'Derry Girls' is Probably the Best Comedy You've Never Seen

If you, like me, are also late to discovering the wonderful romp that is Netflix comedy Derry Girls, then you may not know that it is, in fact, the best British teen sitcom on television. But, surprise, that's absolutely the case.

A raucous and often raunchy series about a squad of ill-mannered teen girls, the show is sort of the feminist answer to popular male-focused teen comedies like The Inbetweeners, showing us that young female characters are just as capable of being crass, silly and utterly relatable as boys are.

Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, Derry Girls takes place against the backdrop of The Troubles, the colloquial name for the three-decades-long conflict between nationalists (mainly self-identified as Irish or Roman Catholic) and unionists (mainly self-identified as British or Protestant) that often resulted in bombings and other acts of terrorism. But this show is the furthest thing from a serious or even a political drama. Instead, it's a hilarious and deeply poignant coming-of-age story - just one that has to happen to be set at a particularly tumultuous time in history.