I May Destroy You
Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect
TV Flash files “Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect” as hour 9 of 12 in the TV Flash guide — I May Destroy You (2020) on HBO, season 1, episode 9, aired 2020-07-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E09: listed hour 9 of 12 in the I May Destroy You guide, hour 9 of 12 in season 1. It aired 2020-07-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Line Spectrum Border” (S01E08). Next is “The Cause the Cure” (S01E10).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Arabella's bloated social media presence finds her more glued to her phone than ever, perpetually internalizing the stress of her followers. At a Halloween "paint and wine" organized by Terry, Kwame opens up to the girls about his recent sexual experiment - and Arabella's reaction lands her in an emergency session with Carrie.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect sit in the I May Destroy You guide?
S01E09 is listed hour 9 of 12 — hour 9 of 12 in season 1, season 1 episode 9.
When did I May Destroy You S01E09 air?
Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect aired 2020-07-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
How many episodes?
Twelve. Coel wrote the series and took multiple creative roles; the formal freedom — funny, furious, fragmented — is the twelve-hour argument.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Michaela Coel's total authorship: twelve episodes that pivot from club lighting to aftermath silence as writer Arabella pieces together the night she was assaulted. Funny, furious, fragmented, and emotionally exact. Essential 2020 television craft that refuses exploitation cosplay.
2020, BBC One and HBO, twelve episodes. Michaela Coel writes, stars, and sets the ethical terms as writer Arabella pieces together the night she was drugged and assaulted while navigating friendship, fame, and the stories we sell. Formally free — funny, furious, fragmented — and emotionally exact. Weruche Opia and Paapa Essiedu keep the friend circle complicated. Tone pivots from club lighting to aftermath silence. **Twelve hours of total authorship, not a PSA drop.** No exploitation cosplay. Essential 2020 craft…
Filed against
- Michaela Coel as Arabella
Michaela Coel’s Arabella authored I May Destroy You from club lighting to aftermath silence — twelve 2020s episodes of a writer piecing together the night she was assaulted. Funny, furious, fragmented, emotionally exact. TV Flash files…
- Weruche Opia as Terry
Weruche Opia’s Terry stood inside I May Destroy You as friendship under club lighting and aftermath silence — Michaela Coel’s total authorship, twelve episodes that pivot as writer Arabella pieces together the night she was assaulted.…
- Paapa Essiedu as Kwame
Paapa Essiedu plays Kwame on I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel’s 2020s twelve-episode authorship — club lighting to aftermath silence as writer Arabella pieces together the night she was assaulted. Funny, furious, fragmented, emotionally…