I know I"m supposed to hate this show, but is it okay that I think I love it?
Our mafia of cashmere consists of Mia, Juliet, Caitlin, and Zoë. They all earned their MBAs together, so naturally, they"re like family now. Mia, a.k.a. Ling, gets engaged to Jack, who is also her colleague. On the day of their engagement, they are told that they are competing for the job of Publisher at the media firm where they work -- the loser will be without a job. Lots of good-natured competition follows, but when Mia wins, Jack breaks their engagement. He wants someone to come home to, and he doesn"t think Mia can be that.
Juliet is the COO of a hotel and resort chain and is impossibly connected. She"s been married to Davis for years and has a daughter. Zoë sees Davis kissing the town strumpet, Cilla (great name), and all of the girls gather and tell Juliet. She stoically carries on and informs her chickenshit husband that she will be "taking a lover" and, after that, they can start fresh. Send this woman to the Middle East. I like the way she thinks.
Caitlin is a lesbian? Er, we meet her when a guy is dumping her at breakfast. Then, she meets Alicia Lawson at her office and sparks fly. She consults her priest, also her brother, who tells her to go for it. I know, this is great. Her brother is hot too. So she goes on a date with Alicia, and they kiss. She seems to like it. And, she has a car in Manhattan. And, I think she was drinking and driving.
Zoë is a managing director in mergers and acquisitions, and she"s having a lot of trouble with the younger women in her life. Her assistant is ungrateful and lazy. Her nanny is slutty and unprofessional, and she drinks Zoë"s good wine. When Zoë confronts her, she quits. Zoë tells her husband, Eric, that these girls are from Generation I.D. ("I Deserve"). Her husband is kind of a second banana to Zoë (as are all of the men in the mafia girls" lives) but gets a job that will keep him away from home, which taxes Zoë further. Who"s gonna live her life for her?
Love the clothes, love the hair, love the girls, love the show.