Spinning Out (2020)

Every time a family member suggests a certain Netflix or Prime video, we try it out. This suggestion came with an enthusiastic response, even though it’s about bipolar disorder that’s been passed from the mother to the eldest daughter. It’s also about figure skating, so there is a lyrical quality to the show.

We have only watched two episodes of the 10-episode series, so it’s early days, yet. But the ice skating is exquisite. And it’s filmed in Ontario, pretending to be Idaho. (The Blue Mountains ski resort figures strongly as the backdrop for the whole operation.)

This one hits a little too close to home, so I have to remind myself that it is a fictional drama, not reality.

Will they succeed and live happily ever after? Let’s hope so.