Mistresses

January, 2008 - August, 2010

3 Seasons

16 Episodes

Mistresses is a serial drama which was aired on BBC One a few years ago. It tells us about the relationship between four women in their 30-45 and their love affairs.

I’d never been interested in that kind of series before but I have to own up that I got hook on it. I started watching it because I knew Anna Torv had a little role in the first season, and I ended up watching the whole series.

So, why might you like Mistresses?

• It’s about friendship. The four main characters, four women, have a strong relationship and, despite their busy life, they’re always available to hang out with each other at least once a week (the girls’ night) and whenever someone needs the others. For me, that was a lovely thing to see because sometimes, in real life, everyday issues make you loose contact with friends.
  
• The four characters are completely different, they show different personal situations in life, so everyone who watches the series can find someone they identify with. There’s an event organizer, a little bit posh and promiscuous who hesitates about whether she’s homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual. A widow with two little girls who is trying to move on five years after her husband’s death. A very successful lawyer who desires to get pregnant. And a doctor who has a romance with one of her patients.
  
• The series develops the more intense human emotions throughout the characters’ love affairs: love, jealousy, temptation, desire, guilt, insecurity, anger, disappointment, hope... Impossible not to empathise!
  
• The storyline is very complicated, love affairs are really deep and messy. You may not believe it but the worse things go, the worse they will go, even when you don’t expect it.
  
• The main cast is formed by: Sarah Parish (as Katie Roden), Sharon Small (as Trudi Malloy), Shelley Conn (as Jessica Fraser) and Orla Brady (as Siobhan Dhillon). And I found that all of them played their characters brilliantly!

I very much enjoyed the show. The characters are so lovely that I missed them when I finished watching. The series is really well conducted and I didn’t get tired of so much affair. So, are you curious? I leave here a couple of scenes:

 

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