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Correct the uncorrectable?

Russian Doll (Mini-Series S1; 2018) For life on Earth to continue, there needs to be a balance between the forces of Apollo and Dionysus. There needs to be an equilibrium between chaos and order.  In the format of ' Groundhog Day ', the main character, Nadia, is caught in a loop where she dies and relives again and again on her 36th birthday. Nadia is a confused woman with no firm footing in life. She has a job, a software engineer, but she is also a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking, drug-sniffing lady who holds some unresolved issues from her childhood. It is always about childhood and traumatic upbringing. Caught in this quagmire of births and re-births, she tries to find the reasons for her trappings. During one of her deaths, she discovers another person, Alan, who is also ensnared in a similar loop. Alan, unlike Nadia, is a stickler for order. He is an insecure man who is trying to propose to his two-timing girlfriend. Matryoshka Nesting Dolls set of woode...