In Netflix’s ‘Maid,’ Margaret Qualley Fights Vicious Cycle of Poverty and Abuse: TV Review
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the middle of the night, a young woman grabs her daughter and runs, using what little gas is left in her car to flee her abusive partner.That’s the way “Maid,” a new drama on Netflix, starts, as Margaret Qualley’s Alex runs from her daughter’s brutish father (Nick Robinson). What the show does well, in the episodes that follow, is to depict the ways in which, for many people trapped within the lower echelons of the economy, clean breaks are impossible.