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Episode #1.1

Name: Episode #1.1
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-10-08
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge, Julie T. Wallace

Episode aired Oct 8, 1986

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

YOUR RATING

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)

Drama

Clumsy,put-upon Ruth Patchett leads a drudge's life with her two demanding children and her neglectful accountant husband Bobbo. When Bobbo starts an affair with his top client,the glamorous... Read allClumsy,put-upon Ruth Patchett leads a drudge's life with her two demanding children and her neglectful accountant husband Bobbo. When Bobbo starts an affair with his top client,the glamorous,lighthouse-dwelling romantic novelist Mary Fisher, Ruth does everything she can to be a g... Read allClumsy,put-upon Ruth Patchett leads a drudge's life with her two demanding children and her neglectful accountant husband Bobbo. When Bobbo starts an affair with his top client,the glamorous,lighthouse-dwelling romantic novelist Mary Fisher, Ruth does everything she can to be a good wife but everything fails and Bobbo humiliates her in front of his parents before leav... Read all

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

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10Sleepin_Dragon

A superb start, the rage begins.

Ruth Patchett's life is thrown into chaos, when her husband Bobbo becomes infatuated with the beautiful an successful authoress Mary Fisher.

Fay Wheldon's spellbinding tail of revenge begins with a superb opening episode. This sets the tone, introduces the characters, and lays the ground work for the hatred and vengeance that would follow.

Early on, the music is soft, the camera work soft, it's almost gentle, idyllic, that won't last.

One of the best features is Wallace's narration, it sets the tone, you feel the hate, you feel the rage. Wallace and Waterman are fantastic, Hodge though, is dazzling in this first part, she's intensely feminine, beautiful, and pretty ruthless, at the awards dinner, she looks spellbinding, the epitomy of 80's beauty.

It doesn't get much better, 10/10.