If you like Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fleabag, watch Crashing on Netflix

Watch Crashing starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Netflix if you’re a fan of the Amazon original series Fleabag!

Phoebe Waller-Bridge rose to prominence this year as the lead of the hit show Fleabag, which was adapted from Waller-Bridge’s one-woman play and turned into a multi-Emmy-winning juggernaut.

However, the hit show is not on Netflix, so how are people with only that streaming service expected to get their fix? Waller-Bridge still has one show on Netflix worth checking out: Crashing.

Crashing (2016) was adapted from multiple plays of Waller-Bridge’s. The show came out slightly before the television version of Fleabag (2016) and depicted a different kind of Waller-Bridge, a version that is less the focal point of the show and more an equal part among multiple different characters.

Waller-Bridge still has her nihilism and quick humor that fans of Fleabag have grown accustomed to seeing. Her character’s selfishness and overall lack of tact in Crashing make for the same kind of hurt feelings among close ones.

Also, there are still ill-advised hookup opportunities that her character nevertheless partakes in. By the way, if you’re more of a fan of civil shows that shy away from vulgar language and other adult themes, you may want to check out something else — when it comes to Crashing and Fleabag.

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But the ways in which Crashing diverges from Fleabag usually involve how often other characters are pushed to the forefront.

Anthony (Damien Molony) and Kate (Louise Ford), an engaged couple, inevitably has their relationship become complicated, and are oftentimes shown talking one-on-one, hashing out ideas. The drama among the group of characters is often seen through the lens of Anthony or both Anthony and Kate talking to each other.

Other characters like Sam (Jonathan Bailey) and Fred (Amit Shah) offer compelling side plots that are sometimes given more screen time than Lulu (Waller-Bridge). Waller-Bridge pans to the audience in Fleabag to divulge honest thoughts, but in Crashing, she watches the feelings of other characters play out before her.

Crashing definitely resembles more of a sitcom: it has a more cheerful tone and is centered on romantic relationships among a group of friends, where Fleabag can occasionally resemble a character study that ties in darker, more serious themes.

And whether it’s her character, Lulu, in Crashing or it’s the titular character of Fleabag, Waller-Bridge shows the viewer someone who is so comfortable in their flaws that they really only make other people around them uncomfortable. That is, on some occasions, how the plot of both shows is driven.

In Crashing and Fleabag, as Waller-Bridge makes her audience laugh or makes them feel squeamish or sad, it’s hard to ignore one thing — Waller-Bridge is going to be in our lives for a long time.