Sheila Rubin (Rose Byrne) doesn’t need and doesn’t have our sympathy. However, we empathize with their traumas and fears, even more so with their eating disorders and their mental health. Even in saying goodbye to her, we follow her fight for a healthier existence, but how difficult it is!

Physical premiered three years ago, tackling dark and complex themes like sexual abuse and bulimia, among others. Sheila struggled with her completely self-destructive inner voice, but with therapy, she didn’t shut her up, she just started to have another face and voice, now a projection of Kelli Killmartin (Zooey Deschanel), her main competitor. If initially she tried to hide it, now she admits that this is her most cruel battle (inside her head), but no one really understands her, not even Greta (Diedre Friel). The only one to have any kind of deep connection with her is John Breem (Paul Sparks), who doesn’t hear voices but has the same need for control as Sheila.

It was sad to see, in the midst of a crisis, that loneliness is still the main obstacle to redemption. Greta wants to grow the business precisely to endorse food, with Sheila far from being a good seller of the product for obvious reasons. But all have the typical narcissism of all series at the moment and not a single person who needs help is free.

The character’s personal demons are frightening. I’m not a psychologist, but her seizures seem almost schizophrenic to me. Channeling problems into sport seems like a ‘good’ thing, Danny (Rory Scovel) is now a marathon runner, but it’s not enough. Mental strengthening is as necessary as physical. Thus, Physical clearly criticizes the fitness market, which can mask even more serious problems if not addressed. And we are in a moment of pure uncertainty of the final season: without Danny, without Greta, without control… how will Sheila manage to keep up?

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