Patience

I really like this series. It’s called Patience, and it’s about a young woman, Patience Evans, who has autism. Patience has a keen interest in criminology and puzzles. Through happenstance, she befriends a detective, whom Patience helps with her investigative work; and they form a friendship—one of Patience’s first.

The series is sophisticated, and it seems to have a decent grasp of autism. It doesn’t (so far; I’m on episode 5) traffic in stereotypes.

I’m enjoying it. The characters are good, the writing is intelligent, and the drama and touching bits are nicely balanced.

The show was panned by the Guardian’s Lucy Mangan. Mangan also panned Etoile, another favorite. Lucy Mangan needs to get a real job, maybe mixing paint at B&Q (B&Q is like Home Depot in England). Or stocking shelves at Tesco. And if you work hard, Lucy, you can make your way up to register. I’m not saying hang up the writing; maybe start a website that features fart jokes?

https://www.pbs.org/show/patience