"When it comes to dramas, however, it's best to stick to one field of endeavour. The Revenge Club is a gallimaufry of tones, styles and performances. Watching it is like looking through a kaleidoscope that someone twists for you every few minutes; it's fun but quite disorienting after a while. The club of the title begins as a divorce therapy group, comprising six pained souls."
"First among grieving equals is Emily (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), a happy and successful thirtysomething until she found her husband in bed with her best friend. The treacherous pair now have a baby, live in Emily's beloved former home and bought her business for peanuts when she became unable to work in the wake of the disaster. We meet Emily in a now-standard flash-forward scene being interviewed by the police because people are dead."
The Revenge Club blends dark comedy, thriller and melodrama around a six-member divorce therapy group whose members escalate grievances into dramatic consequences. Emily, once successful, suffers betrayal when her husband and best friend take her home, baby and business, and subsequent events lead to deaths and police interviews. Episodes use flash-forwards and interrogation sequences to reveal plot fragments and maintain suspense. The series alternates tones rapidly, producing entertaining yet disorienting effects. Many characters remain underdeveloped and plot turns can be preposterous. The show nonetheless captures the brutal misery of divorce and evokes both laughter and sympathy amid outrageous shenanigans.
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