TV series

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

1986 · 1 season

A wickedly funny and unsettling revenge tale that makes you squirm and cheer as a woman turns the tables on her smug husband and his mistress.

Overview: Ruth Patchett has it all: a large, warty body, a standard suburban home, a couple of unruly children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobbo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobbo wants, and is wanted by, romance novelist Mary Fisher, who lives in a lighthouse by the sea. When Bobo leaves Ruth for Mary, Ruth decides that Mary doesn't know the first thing about love, and she's gonna teach her.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, cynical and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Revenge, betrayal, identity, gender
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
betrayal
identity
gender
class
Places: suburbs
single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild