4.632 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestA retreat to the countryside gets complicated as M and Vlad contemplate their writing, their marriages and their wildly uncertain futures.
When an English professor becomes obsessed with a handsome new colleague, her already complicated marriage and career are thrown into total chaos.
Acting
Rachel Weisz commits fully to cringe — no vanity, all chaos.
Writing
Adaptation captures the novel's sharp self-awareness and discomfort.
Creator
Julia May Jonas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The novel's author, Julia May Jonas, drew from her own experience as a professor in a small liberal arts college, explaining the excruciating authenticity of academic politics.
Released amid the 'hot priest' and 'hot rabbi' TV phenomenon, Vladimir satirizes how prestige dramas frame middle-aged women's desire. It's not romantic — it's deliberately pathetic.
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