The Starter Wife

2008 • USA
4.6
34 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 The 40 Year-Old Virgin Queen
10/10/08
A year has gone by, and Molly Kagan's happy ending has fallen apart; her children's book didn't sell, Sam preferred his old life, and her ex-husband is bouncing checks because he sank all his money into his latest film. Realizing she must rely on herself, Molly joins a writer's workshop to give her career a shot in the arm. Intimidated at first, reading from her private diary wins Molly the praise of the group. Things are looking up, but when Molly refuses to sell the dirt in her diary, it goes missing after a party.
2 Diary of a Mad Ex-Housewife
10/10/08
While Molly searches for her missing diary with Zach, Rodney is nearing the end of his rope with Felix. Meanwhile, Joan deals with her own man trouble as she tries to put a spark back in her marriage with Pappy.
3 Remains of the Snow Day
10/17/08
When Molly is exposed as the infamous Hollywood Ex-wife, she becomes the most hated woman in Hollywood. She confronts Dizzy-Land, the audacious celebrity blogger who has posted all of her journal entries online, and exacerbates the situation by trying to snatch his laptop.
4 Mollywood
10/24/08
Molly is surprised when her nemesis, Eve, apologizes for revealing her secret identity as the Hollywood Ex-wife. Molly is suspicious and soon learns that Eve's husband Ted, a Hollywood agent, loves her writing and wants to have a meeting.
5 Das Booty Call
10/31/08
Things really begin heating up between Molly and Zach, but a series of mishaps continues to distract their intimacy. They finally hook-up but Molly suspects Zach is still together with a flaky blonde named Tiffany. While having doubts about Zach, Molly's ex, Lou shows back up at her door.
6 The Ex-Files
11/7/08
Dealing with an ex can be tough. Molly is awoken by a call from Kenny who is at the Dubai Film Festival screening his movie Blood Canal. Molly shares her good news: a movie studio is interested in Molly's script Wife Goes On. Kenny is thrilled to hear the news. But when he returns to the US, he is furious with Molly for writing a thinly-veiled script about their marriage. Kenny tells Molly that he hates how he is portrayed in the movie and will get an injunction to prevent her from ever making it.
7 The French Disconnection
11/14/08
Kenny calls Molly to tell her that feature film star Dana Fields wants to star in Molly's movie Wife Goes On and Molly is overjoyed. When eating with uber-agent Jolie Driver (Zach's ex-wife), Molly learns that Zach had an affair with Dana when he was married to Jolie. Suddenly, the idea of Dana starring in her movie doesn't seem like such a great one. As Molly struggles with this revelation about Zach's past, she is planning an engagement dinner for Lou and his French fiancée, Alizee. When the two women meet, Molly suspects that Alizee isn't really who she says she is. Molly is convinced that Alizee is actually Ann, a neighbor from 20 years ago.
8 Look Who's Stalking
11/21/08
A hung-over Molly is horrified to wake up in her bed and see Kenny asleep next to her. Molly is hurrying Kenny out of bed when her doorbell rings; Zach comes over to apologize for his behavior. Zach barges in as Kenny quickly slips out of the window. In Molly's kitchen, they see a threatening message from Molly's stalker.
9 Her Old Man and the Sea
12/5/08
Worried about her missing friend Joan, Molly does not know where to turn. When Molly spies Joan's former lover David Shea grocery shopping and sees Joan's favorite items in his cart, Molly's inner private eye kicks in. She follows David and discovers that Joan returned to LA and has been in a Malibu retreat with David. Joan says that she and Pappy had a fight and she left him on the cruise. Though Molly is furious with Joan, she is also relieved to find out that she is all right.
10 Woman Over the Influence
12/12/08
Molly finds her life in transformation as The Starter Wife season finale kicks off. Although Molly's movie Wife Goes On is green lit, she is unable to enjoy fully the moment as her life and the lives of her friends seem to be in turmoil.

About this show

Debra Messing returns as Molly Kagan in the hit series, The Starter Wife. Once Hollywood royalty and now ex-"Wife Of" a major movie producer, Molly is determined to make her own place in the world. While the miniseries centered on the summer of Molly's divorce that forced her to start over, in these all-new episodes, Molly has moved into a home of her own with her 7-year-old daughter Jaden and is ready to navigate her new life as a single mom and define herself on her own terms. While facing the very real challenges of trying to begin a new career at 40-something, Molly is now also juggling the ongoing emotional and financial complications of her divorce from Kenny, who could use a remedial course in parenting; new love interests, despite recently having sworn off men; and raising a grounded daughter in a town that doesn't exactly have its priorities straight. With the help of her loyal friends Joan (Emmy-winner Judy Davis) and Rodney (Chris Diamantopoulos), who are trying to figure it all out for themselves too, as well as her new Starting Gate School ally, Liz (Danielle Nicolet), Molly will discover how to forge a new life even when her past is always present.

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4.6
34 reviews
Shaun Ireland
April 3, 2015
Great story
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Angela M Cruz-Ortiz
June 23, 2017
It should have continued!
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enochan alejandro
April 28, 2023
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