Divorce

I've always liked Sarah Jessica Parker a lot. I think she has a very particular kind of magnetism that makes her very relatable and enjoyable.

After having immensely loved HBO's Sex and the City, I decided to check out her new show, Divorce.

Season 1 introduces us to Frances and Robert and their two adolescent kids, Lila and Tom. When a shocking accident ends a party the couple is attending, Frances realizes and tells Robert that she wants a divorce. He doesn't take it well.

Their separation is not amicable, especially after Robert discovers some unsettling facts. How to deal with their kids, how to handle their common friends, how to separate their finances and possessions, everything is cause for more turmoil, fights, and heartbreak.

They try couples' therapy but, given the show's title, it's easy to guess they end up getting lawyers...

Grade - Season 1: 7

Season 2 starts out with Frances and Robert newly single and anticipating their new lives' opportunities.

After several initial hiccups, Robert's work (flipping houses) seems to have finally turned a corner. He also meets a real estate agent who might help him with his sales, and maybe something else...

Meanwhile, Frances decides to give her dream of opening her own gallery a go. She even stumbles upon a struggling artist with little self-confidence whom she convinces to create more pieces in order to be showcased in said gallery.

Both their sex lives get interesting, both their growing kids give them more headaches, and both their friends' lives get more complicated. Oh, and their futures' fortunes seem to take very diverging paths.

Grade - Season 2: 7

The final season, I think, was something of an afterthought. Season 2 was supposed to have 10 episodes, like the first, but only 8 episodes aired. Months later, with rumors swirling of a cancellation, an abbreviated third season was produced, but it was probably made more in order to keep Ms. Parker in HBO's good graces (they have a development deal together) than to give the show some closure.

Anyway, Frances' and Robert's new relationships are evolving faster and more unexpectedly than they had imagined, especially Robert's. They try to make the best of it all, even relying on each other's support, albeit just tentatively.

When the short season ends, our divorced couple seems to have found an equilibrium to make it work between them and with their kids, which given the situation is no small feat.

Grade - Season 3: 6