Michaela Coel's HBO series 'I May Destroy You' is a tonally complicated and confrontational series about consent and reinvention, very different from her Netflix comedy 'Chewing Gum.' Read THR's review:
is a show designed for weekly viewing, because it relies on that building uncertainty and refusal to stick to a genre, as Arabella progresses from niche literary favorite to faltering victim to social media celebrity to other things entirely.
almost as a rape mystery. Clues are littered through the first couple episodes in a way that resembles the new season of. Instead, what follows is an exploration of consent and how difficult it can sometimes be to see the dividing line between "good" sex and "bad" — as well as how easy that can sometimes be.
And yes, there's a lot to parse when it comes to the position-by-position sexuality of the series. Bodies, how they fit together and how they clash, are at the center of things. They are, for Coel, another way to make you uncomfortable or to make you wonder why one thing makes you uncomfortable and others don't.
Arabella doesn't know what her story is and the season is about her finding that story. If some episodes follow plotlines that don't make sense or aren't fully developed, that's valid, though it didn't stop my interest from waning in a few episodes. But in a limited series like this — while HBO isn't calling it that, there's no reason for a second season — sticking a landing is essential and these 12 episodes resolve exceptionally well.
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