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The lead cast—Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady, and Shelley Conn—receives high praise for their "outstanding" and "believable" performances.

Unlike the American version's "fashionably chic" aesthetic, the UK original features characters who look and act like ordinary people, making their emotional dilemmas more relatable. Mistresses (UK)

Critics on Common Sense Media highlight that it successfully balances "guilty pleasure" soap opera elements with mature explorations of love, friendship, and the dark consequences of affairs. Seasonal Breakdown The lead cast—Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady,

Reviewers from Metacritic and The Guardian often compare the series to Sex and the City but note it has more "brains and gravitas" and a significant thriller element. The lead cast—Sarah Parish

This final series took a tonal shift, moving away from "cocktail dresses and gratuitous sex" toward "serious relationship angst," which some critics found less entertaining but more emotionally resonant. Criticisms