User Reviews

Maid (2021)

Series

1st Season

Episode Two - Pôneis

I don't like reading comments from Banco de Séries, but I read some from the previous episode, there was a WOMAN who wrote that Alex should wait to find a company so she can leave home, I'm 100% sure that just as she has this thought, Also, when she sees in the newspaper that her wife or girlfriend was beaten in the house, she must say "yeah, but why didn't you leave the house sooner? You stayed because you wanted to" in short, the hypocrisy, the worst part is that there were several comments (mostly women) criticizing Alex.

What a wonderful place, how lucky Alex is, being able to explode a bomb in this shelter and start a Zombie Apocalypse.

I loved the friend from the shelter, it's been a while since I laughed so much with a character, what a shame she went back to her attacker.

Who would have thought that the best people in this series would be the dog kidnappers.

Episode two of the first season of the Miniseries Maid watched on May 22, 2024.

Rating: 10/10.

Maddy is so cute!! She is indeed a super talented child actress. I enjoyed Danielle and how crazy she is. Her speech to Alex made me think about the stereotypical conceptions that the society has about women how they are more emotional, angry etc. But her blurb made me think that in cases of DV, since women are generally physically outclassed by men, they have to use their emotions such as anger to fight back and stand up for themselves. And throughout history, this may have consequently resulted in that stereotype, but I am saying that there is nothing wrong with that.

One thing that I scratched my head was how Regina was supposed to be a villain here. I really don't think Regina is someone to blame here. She didn't do anything wrong and she showed genuine concern when Alex passed out. Alex didn't get paid because the job was not done to her standard, which in my opinion is fine. What happened to Alex was just unfortunate but you can't blame that on Regina and she certainly does not deserve a "go f yourself". Sean is to blame here not Regina.

But overall, Maid is helping me see a side of the world that I am not familiar about as I haven't met many victims of domestic abuse. Through Alex, I see a glimpse into what it may feel like to be "on the run" with your child from your spouse. I think the Qualley does an excellent job portraying such a character. The 27 year old actress is a perfect fit for the young perhaps a little naive character of Alex. Very convincing performance so far. A sobering moment is also introduced to the audience as Danielle leaves the shelter when we have heard from herself how terrible her partner is. It comes as a shock but shows how dependent DV victims can be to their spouse unfortunately.

I fully understand the criticism of the legal procedures not being realistic. That's a valid point but we can definitely give a little bit of slack for dramatic purposes. I personally think that dramatizing something bad into something worse is better than dramatizing something good into something better, if that makes any sense.

Fun fact I didn't know about this show was that it was filmed around my hometown! It was really cool to see all the mentions of ferries and the all too familiar neighborhood.

Great run so far. This is where I stopped watching last time so I am excited to get into it.