Netflix Pix: Maid
The Netflix limited series “Maid” should help to answer questions about why victims of domestic abuse don't just leave. It also touches on mental illness, alcholism, post-partum depression and several other difficult-to-deal-with issues. But, the series does all of this without being preachy or in-your-face. The story centers on Alex, a young woman who, along with her toddler daughter, leaves her abusive, alcoholic partner although she has very little money and no job prospects. At different points during the series she tries turning to her “free-spirit,” unreliable mother; her father, with whom she hasn't had a relationship for quite some time; and even back to her partner, Sean. She turns to a shelter for abused women; she tries to get low-income housing; and she even spends one night on the floor of a ferry station. She does manage to find a job with Value Maids, although she has to pay for her own cleaning supplies, and develops an interesting relationship with Regi...