Flack

***Flack*** is a 2019 dark-comedy drama television series by Pop and UKTV. Its first season premiered on February 21, 2019, and consisted of six one-hour-long episodes.

On August 2, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season that was air in the U.S. on Pop starting Friday, March 13, 2020, but was removed from the schedule after cutbacks by parent company ViacomCBS. The second season was scheduled to run in the U.K. on W sometime in March, before being pushed back to April 13, 2020.

## Cast

### Main

* Anna Paquin as Robyn, an American publicist living and working in London.
* Sophie Okonedo as Caroline, Head of Mills Paulson.
* Genevieve Angelson as Ruth, Robyn's sister.
* Lydia Wilson as Eve, Robyn's best friend and colleague at Mills Paulson.
* Rebecca Benson as Melody, an intern at Mills Paulson.
* Arinzé Kene as Sam, a nurse and Robyn's boyfriend.
* Marc Warren as Tom, a recovering drug addict.
* Rufus Jones as Mark, Ruth's husband.
* Andrew Leung as Craig, an IT worker at Mills Paulson.
* Daniel Dae Kim as Scott Cole, a tech titan who begins a romance with someone at the firm.
* Sam Neill as Duncan, who has a very complicated relationship with Caroline.

### Guest starring

* Bradley Whitford as Calvin Cooper, an American movie star living in England working in theatre.
* Max Beesley as Anthony Henderson
* Alan Davies as Dan Proctor
* Rebecca Root as Allie Gregs
* Amanda Abbington as Alexa
* Katherine Kelly as Brooke Love-Wells
* Martha Plimpton as Robyn's late mother.
* Jane Horrocks
* Giles Terera

## Synopsis

> **Your client has an important engagement, but he’s been, well, otherwise engaged. It’s not a case of 'who ya gonna call?' — because the burden is on you. How to handle it? You just handle it.**
>
> Series tagline

Robyn (Anna Paquin), is a hugely capable American PR executive working in London who specializes in clearing up the monumental messes caused by her hapless and selfish clients. Although utterly in command of her job, her personal life is spinning out of control.

Required to do some highly questionable things during the course of her work, Robyn is flawed but fascinating and thrives in the work environment. She enjoys close relationships with her office "family": her tyrannical boss Caroline (Sophie Okonedo), her tirelessly hedonistic colleague, Eve (Lydia Wilson), and her endlessly willing intern, Melody (Rebecca Benson). If there is media fire that needs putting out, you're going to call Robyn.

She is also dealing with a very tangled private life. Despite the fact that she occasionally slips and sleeps with her clients, she is devoted to her loving boyfriend, a nurse called Sam (Arinze Kene). He is very keen that they take their relationship to the next level and try for a baby.

At the same time, Robyn is coping with her own grief. Her mother committed suicide by jumping off Brooklyn Bridge a year ago, and Robyn and her younger sister Ruth (Genevieve Angleson) are still trying to process it. As the series progresses, Robyn also tries to help Ruth's hopeless husband Mark (Rufus Jones) out of a fix.

In addition, Robyn tries to kick her myriad of addictions. However, her life only becomes more complicated when, at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, she finds herself undeniably drawn to the very charismatic and damaged fellow addict Tom (Marc Warren).

## Trivia

* The series is the first U.S./U.K. co-commission for both CBS-Lionsgate JV Pop and its UK network partner on the show, UKTV. It will also be the latter's first scripted drama for its flagship channel W. The UKTV Original series will shoot in the UK this spring and will air in 2019 on W.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Anna Paquin, ‘The Full Monty’ Director Peter Cattaneo Team On PR-World Series ‘Flack’ For Pop TV, UKTV". *Deadline* (March 12, 2018).
2. ↑ "‘Flack’ Star Anna Paquin: “Now Is The Time For Complicated, Flawed Female Roles”". *Deadline*.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "‘Flack’: Pop TV & UKTV Renew Anna Paquin Dark Comedy For Season 2 – TCA". *Deadline* (August 2, 2019).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "‘Flack’: Anna Paquin’s Dark Comedy Gets Season 2 Premiere Date On Pop TV – TCA". *Deadline*.
5. ↑ "Pop Pulls the Plug On ‘Florida Girls’, ‘Best Intentions’ & ‘Flack’, Raising Questions About Net’s Scripted Future". *Deadline* (March 5, 2020).
6. ↑ "Flack | W Channel". *W Channel*.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "‘Flack’: Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, More Join Anna Paquin’s Pop TV Drama". *Deadline* (March 20, 2018).
8. ↑ "Bradley Whitford Joins Anna Paquin in Pop TV's Limited Series 'Flack'". *The Hollywood Reporter* (April 26, 2018).
9. ↑ "‘Flack’ Trailer: Anna Paquin Gets ‘Em To The Church On Time In Pop’s Celebrity-PR Drama". *Deadline* (December 33, 2018).
10. ↑ "About Flack | Flack". *W Channel*.

## External links

* Official UK website
* Official US website
* Flack on IMDb

* Flack on Wikipedia