Susannah flood age
#Susannah flood age series#
Instead she created a series of secondary characters who add humor even as they help advance the story. You expect Amy Schumer to be funny, but she’s subdued here, a bit depressed. Brilliantly revealed flashbacks and current growth in relationships and friendships work together to create a deep portrait of Beth and her issues. I mentioned how well-written the series is. As the layers of her childhood hurts and hurdles are revealed we realize that Beth’s fractured relationship with Liz affects her almost as much as the loss of her mother. She ruined the marriage of Beth’s best friend Liz’s (Grace Power as a girl) parents. Laura Benanti and Michael Rapaport are their younger selves.īeth’s father was a drunk. Through a series of flashbacks as Beth struggles with her own life and needs, we learn her backstory. He’s an odd sort of fellow but they hit it off in awkward ways. She leaves their Manhattan apartment and goes back to Long Island and her mother’s little house.īeth visits a winery on Long Island seeking to market their wine. The death sparks a number of big changes in Beth. Much later in the story we learn that Leonard is living in the park with other homeless men. Their father, Leonard (Michael Rapaport), can’t be found and isn’t told about the death. The most upset person at the funeral is Matt, who loved Beth’s mom more than Beth did. But it does a number on Beth as the days go by. Neither Beth or her sister Ann (Susannah Flood) appear visibly upset about losing their mother. On the way home from shopping, Jane is killed in a car accident. We learn that Jane has a habit of dating married men. We see how much they both love and hate each other. She meets her mother, Jane (Laura Benanti), for an afternoon of shopping. She’s lived with Matt (Kevin Kane) for 6 years. When the story begins Beth is a successful wine salesperson. Life and Beth has 8 episodes of about 30 minutes each. Amy Schumer offers up a remarkably well-written and coherent look at how it affected one woman. Losing a mother is often a life-changing event for women. Life and Beth, written and often directed by Amy Schumer, looks at what happens to a woman after she loses her mother.