8/28/2023 0 Comments Im your wife![]() That tentative start to a relationship doesn’t end well. His strict instructions to only plug the phone into the wall to call him, and not to talk with anyone are dismissed when her isolation and loneliness cause her to begin connecting with a neighbor, an older woman who says she was friends with the house’s previous owner. Naturally, Jean’s uncomfortable emotional state becomes a liability when Cal drops her and Harry off at a safe house. Initally, Cal doesn’t want to tell Jean too much about what’s going on, because the less she knows the safer they might be if they get caught, but nothing about what’s going on is anywhere near her comfort zone, and her palpable confusion and panic practically become characters in the car and motel rooms with them. Cal owes Eddie a favor, and keeping the family safe while the mess gets sorted out is his marker being called in. Eddie crossed the wrong people, and everyone will be looking for her and the baby to use as leverage on Eddie. Her life is turned sideways again after a job Eddie takes goes wrong, and an old friend, Cal, shows up to take Jean and the baby, Harry, on the run. Eddie is something of a professional criminal, and Jean not only knows it, but flourished in the lifestyle before her desire to be a mother became all she wanted. The catch is, Jean and Eddie aren’t a typical 1970s suburban Pittsburgh couple. Watching Jean trying to figure out how to be a mother and learning to interpret and understand the different sounds and behaviors from this child she’s just met and learning to take care of is a refreshing take, different from the instant supermom that some stories turn women into. The confusion begins when Eddie comes home one day with a 3-month-old little boy and announces that the child is theirs. Then we find out she’s been desperate to have a baby with her husband Eddie, and the losses have been weighing on her. We meet Jean as she’s sitting in her backyard staring at nothing, and we imagine that she’s a bored housewife wanting something more from her life but not sure where to look for it. If you enjoy period dramas with shootouts and heists added for flavor, this one is worth your time. ![]() While 1970s crime dramas aren’t near the top of my list of first choices to watch, the story read like it could be similar to Widows, but in a different setting with a different dilemma. When I saw that I’m Your Woman was created by the same team that brought us Fast Color, I was immediately interested.
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