My Stepmom Needs A Plus One

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Amanda has a gala to attend and no husband to bring: Dad is stuck at work again. So she picks the next best thing, her stepson, who's mid video game when she hands him his father's suit. At the party everyone assumes the two are married, and Amanda leans into it. Episode 1 closes on a hotel door, a room booked for two and one very familiar word, husband. In episode 2 she refuses to drop the act once the guests are gone; he reminds her whose wife she is and she reminds him whose night it is.

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A role-play that turns real. The stepmom runs the show, the stepson tries to remember his lines, where the line crossed separates pretending from meaning it. Free episodes stay at party smiles, stares and one hotel door.

Allergy advice Contains canapes, champagne glances and a stepmom's flawless fake marriage. May contain traces of Dad's cologne.

Best enjoyed Best with a dressed-up evening in, even if you're only dressing up for the couch.