One of the most savvy choices that “This Way Up” makes is right at the start. The show opens not with Aine (Aisling Bea) in the middle of her four-month stay at a rehab facility, but when she ...

There aren’t many awkward silences on “This Way Up.” That’s partly because the show clips along at such a pace that there’s not much room for any. Mostly, though, it’s that the woman ...

The truth of this statement lies on the magnificently raw surface of her new sitcom, This Way Up, in which Bea stars as Aine: a woman recovering from a serious breakdown, attempting to pick up the ...