Markie Post ditches sitcoms for smack in this forgotten '90s addiction spiral.
Working class mother becomes addicted to heroin, and soon her life falls apart.
Acting
Markie Post commits hard to shedding her Night Court image.
Production
Authentic '90s working-class detail before gentrification sanitized TV.
Writing
Surprisingly unsentimental for the genre, refuses easy recovery arcs.
Director
Ian Sander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Markie Post reportedly took a massive pay cut from her sitcom salary to prove her dramatic range, making this her 'prestige TV movie era' moment.
Released at the height of 'heroin chic' media panic, this rode the wave of middle-class addiction narratives that peaked with Traffic—just with 1% of the budget.
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