The Flight Attendant (HBO)

International flight attendant Cassie hooks up with a first class passenger Alex and wakes next to his corpse in a Bangkok hotel room. Blacked out drunk, she remembers little of the night, panics, cleans up and flees the scene. What follows is a riot of murder, organised crime and corporate espionage, swirling around a woman with deep seated issues and falling apart. Pursued by the FBI and criminal consortia, Cassie lurches between disasters, trying to figure out what happened and get herself out of trouble. Kaley Cuoco walks a fine line between comedy and tragedy as a functioning alcoholic with childhood trauma, who is constantly letting down family and friends. Fantasy elements take her into her own head, talking with Alex to piece together their night and dipping back into her past to figure out how she became such a fuck up. The plot is often ludicrous, but moves fast enough to skip over the gaps; the sub plot is superfluous but paves the way for a possible second series. Cuoco is ably supported by a strong ensemble cast, including familiar TV faces Zosia Mamet, Rosie Perez, Michelle Gomez, TR Knight and Australian actor Deniz Akdeniz.