What: The television show United States of Tara is high-concept --- the family life of a woman with dissociative identity disorder --- but the concept ends up not really being the point.
The point is that every family has its own rules for operation. The point is that the writing is sharp and different. The point is that the cast (Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie DeWitt, Brie Larson, Keir Gilchrist, Patton Oswalt) is stonkingly good.
[Really, the point is that each episode is only half an hour, which means you're going to zoom through these first twelve episodes like whoa.]
Comparable to: United States of Tara is more domestic and less high-octane than Orphan Black, but Toni Collette and Tatiana Maslany perform similar miracles of nuanced camouflage.
Representative dialogue:
"Looks like someone forgot their pants."
"I like to think of it as remembering my ass."
How to get it: Available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix.
Connection to previous Wreckage: United States of Tara was part of Personal Wreck Week (List #4). Orphan Black was Rec. #340.
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