Release on February 16, 2024, on Starz.
Three Women is a limited television series that is based on the 2019 book called Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. There are 10 episodes, each are about an hour long. This series is about a writer, named Gia, played by Shailene Woodley, who’s on a quest to convince three women, all of which are on a different path or going through radical change in their lives, to tell their stories. Her focus is to write a book about women’s sexual desires, desires, and needs.
The three women are Sloane played by DeWanda Wise, Lina, played by Betty Gilpin and Maggie, played by Gabrielle Creevy. The two male leads are Richard, played by Blair Underwood and Jack, played by John Patrick Amedori.
There is a lot to unpack with this limited series. I mean where do I begin… in episode 1, Gia, whos’ grieving from the loss of both of her parents, visits her mentor home in New York City because she’s having a mental block about her book and, she needed his guidance. Her mentor’s misogynistic advice was, if she wants to write about sex in America, then she needs to sleep with as many married men as she could for research. Fortunately, Gia did not follow that advice instead, she decided to go on her own quest, traveling to different parts of the country until she ended up in Indiana and quickly became acquainted with her first subject, Lena. Shortly thereafter, she met entrepreneur Slaoane in the Northeast and eventually, Maggie, a waitress in North Dakota.
The series is well-written, it’s thought provoking, exciting, salacious, intriguing, and captivating at the same time. The cast selection, acting, performances were fantastic. The woman’s stories were troubling, the different problematic behaviors that psychologists will tell us are due to unresolved past trauma that needs to be dealt with or, be aware of the destructions when left unresolved. The series also highlight the “gray” indistinctness areas of life that is so often suppressed whether its due to fear or what others will think about your behavior, the embarrassment, stigma, or shame that comes when your truth is revealed.
The reality though, is the fact that the series highlight these women sexual experiences in a way that makes you wonder if it’s truly because of their inability to connect emotionally or perhaps the way these women are unable to recognize themselves with men. Though, we will never know since nothing official about season 2 is confirmed by Starz. But, either way, the limited series was worth the watch.
