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Sick Note

Sick Note

Description: Just when he thinks things couldn't get worse, Daniel, a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and a dead-end job, is diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Things start to look up, however, when everyone starts to treat him better after his diagnosis, and he finds his zeal for life renewed. Unfortunately, he's got the most incompetent oncologist in the world, and he finds out his cancer was misdiagnosed. Now he's faced with the moral dilemma of coming clean and returning to his mundane and tiresome existence, or milking the original diagnosis for all it's worth.
Genre: Dark comedy
Year Released: 2017
Number of episodes: 14
First episode air date: November 7, 2017
Director: Matt Lipsey
Networks: Netflix, Sky One
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