Far from The Big Bang Theory, Kaley Cuoco hits new heights as a cabin crew worker entangled in an elaborate crime in this slick and witty thriller
The Flight Attendant will do nothing to reassure those of us who have long held the theory that there is no demographic more mad than those who work as air stewards and stewardesses. Not only do they look at all the jobs they could do on the ground – the safe, safe solid ground – and say “No, I’d prefer to be travelling through the clouds in a pressurised metal tube held up by forces so mysterious they amount virtually to magic”, they also embrace the duty of hospitality, or “being endlessly nice to people no matter how awfully they behave”.
In HBO’s new comedy-drama (shown here on Sky One), febrile but functioning alcoholic Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) has embraced her hospitality duty fully. Every time a passenger gets a drink, she gets one too, and in the opening episode she flirts with handsome gazillionaire passenger Alex Sokolov (Michiel Huisman) on a flight to Bangkok and ends up spending a fabulous, inebriated night with him. Alas, the fun stops abruptly for our gal when she wakes up to find him bloodied and dead beside her. His throat has been cut and she cannot remember anything of the night before.
