LOUDERMILK is a brilliant, little-known TV series with three seasons to their credit. It is filled with funny, humorous, bittersweet, profound situations that will pierce your heart. Yes, it is about addiction, recovery, and the daily battle to maintain sobriety, but it is also so much more. It deals with a talented ensemble from a support group as they face their battles and triumphs. Every episode highlights the whisper of their tightrope journeys.
The leader is Sam Loudermilk, played by Ron Livingston. He threads audiences through every tale. He is flawed and imperfect. He makes incredible mistakes, but his heart is always in the right place. He cares and is searching for his path forward. I like walking beside him every step of the way. Ron makes Sam look and feel so typical and authentic due to his fine acting skills. He has several close cohorts, such as Ben (Will Sasso) and Claire (Anja Savcic). They crack me up with their honest performances of blemished, lost people.
What I enjoy the most is how nothing is perfect within the cast. There are about a dozen men who attend regularly. Viewers are invited to watch them succeed and fail regularly while the writers keep us laughing for one minute and then powerfully push us off a cliff along with the crazy antics of each character. We feel their pain, and the beauty is that audiences are not offered a perfect ending. It just is what it is.
LOUDERMILK is smart, refreshing, honest, and endearing. It will make viewers laugh out loud through empathetic tears. I highly recommend this series. It is must-see TV.
LOUDERMILK is streaming on Netflix.