"To good friends."
Girlfriends is a British dramedy series by Kay Mellor. Its six episodes aired on ITV in 2018.
It stars Phyllis Logan, Miranda Richardson and Zoë Wanamaker as Linda, Sue, and Gail, a trio of middle-aged women who have been friends for decades. When Linda's husband Micky (Steve Evets) vanishes on their anniversary celebration, Linda turns to her best friends — but both of them are also struggling. Gail is wrangling her aging mother, her son with a prison record (Matthew Lewis), and her grandson; Sue's relationship with her lover/boss John (Anthony Head) is deteriorating and she's threatened with being aged out of her job.
The show also stars Philip Cumbus and Daisy Head.
Not to be confused with the American TV show of the same name.
Tropes:
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The main characters, a longtime trio of girlfriends: Gail has brown hair, Sue has blonde hair, and Linda has red hair.
- British Brevity: A British dramedy that ran for only six episodes.
- Domestic Abuse: Micky was abusive to his wife Linda for decades.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: The show is about a heterosexual life trio — three women who have known each other for decades and are as close as sisters. Though the trials they undergo through the show stress them out they maintain their strong bond.
- Not Quite Dead: Micky turns out to have survived going overboard on the cruise ship and turns up alive in Spain.
- Open-Minded Parent: Sue doesn't give a whit that her son Andrew is gay.
- Parents as People: Gail doesn't quite know how to deal with her ex-con son.
- Surprise Party: Sue gets the whole pop-up-with-a-cake-yelling-"Surprise!" deal to celebrate her birthday in the second episode.
- Til Murder Do Us Part: Linda is suspected in her husband Micky's disappearance in a cruise. In the final episode the women plot to murder Micky to free his Linda from him for good. They poison him and toss his body in a suitcase and into the sea, though the suitcase appears to wash back onshore...
