I was introduced to High Maintenance through a friend after a particularly crummy day. In an effort to make me feel better, she put on “Museebat,” an episode from the series’ first season that follows a Muslim girl navigating religious customs and familial obligations as she enters college, and a group of swingers who realize they might have contracted an STI.
Both plotlines were radically specific, and although I couldn’t relate directly to either set of events, the series felt intimately relatable because it felt so real. Each character reacted like a real person might, and their motivations were ordinary and understandable. A few scenes were completely silent and depicted a solitary moment in a particular person’s particular day, underscored by fragments of conversations and passing moments. Read more...
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