A few weeks ago, Troy and I spent a trashy Saturday night watching the TV movie THE CLIENT LIST starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. It was a total popcorn movie that was perfect for a mindless weekend evening. Lifetime has taken that very successful ratings event and made a new weekly series from it. They have created the Series as if the television movie never happened. In this version, Ms Hewitt's husband leaves her so she is struggling as a single mom. I guess they thought it might make her actions a bit more forgiveable if she was single. In order to support her two children in Texas, Ms Hewitt takes a job as a Masseuse in an all female employee massage parlor called, get this, THE RUB. She quickly finds out that in order to make the REAL money, she must give her clients a "happy ending". Loretta Divine plays the owner of THE RUB and as always, she is wonderful to watch. Cybill Shepherd returns in the role of Ms Hewitt's mom. I always find Cybill a welcome sight. One thing that has happened in the few years since the TV movie is that Ms Hewitt has found an acting coach. I thought she was pretty terrible in the film but on the Pilot episode she was actually quite good. She's absolutely beautiful to look at and for once her looks didn't compensate for her performance. It will be interesting to see if she continues to impress. THE CLIENT LIST is not high class television, not even close. But it is an enjoyable and entertaining way to bring one's weekend to a close.
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