Michelle Williams’ Superb ‘Dying for Sex’ Is a Defiantly Joyful Tale of Terminal Cancer and BDSM: TV Review

variety.com:

Alison Herman TV Critic “It’s a bodily process,” a hospital worker tells cancer patient Molly (Michelle Williams) of her impending death. “Like having an orgasm.” The end of Molly’s life is not a spoiler.

She is, after all, the main character of an FX show called “Dying for Sex,” based on the 2020 podcast of the same name and, before that, the actual life of Molly Kochan.

When Kochan’s breast cancer recurred as a more aggressive, ultimately terminal illness, her diagnosis unlocked a period of erotic exploration she chronicled with her best friend and caretaker Nikki Boyer, played in the TV series by Jenny Slate.

The thesis of “Dying for Sex” is summed up by that piece of advice the screen version of Molly receives in hospice: death and sex may seem like opposites — one life’s conclusion, the other its potential beginning — but are, in truth, connected at their core.