The show is bitingly honest and bitingly funny. We see her awkwardly attempt to kiss a friend from AA and be rejected, and we see her have a fun hook-up with a girl she meets at a sober dance party. We see Sam have fun drunk sex in the bathroom, and we see her realize that she’s not been good at relationships for years. Rather, the show unflinchingly commits to sharing, pretty honestly, the ups and downs of both lives. That’s not to say that Single Drunk Female is in any way glamorizing Sam’s life, either before or after getting sober.
Yes, she has to go to rehab because she punches her boss in the face while drinking at work, and her life is in shambles, but she also goes to in-person meetings, makes new friends, and even zips up to New York City for a one-day trip after six months spent back in her hometown trying to stay sober. So I’ll be honest, I’m a little jealous of Sam, the lead of Freeform’s new show Single Drunk Female, and her recovery experience. My first AA meetings were on Zoom, and there was no coffee with new friends after the meetings – just ten more minutes of awkward Zoom tiles talking over each other at the end of every hour. I spent my first year of sobriety in a pandemic. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.