Are you on Team Laura or Team Cherry in “The Girlfriend”? The taut six-episode Amazon miniseries is the story of two women at war for the heart, and the trust, of one man.
Chances are, you’ve picked a side. But Michelle Frances, author of the 2018 novel that inspired the series, can’t choose.
“There’s a bit of me in Cherry, and there’s a bit of me in Laura. I sympathize with both of them. The greatest tragedy is that they’re both smart, they’re both witty. In any other situation, they would be friends,” Frances, who has worked in TV for 20 years, tells TODAY.com.
In “The Girlfriend,” Laura (played by Robin Wright), meets and immediately becomes suspicious of her son’s new girlfriend, Cherry (Olivia Cooke). Cherry met Daniel (Laurie Davidson) at the real estate agency where she works aft