Fair warning: this article contains some spoilers for Netflix’s Russian Doll.

Netflix is on somewhat of a roll when it comes to original series. In the last few months alone we’ve been introduced to You, which sparked both serious debate and some slightly misplaced stalker adulation, Sex Education, a sweet and funny look at the inherent awkwardness of sex, love and growing up, and Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, the show that launched a thousand piles of old DVDs straight into the bin.

The platform’s latest offering, Russian Doll, hasn’t disappointed. The show follows Nadia, played by a gloriously curly-haired Natasha Lyonne, as she lives the same day over and over again. Stuck in a loop, she eventually dies in every scenario only to wake up in the same bathroom at the same party – her own 36th birthday party, in fact.

Written by Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, the show is fast, funny and completely unique. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s become an instant runaway success. And, also unsurprisingly given the subject matter, there’s already been lots of conversation about what Russian Doll is actually about. It makes sense – the show is centred around a mysterious glitch in time, after all, and there’s a rich history of fan-squabbling around the logistics of how time might bend and warp to accommodate characters in any given cinematic universe.

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