In this fast-paced, easy-to-binge series, Maslany (who you may recognize from She-Hulk or Orphan Black) plays Paula, a divorced mom who is struggling to get her life together in order to keep partial custody of her daughter. Unfortunately, Paula also has a penchant for paying sex-cam boys to, um, well you know. When one such sex-cam boy ends up dead, Paula inadvertently becomes a prime suspect and will need to prove her innocence (with the help of her bickering co-workers and a sassy detective).
Maslany is hands down the reason to watch. This won’t be surprising to anyone who is familiar with her work on Orphan Black, but, as Paula, she strikes the perfect balance of comedic hot mess and amateur sleuth. Though she delivers plenty of cringe moments where I screamed “Why Paula?! WHY?!” in my head, she is extremely easy to root for. Sure, she’s a flawed person, but who isn’t? Sex-cam addiction or not, I desperately wanted to see her succeed—in finding the true bad guys and in retaining custody of her mini-me daughter.
The supporting cast, including Murray Bartlett, Dolly De Leon, Brandon Flynn, Jessy Hodges, Jon Michael Hill, Charlie Hall, Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg and Nola Wallace, is just as fabulous. And there are a ton of twists throughout the series, which kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.
So, naturally, when I reached the end of season one, I wanted more. Well, Apple TV made me wait until this past Wednesday when it finally announced Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed season two.
