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How the I Hate Suzie Ending Perfectly Balances Hope and Despair

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR I HATE SUZIE “No one is coming to rescue you.”  “Every home should feel safe and warm and supportive. Everywhere is home.” These two ideas are at the centre of the series finale of Sky Original I Hate Suzie (now airing on HBO Max). It’s a perfect dichotomy of utter hopelessness and never ending hope that closes the series absolutely as it should. Former teen pop sensation Billie Piper stars in this searing semi-autobiographical eight part show. It’s a funny, raw, personal drama following former teen pop sensation Suzie Pickles (played by Piper), who has moved into…
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I Hate Suzie Review (Spoiler-Free): Electrifying Billie Piper Comedy-Drama

This spoiler-free review is based on episodes one to four of eight. This year has seen television drama so vibrant, inventive and entertaining that the first reaction is gratitude, but the second is frustration. You mean to say it could have been like this all along? This whole time, TV audiences have been stuck at the same party, in the same unending conversations about sad cops and bad men, because prejudice and failure of the imagination has kept a fabulous throng of bold, clever talent locked out on the other side of the door? Why is this only just happening now?…
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