Isla Fisher’s character in the new genre-bending series “Wolf Like Me” is a romantic catch. Kind of.
She speaks four languages, makes cheese and pottery and is good at close-up magic. On the other hand, she can be distant and absolutely beastly. Oh, that reminds us: She has a pretty big personal secret.
“I’m a complicated person,” she tells her onscreen potential romantic partner, played by Josh Gad, in the first episode. “I have a really complicated life.”
His character understands perfectly: He’s a bit of a mess, too, an emotional wreck since the death of his wife and he’s trying in vain to connect with his tween daughter.
That’s the set-up to the new ambitious Peacock six-part series that starts Jan. 13 and mixes slapstick comedy, adult drama and heartbreaking trauma. It’s a story of two scarred people learning to be vulnerable again.
