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Trophy Wife - Pilot

Trophy Wife’. When I first heard the title of this show, I wasn’t too sure what to expect of this comedy show. So when I watched the first episode, I did this without prejudices and I kept my expectations low. But what a wonderful surprise ‘Trophy Wife’ turned out to be! Already after a couple of minutes, I felt great about this show and this feeling lasted throughout the entire episode. If they manage to keep up this level of quality throughout the entire season, and if viewers aren’t discouraged by the title of the show, ‘Trophy Wife’ could turn into a big success. Even Malin Akkerman originally said no to the show, but she changed her mind after she had actually read the script. That’s what viewers should do too: just watch the show and then you’ll quickly find out why it is so good. You’ll also find out that the title of the show is meant ironically; the writers do everything in their might to put down Malin Akkerman’s character as the opposite of a trophy wife. But having said this, what is the show really about?

Together with her best friend Meg, Kate (Malin Akkerman, 'Suburgatory') used to be the eternal party animal, until she falls of the stage at a karaoke bar one night. She falls straight into the arms of Pete (Bradley Whitford, 'The West Wing'), who has two ex-wives and three children. The two fall in love and get married one year later. This is the real jumping-off point of the show. It’s not easy being Pete’s third, and much younger, wife. Pete’s first ex-wife, Diane (Marcia Gay Harden, 'Damages'), is a doctor in a hospital, a very intense character and she immediately disapproves of Kate. Diane is extremely well casted as the tough first ex-wife and fits in great with the rest of the cast. Diane and Pete have twins together, Hillary and Warren (Ryan Scott Lee). Hillary is desperate for freedom and is a typical teenager. In that way, Warren is also a typical teenager, complete with numerous fantasies about his sister’s best friend. In the first episode, Hillary is played by Gianna LePera; after this episode, however, she’s been replaced by Bailee Madison ('Once Upon a Time'). In my opinion, Gianna LePera portrayed Hillary convincingly and I wonder whether Bailee Madison will do the character justice. We’ll just have to wait and see once the show officially gets started.

Then there’s ex-wife number two, the somewhat neurotic Jackie (Michaela Watkins, 'Enlightened'). Jackie and Pete have an adopted son together, Bert (Albert Tsai), and as Bert likes to point out throughout the first episode: he’s Chinese. Bert’s a smart kid and he’s very capable of manipulating Kate’s best friend in a funny way in this episode. Kate’s best friend, Meg (Natalie Morales, 'White Collar'), is here to show us how Kate used to be; the party animal that doesn’t always think everything through and has no clue how to raise a child. Throughout the series, Kate picks up the tricks of the trade, but she mainly does this by making many, many mistakes. And this is a source for many hilarious moments. One of these moments is when Kate tells tall tales about her teenage years to Hillary and Warren and tells them how she used to smuggle vodka in a water bottle. Hillary wants to go to a concert that night and that afternoon she shows her friends in the schoolyard how it looks like she has water with her, but that her bottle is actually filled with vodka. Kate catches her out and takes away the bottle from her. Of course, ex-wife number one is near to pick up the kids from school. Since Warren’s thirsty, Diane tells Kate to give him some of her water. This results into Kate chugging the entire bottle of vodka, after which she needs to be taken home drunk.

We’d almost forget about Pete. He has to deal with two completely different ex-wives and his much younger new wife. Every day, he tries to keep the overview of all these women and then there are also three kids who need his attention. In the meanwhile, we also see images of Kate and Pete spending time together, which makes the viewer realize that these two people, despite their age difference, do really love each other. When you put two actors with such an age gap together, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to pull it off, but Malin Akkerman and Bradley Whitford have great chemistry together. After all, in real life the perfect marriage is also becoming scarce. For example, the parents of leading actress Malin Akkerman remarried a number of times and Akkerman has several half-siblings. The show is well-written, funny when appropriate and the actors were cast very well. I’m excited to see what they will do with the rest of the season. All in all, this show should definitely be on your ‘to watch’ list!
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