Red Widow

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From executive producer/writer Melissa Rosenberg and based on the 2010 Dutch series Penoza by Pieter Bart Korthuis and Diederik van Rooijen, Red Widow is about Marta Walraven, a suburban housewife with a loving husband, three children and a beautiful home in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, who is forced to continue the work of her organized crime husband after he is assassinated in a drug-related incident. No stranger to organized crime, Marta's father, Andrei, and brother, Irwin, are part of the Bratva - Russian gangsters - and, until now, she's always looked the other way. After her husband's brutal murder, she is hounded by the FBI and international crime boss, Nicholae Schiller. Marta is determined to find out the truth about her husband's death and she is determined to do whatever she must to protect her children, even if it means getting involved in the world of organized crime. The question is, how far is Marta willing to go in order to beat her adversaries at their own deadly game.

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  • In Love

    9.5
    i absolutely LOVE RED WIDOW!!!! This is my new favorite show. All 5 episodes have been sitting on my DVR I finally watched them today and I can't wait for the next episode. AWESOME SHOW
  • My new favorite show is too good for TV

    9.5
    First off, let me say that I don't look to TV for realism - I watch shows to escape reality. While Red Widow may not be entirely plausible, it is believable enough for me. The acting is good and I feel like the characterization is excellent. I am especially interested to learn more about Schiller.

    However, this show is too "good" for TV. There's (almost) zero sex or swearing, with limited violence. I appreciate this, but it seems like today's audience is looking for exactly what is missing (hence the popularity of shows like "Revenge"). Additionally, the fact that it is almost entirely serialized seems to be off-putting to an audience that apparently prefers stand-alone episodes.

    I hope it will be on long enough to tell a good story and wrap things up; unfortunately, based on the ratings it seems doomed.moreless
  • Unbelievable unbelievable.

    2.0
    This is an utterly unrealistic show on soooo many levels I'm not even going to start pointing them out. great for decompressing stress on the couch, you know, like naptime and such.
  • Red Widow

    8.0
    I like the show. The acting is good and the story interesting. I appreciate no or little bad language. I find the characters interesting. Hopefully it will be given a chance to improve itself. Elizabeth
  • Jaime Ray Newman! I repeat: Jaime Ray Newman!

    7.0
    Many critics around here and most of them are justified. But then, there is Jaime Ray Newman -you know from General Hospital and Eastwick and CSI NY (as Mac Taylor's deceased wife)- and for me that is reason enough to watch the show.

    Please give her lots and lots of screen time and make her a central character and rename the series "Castillo" because she is going to steal the show anyway, as she always does.moreless
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