Unorthodox ( Netflix ) ​​ Built on the quiet intensity of a masterly lead performance by Shira Haas ( an accomplished young Israeli actor best known in the U . S . for appearing alongside Jessica Chastain in The Zookeeper ’ s Wife ) , Unorthodox traces the transformation her sheltered character , Esty Shapiro , undergoes after fleeing a Hasidic Jewish sect in Brooklyn . Loosely based on a 2012 memoir that Deborah Feldman published just a few years after the aspiring writer took her young son and left both her husband and their isolated Satmar community , the miniseries recasts its hero as a would - be musician . With the help of her secular piano teacher , she hops a plane to Berlin , where her mother , Leah ( Alex Reid from Britain ’ s Misfits ) — now disowned by her former neighbors — has been living for many years since she left Esty ’ s alcoholic father . ​ https : / / time . com / 5809043 / unorthodox - netflix - review / ​​​​ Feel Good ( Netflix ) ​​ Mae ( creator Mae Martin ) , a self - deprecating Canadian comic living in London , falls for George ( Charlotte Ritchie ) , an upper - crust English rose with a tight group of basic , spoiled , judgmental friends . The couple quickly moves in together , despite the fact that each is hiding something major from the other ; while Mae is a recovering addict , George — who ’ s never dated a woman before — has yet to tell her friends she ’ s in a serious same - sex relationship . Short ( just six half - hour episodes ) , sweet and funny , with Lisa Kudrow making delightful appearance as Mae ’ s mom , Feel Good does exactly what it says on the tin . ​ In Netflix ' s ' Unorthodox , ' One Woman Flees Hasidic BrooklynBased on a popular memoir , the riveting miniseries follows a young wife ' s quest to remake her proscribed life . time . com ​"' Unorthodox ' is a testament to the tough journey that awaits anyone who can ’ t abide the only world but lacks the tools to thrive outside its invisible gates , " writes TIME ' s @ judyberman ​​​