It’s September, time for new shows, right?

I saw previews for ABC’s “A Million Little Things”, a show about a group of friends trying to make sense of their friend’s suicide and got interested. I can definitely identify with the characters.

The friends (Rome and his wife, Regina, Eddie, and Gary) go to the funeral and try to move forward in the days after Jon’s death. They try to comfort Delilah, his widow. They go to a hockey game as they would have regularly. Delilah and Regina make a new friend, Maggie, at the funeral.

“What do you say to someone who just lost the love of her life?”

Sometimes there isn’t anything to say. Sometimes you have to let her sit and cry, yell and scream if she needs to. Just being there is helpful.

The show is a drama with a few plot twists thrown in, which I enjoyed. I want to see where those lead. There’s even a bit of humor, which helps break up the seriousness of the show. Almost anyone watching it can appreciate that.

At the end of the show, there is a public service announcement (PSA) from the network featuring a couple of the cast members, Mike Shinoda (from Linkin Park) and Talinda Bennington, Chester Bennington’s widow. I thought this was a wonderful idea.

The show is well-written. Sadly, most of the people involved in the show have had a suicide loss. I wasn’t sure how or if I would be able to handle this show. I never watched “Thirteen Reasons Why” and didn’t know if this would be similar. It’s nothing close. I will definitely be watching this season.

If you need more information about depression, please see this page: Better Help

For further reading: Suicide in the Media

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