Vladimir

Netflix’s “Vladimir” jumps right in, breaking the fourth wall as Rachel Weisz’s Protagonist (she is unnamed throughout the series) speaks directly to us about her loss of power. According to her, she no longer holds her students’ adoration, her daughter doesn’t worship her anymore, and men fail to “rise” for her. As the Protagonist sees it, these are the symptoms of aging into an older woman. However, she may have a cure: dissociating from her reality by fantasizing about a colleague with appalling devotion. Of course, she is blameless. Her husband (John Slattery) is facing a disciplinary hearing for sleeping with his students (big emphasis on the plurality). Seriously, who could blame her?