In her third Netflix hour, Fortune Feimster’s happiness continues to rise, both personally and professionally, as she opens up about her honeymoon, her childhood, and her ever-evolving relationship with her mother in a feel-good special.

The essentials: Feimster’s first two Netflix stand-up hours, 2020 Sweet and salty and 2022 Good luckBoth received comedian nominations for the Critics Choice Awards.

And her relationship with Netflix continues to blossom outside of her stand-up, from her co-hosting the Netflix Is A Joke radio show “What A Joke” with Tom Papa on SiriusXM to her co-starring role alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the series on the streaming platform, FUBAR. Feimster is also co-host of the popular podcast “ Handsomealongside Tig Notaro and Mae Martin.

It’s almost like there’s nothing for her to complain about, right? As it turns out, yes and no. Feimster still has unpleasant stories to tell about her honeymoon, arguments with her spouse, haunted houses, and how her mother now fits (or doesn’t) into her equations.

What comedy specials will it remind you of?: Here’s why she’s paired with Tom Papa on her SiriusXM talk show, as they both have a similarly optimistic view of life’s ups and downs and their relationships along the way.

Memorable Jokes: Feimster jokes, “I just want to stay under the radar.”

This honestly feels more believable after hearing her describe the needlessly harrowing details of her honeymoon in the Maldives with a stopover in Qatar, two places where her lesbian marriage would not only be illegal but highly punishable. Of course, she manages to keep the story light, especially because her fears of possible arrest lead her to indulge in all sorts of fake cover stories.

Feimster and her spouse also have other hurdles to overcome, whether it’s learning new ways to argue in the quiet carriage of an Italian train or the fact that their partnership has somehow made Feimster’s mother jealous.

This takes her back in time and remembers how, after her mother’s divorce and Feimster’s own marriage, I “somehow became my mother’s husband” and even took trips that, in retrospect, seem far too romantic to be true could be a mother-daughter adventure.

In between, she tells how her mother met a boyfriend through the classified ads in the local newspaper, where “you just had to like each other’s grammar” and her mother thought her admirer was rich because he owned a solarium and an industrial ice cream parlor. shredding machine. There’s a time when Feimster’s biological clock, “tuned to know when fast food chains stop serving breakfast,” rushes to Hardee’s at 10:15 a.m. hoping to find the underrated cookies available before 10:30 a.m.

She remembers the bells playing in the church choir, how her mother’s old house was most likely haunted, and when it’s time to tell her parents they’re too old to drive. For Feimster’s grandmother, this moment was fairly easy to pinpoint. For her mother, however, the triggering incident was, so to speak, more complicated and yet more serious.

Our opinion: It’s a sign of how popular she’s become that Feimster can land a story with a quick press of a button, triggering waves of applause as if she’d piloted a plane through terrifying turbulence. Although in her story the stakes are only as risky as trying to score breakfast cookies from a fast food chain.

And yet. There’s something about the way she explains “But I have my cookies” or “And that’s why I’m gay” or even “It’s a lot cheaper than a therapist and it comes with biscotti” that might make you want to… to stand up and cheer. There’s a particularly standout moment where, while searching for a childhood rival on Facebook to see how Feimster’s nemesis is doing, she unexpectedly strikes up a song that certainly deserves such approval.

Sure, these snippets of life aren’t quite as insightful or imbued with deeper meaning (unless you’re looking for a specific house in Carolina).

She’s also willing to include footage in the end credits of her mother appearing on stage with her at a comedy club, joking that Mama Feimster was the source of so much material with nothing to show for it. Which isn’t entirely true either. Mom has a proud and successful daughter to show off.

And Feimster herself understands how far she has come, saying at one point: “I am so grateful that my life has turned out the way it has.” I could never have imagined that.”

Our call: STREAM IT. While living in Los Angeles for more than two decades, Feimster revealed that she set a strange goal that could symbolize her success, largely influenced by her mother’s experiences. After purchasing a new home with her spouse, Feimster accomplished that goal and more: “I did it, baby!”

Sean L. McCarthy provides the comedy beat. He also provides half-hour episodes on the podcast in which comedians reveal stories about the making of the film: The comic of the comic presents the last things first.