CVNT: Season 1 Episode 1 (Premiere) – Recap and Review | Tribeca Film Festival

CVNT focuses on a mother willing to do what it takes to keep and feed her daughter, even if it means doing something strange for a little change.

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Episode 1 Recap and Details

Marnie is a single mother with a past she isn’t the most proud of. Let’s just say drugs, beyond weed, were involved, but she is sober now. However, she is sober without adequate childcare, and with a lack of state funding, she is in the position that a lot of parents are in. She needs to work but also have someone safe to watch their kid – and unfortunately, safe, affordable, and convenient are rarely all in one place.

Luckily, Marnie is still breastfeeding and has many ounces of milk left over, and there seems to be a market out there to sell them. The only thing is, between the adult man who is her first buyer, raising a toddler, and trying to keep up with the demand for a supply she may not have? Did Marnie crack the code or just buy herself more time?

New Characters in Episode 1

Marnie (Nicole Higgins)

  • Character Summary: Marnie is a single mom, with a past she isn’t proud of, trying to make a way even if she can’t afford for it to be on a paved road.

Lily (Ben Weaver)

  • Character Summary: Lily is Marnie’s best friend, who is sassy, energized, and reminds her a bit of how she used to be before life slowed her down.

Milkman (Will Madden)

  • Character Summary: The person dubbed “Milkman” is a buyer of Marnie’s breast milk, giving her a potentially lucrative means to make money – generally with minimal questions asked.

Review and Commentary

Highlights

A Darker Backstory Than What We’re Used To [84/100]

While a comedy, as any show would be about selling breast milk to survive, there is an underlying darkness here that might be more of a hook than intended. Be it how a heroin addict turns their life around, or the nightmare scenario that isn’t confirmed to be true, or not that we won’t spoil.

It presents CVNT to be in the vein of the premium networks (HBO, Starz, or Showtime), where we’ll get characters like Marnie’s best friend Lily, a strong sense of female empowerment, but also a reminder that Marnie has some demons. The kind that doesn’t just affect her and her life, but has the potential to affect Lily, Marnie’s mom, maybe even her daughter.

Leaving you with a show that gives you a laugh to keep from crying vibe.

Overall

Our Overall Rating [84/100]

What makes CVNT unique isn’t seeing a struggling mother, or even her finding a hustle to make things work. More so, what can be the drive for this show is giving us a mother who has been low, rock bottom even, and while she is struggling, still giving her child a life where she’d think they were thriving. That juxtaposition is going to be the driving force, and if handled right, could easily make creator, writer, director, and star Nicole Higgins somewhere between an underrated talent or one of the next torchbearers regarding comedies led by women.

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