6 x 1hr
The revenge conspiracy is delicious fun at first as Jessa and Carly dish on everything they know about their respective exes: favorite sport, snack, dog, political affiliation, conspiracy theory, fantasy car, boxers or briefs, sexual turn on. Yet even with this intel the women are unable to get the attention of respected prosecutor GEORGE, Carly's ex, and Jessa’s ex BRADLEY, a sexy restauranteur.
The women finally attract the attention of each other’s ex when Carly causes a stir at Bradley’s new restaurant by faking food poisoning and when Jessa airs a TV takedown of George’s political opportunism. George soon forgives Jessa’s provocation, unable to resist her beauty, her provenance. Bradley is fascinated by Carly, a woman with an uncanny sense of what turns him on. The women are thrilled. The plot is unleashed. Soon, however, Jessa realizes that George is decent and authentic. And she’s begun to sense that Carly has a visceral hatred for George while she just wants Bradley to eat some of his own karma. Worryingly, she’s falling hard for George. None of this was part of the plan and she is finding it increasingly difficult to maintain her deception with George. Jessa tells Carly their pact is over. Neither man deserves the public humiliation they had planned. People make mistakes and you move on. That’s revenge, the sweetest kind. Carly shows Jessa proof that George is withholding evidence from defence attorneys to win convictions. He has to be stopped. And there’s no going back on their pact now. They’re going to see it through to the end. Jessa agrees but only to placate Carly. She no longer believes anything she says and casually mentions her to George who erupts at her name. She has been stalking him for months. A horrifying realization sinks in as Jessa realizes Carly is unhinged.
Jessa reminds herself that she’s a journalist. She begins compiling a dossier on Carly, discovering from a former partner of Carly’s that she regularly takes evidence from crime scenes to chalk up arrests. At a crime scene that Jessa is covering, Carly, the lead investigator taunts her. It’s a cat-and-mouse game between the women as Jessa attempts to untangle herself from Carly. But before she can enact any kind of plan, Carly leaks a fake video, making it seem like it came from Jessa, that purportedly shows George smoking crack with kids. George, politically wounded, confronts Jessa, believing she colluded with Carly to bring him down. The fake video leads to Jessa’s firing, a public humiliation. Her family gather around her in support, but Jessa is unable to admit her part in the pact. It is too shameful.
Concerned that Bradley could be in physical danger, Jessa tries to warn him. Can’t reach him. Races to his restaurant only to find him in a pool of blood. Carly got to him first and informs Jessa that she is the prime suspect. The motive, a scorned woman who tried to destroy a prominent prosecutor then turned her rage on another ex-boyfriend. Trust fund party girl accused of premeditated murder... Why not arrest me now, Jessa asks. Where’s the fun in that, Carly replies. Jessa runs. Hiding out in her condo Jessa sinks into despair.
The women meet in a park where Jessa confronts Carly, accusing her of Bradley’s murder. Carly takes Jessa’s phone, which was set to Record, laughing at her pathetic moves. She’s nothing without her daddy’s black card, too clueless to figure out what the game is really about. Resentment that she had so much while she had so little, Jessa asks, detailing what she knows of Carly’s brutal upbringing. Enraged, Carly slams her fist into Jessa’s jaw. Jessa fights back with all she’s got but is no match for Carly. Pinned to the ground by Carly in what seems like a lover’s embrace, Jessa’s fingers find a shard of glass on the ground, plunges it in Carly’s neck. Jumps back, appalled. Says she’s sorry. She’s never hurt anyone before. Why does Carly hate her? Blood gushing from her wound, Carly rises, staggers...
Days later, the affiliate head apologizes on air for the fake video of the respected prosecutor. Jessica Stegner had not been the cause of the video and she has been reinstated. At Carly’s grave, Jessa is joined by George. Will she ever know why Carly hated her. Or was it her version of love?
