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Old 12-29-2023, 10:46 PM
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If you are looking for a couple of evenings of winding down this week between holidays, maybe try Doctor Foster on BritBox.

“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” is the basic plot. And, Wowzer! — That doc takes her revenge seriously.

Doctor Foster is a complicated woman who seems to keep her goals in mind, short and longterm both, even at her own costs. She can be one of those “means to an end” types. She sure violates HIPAA (or whatever they call it in England) if she thinks she needs to. She covers every angle as she unleashes her wrath — in twists and turns, with a wicked hook at the end of each episode. The momentum builds until you find yourself saying, “Wanna keep watching?” — as you decide to binge away the evening.

As we got to the last episode, I realized and said, “Aaaaaaugh!! This is Medea! Is she going to go full-on to that end — like in the Greek tragedy?”

In case you do not remember Medea, she is the woman who madly loved her husband Jason — the Golden Fleece guy with the Argonauts. Jason could not have gotten the Golden Fleece past that dragon without Medea using her magic to make it so……

And THEN that big “hero” Jason betrayed Medea with another woman.

(Personally, I did not think Doctor Foster’s philandering husband was worth all the trouble. But she sure did.)

Boomer
That last episode of Season One will knock your socks off. It is awesome, thoroughly enjoyable & satisfying!