Sizzlin' Summer Streaming 24' - The Curse - Season One

The Curse is possibly one of the last Showtime original series, now falling under the easy to remember brand of Paramount+ with Showtime.

This is yet another project from Nathan Fielder (and Benny Safdie) whilst starring Emma Stone, Fielder, and Safdie.

Filmed a while back (June to October 2022) so could this have been held for the strike filler content? However the series has a high score on Rotten Tomatoes, like mid 90's high!

Commencing on Paramount+ in Australia mid-November (so for Aussie viewers this is switch off time for TV viewers) concluding yesterday. Yes it dropped on Australia weekly on Saturdays. Random right?

The ten episode first run explores "how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show, Fliplanthropy. Later in the series the show is changed names to be Green Queen. More spoilers below the trailer, so read at at your own risk!

We have a small jump forward to a heavily pregnant Whitney, who has in turn stopped taking money from her parents. Also her and Asher's marriage has improved. 

Green Queen has been given a second season despite its middling reception. As a gift to Whitney, Asher gives a disinterested Abshir ownership of the property. The next morning, Asher wakes up to find himself stuck on the ceiling, yes you read that right!

 

Before they can figure out how to get him down, Whitney goes into labor. Her doula helps Asher out of the house, but loses his grip and gets him stuck on a tree branch. After the doula drives Whitney to the hospital, Dougie arrives and believes Asher is trying to avoid being a father. 

As Dougie films Asher panicking, the fire department attempts to get him down by cutting the branch off with a chainsaw, ignoring his pleas to stop. 

It gets weirder... Asher is sent flying upwards, eventually dying as he floats through space in the fetal position. At the same time, Whitney is given a caesarean section (GRAPHIC) and holds her son while Dougie remorsefully weeps over Asher. As he explains the situation to the police, onlookers recognize Asher from TV and wonder if the incident was a stunt.

So the finale titled Green Queen is hella weird. Will Paramount+/Showtime give a second curse a go? My bet is on not, time will tell.

I am also still waiting to see the second half of The Chi's sixth season. Will that also be the final episodes of the long running Chicago based series? I feel like Showtime have so little programming lined up, their extinct is almost here. Yes Yellowjackets is a hit, but even Netflix has nabbed streaming the series alongside Showtime/Paramount+.

Until next time...