The BEST episodes of Hard season 1
Every episode of Hard season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hard season 1!
Written and directed by actress Cathy Verney, follows the misfortunes of Sophie, a middle-class housewife from a French Catholic bourgeois upbringing. Following the sudden death of her husband, Sophie uncovers a dark secret about his lifestyle.
#1 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2008
Sophie's children are at each other's throats and her adult-film business is hanging by a thread following a mass walk-out by the discontented female stars, but she finds an ingenious way to bring in extra cash. As for her personal life, she endures a succession of unsuccessful dates until she finally meets a genuine guy and is optimistic about having a future with him.
#2 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2008
As Sophie and her leading man grow closer, Roy the Rod finally asks her on a date. Although she has strong feelings for the charismatic Lothario, she grows increasingly concerned about the social stigma of dating a porn star.
#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/2008
Sophie gets up to speed on the various terms, techniques and equipment used in the business and decides to take things in a new direction, hoping to produce adult films with good dialogue, decent acting, proper storylines and natural settings
#4 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/23/2008
Sophie feels guilty after sleeping with Roy the Rod and turns to online dating to try to find someone more respectable, while her friend Lucille volunteers to star in the latest X-rated production.
#5 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2008
On her first day in charge of her dead husband's adult-film business, Sophie visits the set and meets the actors and actresses - including the legendary Roy the Rod.
#6 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2008
Following his sudden death, middle-class housewife Sophie learns that her husband had been lying to her about his job for 16 years. She discovers that, instead of working in computing as she had believed, he had remortgaged their house against his own X-rated film company and had been financing their affluent lifestyle with the profit from his porn movies. Desperate to keep up with the mortgage repayments, prudish Sophie finds she has no choice but to take over as producer and throws herself into a macho universe that simultaneously intrigues and repulses her.