Mistresses

BBC America heats things up next month as a new drama/thriller series Mistresses makes its U.S. debut on February 20 at 8p. The plot centers on four thirtysomething college friends, played by British actresses Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady and Shelley Conn, who all have experienced infidelity and love. Following the premiere, episodes will air Fridays at 9p.
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Mistresses premieres this Friday at 9pm on BBCAmerica, and it might just what the night's lineup was looking for. A smart, sophisticated drama full of quirks and rich characters, Mistresses is odd enough to hook you and well-written enough to keep you coming back for more. Katie p/c Ecosse Films The story centers around four friends with one glaring commonality, infidelity. The plot develops as a play on microcosmic metaphor for the general "friends as family" world in which we now live. Think Desperate Housewives, but with less focus on dramtic spins that arise to bounce around watercoolers, and far more exploration of legitimately detailed and complicated characters. The show stars four well-known British actresses in an interesting amalgam of character directions. Katie (Sarah Parrish) is a respected doctor, and to some degree or another she is the leader of the group of friends. Assuming of course that groups of friends have leaders.
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British readers know Anna Torv makes a great lesbian. In the States, we're just beginning to discover that Sapphic side of her, as Mistresses is now airing on BBC America.
On the English show, Torv played Alex, a woman who becomes involved with Shelley Conn's character, Jessica, who, up until meeting Alex, was straight.
Clips of Jessica and Alex on Mistresses:


In a phone conference yesterday, Torv talked about her work on Mistresses as well as the continuation of the first season of Fringe, which begins next week right after American Idol. Torv said she "loved Alex," especially in the first episode she appeared in.
"She was just so hard in the beginning," Torv told reporters. "I loved that. I loved the beginning of that. I loved that she was just so self-righteous, so harsh, like 'I don’t want you' and then inevitably ending up having her heart kind of broken.
Trish Bendix

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