EPISODE
Cheat - Season 1
When we decide to have a relationship with someone else, there may be challenges we do not expect. The series tells of a serious relationship between university professor Leah and Rose, which may reveal more surprises later. There is a series of events that appear differently that make things go up on Monday, leading to dire consequences that some might not expect.
1 September 1974, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 April 1972, Paisley, Scotland, UK
19 November 1979, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
1968, Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
24 January 1957, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
27 October 1953, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
1978, Plaistow, London, England, UK
1961, Manchester, England, UK
March 13, 2019
Cheat is brimming with minutiae that feed into this new type of woman who refuses to conform.
March 13, 2019
Cheat's cleverest, well, cheat, is having its two protagonists facing off in what looks like a prison visiting room.
March 13, 2019
Every exchange between them, thereafter, torques the relationship and gives Windsor a chance to rise, in pitch-perfect increments, to the occasion of creating a chilling character of utterly believably threatening proportions.
March 13, 2019
There isn't much out-and-out action, but it has a palpable feeling that writer Gaby Hull is carefully moving pieces into place for a big climax - just enough manoeuvring to make me curious about episode two.
March 13, 2019
These two strong leads propped up a creaky story, elevating it from hokum to intriguingly compelling.
March 13, 2019
But which was the prisoner and which the visitor? That's a strong dramatic concept. There's no need to overdo it by killing poor old Betsey.
March 13, 2019
The cast is strong enough to hold the attention even when the narrative is struggling.
March 13, 2019
Molly Windsor is fantastic as Rose, a confident young woman with a rich father and manipulative tendencies. She is charming, until she decides to turn it off, and she can make you shudder with just one look.
March 13, 2019
Goodman-Hill is nicely cast as Adam, turning in an unlovable portrait of a weak, feckless husband too lazy to understand what his wife's getting agitated about.
