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Kaley Cuoco returns as flight-attendant-and-now-also-a-spy Cassie, who relocated to Los Angeles and is nearly a year into sobriety.
Yes, about the plot.
Theres both a lot and almost none.
What is any of thisdoing?
But, really, the only important questions are, Is Cassie going to stay sober?
Is she lying to her friends or her family?
Is she generally in control of herself, or are events (global conspiracies, etc.)
in control of her?
For all its overblown goofiness,The Flight Attendantretains some hold on artful parallels.
In her mind and in her outside world, its just Cassies forever, Cassies all the way down.
Is it confusing and overly ornamental and also a not-particularly-subtle way to force Cassie to confront herself?
Does it still work, especially as a means of establishing emotional stakes amid all the chaos?
