I Love You, Man (2009)

It’s 5:30 am. The baby’s crying, but you need to finish prepping for your big pitch at work that morning. What do you do? You do the near impossible: both.

Workin’ Moms, created by Catherine Reitman, is a Canadian-produced comedy series that follows four different moms as they try to balance their work lives and their families. Currently streaming on Netflix, the series dives deep into these characters, as new situations continuously put them to the test.

I knew nothing about this show prior to watching it. I heard it referenced on a podcast and one night when I was looking for something new to watch, I decided to give it a shot. Within the first five minutes, I was immediately hooked. I binged the first four seasons. Workin’ Moms is brilliantly written, and led by fantastic actors who have such an innate sense of comedic timing. It feels genuine, and the passion behind this series is palpable on screen.

First and foremost, I have so much respect for the work Catherine Reitman puts into this show. She created it, she writes and directs a lot of the episodes, and she plays the leading role of Kate Foster. She fearlessly puts herself out there in terms of what she does on screen. I had no idea until researching later that Catherine Reitman is the daughter of Ghostbusters (1984) director Ivan Reitman, and is the sister of Up in the Air (2009) writer/director Jason Reitman. They were already a talented family, to begin with, but adding in Catherine’s work only ups the ante.