‘Single Drunk Female’ Recap: ‘Look Me Up Sometime’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Six of ‘Single Drunk Female’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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In a genuinely perfect world, individuals that are in desperate need of healing from traumatic events or the ravages of addiction, would be allowed to disappear from everyday life to go and take care of themselves. Because that would indeed afford those individuals all the time, they needed to reconcile what damaged their soul or let their bodies and minds heal from addiction so they can forge a new path forward. But alas, our world isn’t perfect in the slightest and when we are hurting, we have to deal with everyday life and the struggles that come with it, all while juggling the healing process and that sometimes means that life is going to throw us curveballs along the way.
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More often than not, we expect those to be supremely sour in nature, since when it rains… it pours. But the fact of the matter is, those curveballs can be positive too, and scary in their own right. Because while they might afford us amazing opportunities to get our life back on track or provide us with a second chance, we might not be one hundred percent sure if we are ready or deserving or capable of that, depending on where we are in the healing process. If anything, that particular life twist is top of mind today, simply because it served as the central challenge for Sam to face in the next episode of Single Drunk Female. But it sure didn’t seem as though that was going to be the case early on. For when we catch up with Sam in ‘Look Me Up Sometime’, she’s just living her life and taking in a ballgame with the family.

But while she’s enjoying a hot dog and the vibe, her old boss walks by and in an effort to apologize to Nathaniel for her drunken moment of rage, he outright surprises her… by offering her a job opportunity in New York. One that would get her back into writing and this just, flips Sam’s world upside down. Because this is indeed the incredible surprise she’s been waiting for. A chance to get her life back on track and get back into professional writing and while that should bring her joy… it instead brings her panic. Largely because, she’s never written sober. Since she’d sit and her desk and churn out words while sipping on whatever confection caught her fancy that day and when she tries to write without a drop of alcohol in her system… she quickly finds herself stuck.

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Which leads her to believe that perhaps the one part of her past life she truly enjoyed, might be not attainable ever again and that shakes Sam to her core and leaves her dejected and lost and that is the perfect way to explore how hard the road back to everyday life is and how the universe will sometimes put supremely difficult positive challenges in our way. The kind that truly confuse us and fill us with fear, because we aren’t sure we can reclaim what we’ve lost or if we deserve to ever have it again or if we can even do it for that matter. Which is why we need a champion in our corner to encourage us to go for it and see where such a surprise takes us and Sam actually had that in this tale, from the most unexpected of people.

Because when Sam was at her lowest regarding this twist, her mother stepped in and Carol… shocked all of us in the process. For this really was the first time we’ve ever seen her be truly supportive of Sam and her endeavors and the words she offered her daughter were both blunt and inspiring in a healthy way and that motivated Sam in her time of need and this… signaled major growth for Carol. Because that push and her conversation with Olivia in this tale, made it clear that she’s finally opening up to her daughter and willing to express that she cares and wants to have a healthy relationship with Sam, and it will be supremely interesting to see where this stunning and beautiful revelation will take us in the weeks to come.

But in the here and the now, Sam is on her way to New York with James no less, to take full advantage of a potential second chance and while we wait to see what comes of that, we can bask in another brilliant chapter in this tale. Because this really did hammer home the beautifully chaotic nature of life and how recovery isn’t a by the book process since we still have to juggle our life goals with healing and that just once again goes to show… that this really is one of the most brilliant and realistic shows out there and this episode, definitely leaves us eager for more. Because this interview is a huge deal, and we are of course rooting for Sam to be happy and at peace... and this could accomplish that for her, at last. Until next time.

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