In Case of Emergency

Strong start laying good groundwork giving us the frame of the story and an outline of the characters and their relationships. The writing is fabulous, employing a difficult blend of tension and dark comedy to deliver all of this naturally without a hint of gratuitous exposition. Metaphor is well used to push this along, the forgotten first guy in bed foreshadows the second, the Crime and Punishment book and the out-of-body scene echoing Cassie's predicament.

The Flight Attendant is a vehicle to give Kaley Cuoco a chance to shed the shadow of TBBT and shine in her own right. Sure, she is a fun-time slightly dipsy blonde, but that is where the similarity ends. Cassie is portrayed with a range of believable emotions through gesture and expression. An impressive first episode, we now need to see how Ani fits in.