Natasha Lyonne can't act. This is a major drawback since she is in every scene of Russian Doll. The writing doesn't give her much support. The script is mostly Natasha riffing on her situation,her drug use and drinking indiscriminately. She looks at the camera and we are supposed to be charmed while we are also supposed to find her unlikable. The guy who is her off-on love interest is just as bad. But, Lyonne just doesn't have the acting chops to pull it off. Good news, after episode 3, the series takes a clever turn.