In "Keep Breathing," Netflix's new, limited series, a young lawyer named Liv does the impossible. After her small plane crashes in the remote wilderness, she endures the elements alone, with no food and little water. This is not your typical survivalist drama. Gorgeously shot in Canada's Northern Territories, the wilderness is another character in the story, given the rich treatment of a nature documentary.
But along with saturated trees and stunning waterfalls, the show combines tense physical action with intense emotions. We spend half the time with Liv (Melissa Barrera of "Vida" and "In the Heights") and half in her memories, in flashbacks of the difficult life that led her to unexpectedly board that plane. And Liv is not your typical survivalist. She's a city dweller, not a Girl Scout, not even a Yellowjacket. The audience learns along with her: how to make it here.
