raw and definitely complicated. (08:20)** Scenes and Themes. If Suzie isn’t enough to convince you, you'll also want to watch for its nuanced perspective on many interesting themes: midlife identity crisis, female desire, infidelity, mommy & daddy issues, and female friendship. (13:13)** What She Said: Billie Piper & Lucy Prebble. A double whammy of talent, our what she said for I Hate Suzie allows us both to deep dive into two creative, complicated and insightful friends, collaborators and creators. And of course we relate it to ourselves! (29:08)Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @popfictionwomen and on Twitter @pop_women. To do a full deep dive, check out our website at www.popfictionwomen.com. Stay Complicated!We’ve launched a platform at patreon.com/popfictionwomen to keep making the podcast you love -- and to make it even better. For a one time contribution to support this episode, use venmo @carinn-jade. Thank you for your support and enjoy the show!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.