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Sordid Lives: The Series

Summary Sordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (Rue McCla...

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Sordid Lives: The Series
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jul 23, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
65
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Summary Sordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (Rue McCla...

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Episode 1 • Jul 23, 2008 • 22 m
The Day Tammy Wynette Died - Part 1
Episode 2 • Jul 30, 2008 • 22 m
The Day Tammy Wynette Died - Part 2
Episode 3 • Aug 6, 2008 • 22 m
Pills, Poison and Penises
Episode 4 • Aug 13, 2008 • 22 m
Secrets and Lies
Episode 5 • Aug 20, 2008 • 22 m
The Fall and Rise of Brother Boy
Brother Boy awakens from his coma and butts heads with Dr. Eve; speaking of butting heads, Sissy squares off with a neighbor's goat. Meanwhile, Ty befriends an older neighbor and Peggy sleeps with G.W.
Episode 6 • Sep 10, 2008 • 22 m
Call Waiting
As LaVonda sits in the beauty parlor, she learns that Peggy and G.W. are having an affair, so she calls all over town trying to nip the story in the bud.
Episode 7 • Sep 17, 2008 • 22 m
An Audacious Affair
Juanita tells Noleta that G.W. and Peggy are having an affair; Sara attempts to win back Ty; Brother Boy's performance is interrupted by a seemingly-deranged patient; LaVonda learns that her hair color has been discontinued.
Episode 8 • Sep 24, 2008 • 22 m
Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's?
Episode 9 • Oct 1, 2008 • 22 m
Those Pesky Little Stalkers
No one at the institution believes Brother Boy's claims about Bumper; Peggy and G.W. resume their affair; Sissy invites Latrelle to stay with her; Sarah moves into Walker's apartment.
Episode 10 • Oct 8, 2008 • 22 m
Desperately Seeking Ty
Bumper attempts to rape Latrelle; the church starts a campaign to close down Bubba's bar; Sarah is in denial about Ty's homosexuality; Max lands a role in Ty's play; Bitsy Mae makes amends with Glyndora.
Episode 11 • 22 m
Compromising Situations
Brother Boy decides to blackmail Bumper; Sissy tries to give up smoking; Glyndora leaves Richard; Ty comes out to Hunter; Jacob becomes jealous of Max; G.W. makes Noleta question her own sanity.
Episode 12 • 22 m
The Trip
LaVonda and Noleta go to California to see Ty's play; Richie kidnaps Bitsy Mae and Glyndora; Sara tries to break up Ty and Jacob; G.W. proposes to Peggy; Bumper helps Brother Boy escape; Sissy admits that she killed the goat.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
65
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50% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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80
Shores has created a funny, loopy, off-kilter comedy that, truth be told, probably would play just as well on other cable channels, including Comedy Central and TV Land.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
75
Del Shores brings his movie and stage show about crazy Texan Women and slightly-less-crazy gay men to TV with a cavalcade of camp icons and brilliant, canon-ready Beth Grant. [25 Jul 2008, p.64]
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70
Both the humor and the storytelling can be blunt. But the performances are mostly appealing--the ensemble really seems to be having fun--and the jokes often slip past you more quietly than you expect.
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60
From where I sit, it is something of a mixed bag, but it works more than it doesn't, and an impressive, semi-big-name cast helps keep it upright and lends the project an air of prestige--especially in the context of its modest little network.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
50
It's like watching a drag show--you know, when you're supposed to laugh because we're conditioned to laugh on cue. But in reality, it's forced, er, gaiety.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
50
Sordid Lives: The Series has a decidedly amateurish tone, with shoddy production values and acting that shows some seams. But the tone works in the show's favor.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

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