This series
originally streamed on Netflix starting May 8, 2015. Grace is married to Robert and Frankie is married to
Sol. Robert and Sol are partners as San Diego divorce
lawyers. The two
couples have purchased a beach cottage together and they have their individual homes. Grace had her own cosmetics company but
she gave the business to her daughter Mallory. She decided she wanted to spend
more time at home. Frankie is an
art teacher to former convicts and she has a studio in the beach cottage. In the first episode, their lives and
marriages are torn apart when Robert and Sol announce they want divorces so
they can marry each other!!
There is a limited
scope to the story and the eight main characters. Only so much can be happening with the couples, families and
problems? What if the two lead
female actresses played against type and Grace was the artist and Frankie the
businesswoman. It seems Fonda is
usually refined and Tomlin is a hippie in the roles they normally play? 3 1/2* (I liked this series)
30
min, 377 min total, TV series, 13 episodes, created by Marta Kauffman and
Howard J. Morris with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston,
Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, June Diane Raphael, Baron Vaughn.
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Note: Episode titles are The End, The
Credit Cards, The Dinner, The Funeral, The Fall, The Earthquake, The Spelling
Bee, The Sex, The Invitation, The Elevator, The Secrets, The Bachelor Party,
The Vows.
Note: Imdb 8.2 out of 10, 72% critic 88%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.7* out of 5* with 113 reviews.
Special
Note: There was a bit of an upset
when it was revealed that Sheen and Waterston were paid more money than Fonda
and Tomlin!! Fonda and Tomlin said they were OK with the salary figures but I wonder if they really were or they didn't want to cause upsets?
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