Bedford Wives

We meet our four Bedfordview wives who seemingly live the perfect lives. Despina "Dee" Giannopoulos is an ex-beauty queen, mother to two lovely children, wife of a wealthy restaurant owner, centre of the social scene and the envy of all. The only cloud in her sky is that she fears that her husband, Marco, is drifting away from her.

In the wake of Marco's death, Dee is so busy keeping her family together and being strong for them that she's unable to process fully her terrible grief, or to fully understand what it was that Marco was up to in the weeks before his untimely death. Gigi is behaving as if she is the grieving widow, grabbing the limelight from Dee.

Dee discovers that it's one thing to take over the family business, it's another to learn how to run a restaurant while being sniped at by the restaurant manager who is also your late husband's ex-wife and your most bitter enemy for almost two decades.

Despite being attacked in the parking lot of her restaurant, Dee refuses to give up or back down, even when Detective Dlamini starts hanging around the restaurant, making it tough for Dee and Robbie to get Marco's criminal enterprise up and running again.

While Robbie and George battle to keep the restaurant open in the face of Dlamini's harassment, Dee is happy to accept an invitation to the opening of Raj's new, opulent "gentleman's club." Yvette, who still remains oblivious to the distress her flirtation with James is causing her husband and her daughter, is persuaded to join Dee on a girls' night out.

Paulina has convinced her boss that the investigation is still on and Dee is the target. Desperate to restore some balance in her life and get back in touch with her daughter, Mikaela, Dee tries to take up her old responsibilities with the school, but headmistress Astrid has other ideas.

Dee manages to temporarily solve the problem of the mysterious "falafel" and Costa is off her back for now, but Dee is facing major challenges on other fronts and she and Mikaela start getting ready for the annual Mothers and Daughters Pageant. Meanwhile, Yvette makes a selfish decision that could destroy her relationship with her family.

In the wake of Costa's death Dee thinks her problems are all solved and now she can offer the mysterious "falafel" exclusively to Raj for millions. Detective Dlamini seems to have decided that Gigi is the prime suspect in Costa's murder, but Gigi isn't easily intimidated and she has a new ally to help her out.

Paulina's joy at having found Dee's secrets evaporates when her Boss still wants to shut down the case. Following a frightening meeting with Raj, Dee and Robbie agree to lay low for a while. Dee takes this opportunity to focus on the pageant and friends; however things only get worse when Dee's status as pageant coach is threatened.

Paulina is delighted that her case has such newfound status and she has access to increased resources. Dee would love to focus on the Pageant but she's newly in the clutches of Paulina and the Commander, learning the limitations of her new role as a confidential informant. Yvette is having a miserable time as she still can't connect with her family and James is becoming a real pest.

In the wake of the Falafel explosion Dee and Paulina spring into action to defend their families and control the situation. The Commander arrives with a technical crew and they go about determining the cause of the explosion. Paulina's scurrying as fast as she can, seemingly opposed at every turn by her boss. Fortunately, she and Dee are working together like clockwork.

With George kidnapped and the Falafel in the possession of Raj, it seems that Dee and Paulina have no more cards to play. They're given fresh hope when Dlamini arrives with news, but their biggest challenge awaits when Robbie and Cecil rush off on a pointless quest and it's up to the four Bedford Wives to unite and save the day. And united they are until Gigi reveals her outrageous plan.

The Bedford Wives have their work cut out for them, rescuing Robbie and George and dealing with Raj and his thugs, but even if they manage to pull this off they still have to deal with Paulina's corrupt boss and discover that The Deacon is headed for their homes and their children are in terrible danger.