Marina opens the series, which consists of 12 half-hour episodes. She’s a 34-year-old busty blonde with two kids, Zev and Mina, and a reserved husband, Michael. Together, they own the local supperclub, Rasputin, and waste no time speaking of their riches, i.e. a home dripping in gold, mirrors and pride. The couple worked hard for their success, or so Marina says.
In a red-walled room Marina sits at a table with Sveta and Renata, both 47. Food is overflowing on the table, but it’s the conversation that’s at the center of the meal. Eva, Marina’s mother-in-law, is entering a grandma pageant, a show-and-tell type talent program at the local banquet hall. Marina is outraged and already embarrassed despite the fact that she has no idea what Eva is planning. “She’s nobody to me,” Marina says, ending the scene. (Although all three of these women have heavy accents, they choose English, not Russian.)
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