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Olive Kitteridge Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
Pharmacy
Sun, Nov 2, 201465 mins
Olive Kitteridge is a no-nonsense high-school math teacher who doesn't suffer fools gladly and never hesitates to express an opinion, no matter how much hurt she might cause. She treats her husband Henry with indifference and is downright nasty to her son Christopher, who can never please her. Henry is the local pharmacist, and after his long-time assistant dies from a stroke he hires a quiet young woman, Denise Thibodeau, whose husband is also called Henry. When the two Henrys go hunting with a third man, tragedy strikes. The only person Olive can seemingly be nice to is Kevin Coulson, whose mother Rachel suffers from bipolar disorder.
Episode 2
Incoming Tide
Sun, Nov 2, 201457 mins
The years have passed and Kevin Coulson, now studying to be a psychiatrist, returns to town. He still has issues over his mother Rachel's suicide and is dealing with his own mental-health issues. Olive's son Christopher is about to marry and she invites Kevin to attend the rehearsal dinner they're having that night. Unsurprisingly, Olive dislikes her future daughter-in-law Suzanne and her parents. She invites Kevin to stay with them and join them for the wedding the next day. Will it go smoothly?
Episode 3
A Different Road
Mon, Nov 3, 201455 mins
Both Olive and Frank are saddened when they receive a call from Christopher, now living in California, to say that he and Suzanne are divorcing. He also makes it clear that he won't be coming home anytime soon. Olive's urgent need for a trip to the bathroom finds her stopping at the local hospital to use their facilities--but leads to something much more serious when two gun-toting addicts arrive looking for drugs. This leads to Olive and Henry having a major argument, blaming each other for Christopher having left home. She also reveals that she once considered leaving him. Christopher suggests that they have counseling after their ordeal but Olive won't hear of it. After Henry suffers a stroke some months later and is in home care, Christopher tells his mother just what he thinks of his childhood.
Episode 4
Security
Mon, Nov 3, 201462 mins
Olive visits Christopher and his new wife Ann in New York City, but relations continue to be strained. She likes Ann more than she liked Christopher's first wife, but is still at her judgmental worst when it comes to Ann's two children from previous relationships or her housekeeping skills. When she decides to leave and he doesn't try to stop her, she accuses him of forcing her out. It leads to another bout of accusations all around, with Olive refusing to understand just how horrible a mother she was. She returns home to bad news. Some 6 months later the widowed Olive meets widower Jack Kennison, and they find a way to go forward together.
