Shortly after Jean (Brosnahan) is gifted a baby by her husband, he disappears on a work trip, leaving her scrambling to pack up and run away with a man named Cal (Kene), who Jean had never heard of before this very moment. As for Cal and Teri, they too are free to live their lives peacefully.What happens to the women that are too often tossed aside in the crime dramas built around men? In I’m Your Woman, director and co-writer Hart ( Fast Color) explores what it’s like to be the wife on the run. She and her son can now enjoy lives in which Eddie’s crimes will not have any effect. As they leave, Paul tells Jean not to look back, echoing what she told him earlier. Clearly, Art died protecting Paul and Harry. The children are found under the trapdoor, alive and well. The three of them drive to the cabin, where they find Art dead along with some of Mike’s lackeys. She knows what she has done and is fine with it. When Jean tells Teri that she has killed Mike, there is a note of finality in it. She gets both Teri and Cal out of the wreckage and puts them in Mike’s car. Evidently, Jean has come a long way since she was a hapless victim of her circumstances. But when he starts questioning her about Eddie, she shoots him with the gun that Teri gave her earlier. One of Mike’s men causes Cal to have an accident, and Mike pulls Jean out of the car. With Mike and his men are hot on their trail, Jean, Cal, and Teri try their best to escape from the city. When she does, however, a flicker of disappointment appears on Jean’s face. In that brief span of time, Jean likely imagines a life with Cal, although she keeps asserting that Teri will soon be there. At the diner, there is a moment just involving them, when it is still not known whether Teri has survived following her encounter with the members of Mike’s crew. These assumptions are proven true when she meets Teri. She keeps questioning him if he has someone in his life and notices several things about him that indicate to her that indeed he has. During her journey with Cal, Jean starts developing feelings for him. By the time Jean receives the news from Cal, she has become more focused on ensuring a future for herself and Harry. Jean also didn’t realize that he was a cold-blooded murderer.Īs the film progresses, she becomes more and more disillusioned with Eddie and their marriage. Granted, she always knew that he was a criminal, but she never realized that he was part of organized crime, running an entire operation with Mike before betraying him. The last few weeks have made her realize that Eddie isn’t what she thought he was. Her expression flickers between disbelief, grief, and even relief. When Jean finally meets up with Cal at a diner, she learns that Eddie is dead. Ultimately, ensuring Jean’s safety turned out to be that favor. Instead, he told them that he would ask for a favor one day. When Eddie found them, he didn’t kill them. Jean discovers that Teri used to be married to Eddie, and Cal was one of his crew members. In time, the two women develop a close bond, and when Cal’s long absence starts to become a matter of concern, the women embark on a journey together. Jean meets his wife Teri (Marsha Stephanie Blake), father Art (Frankie Faison), and Cal and Teri’s son Paul. After Cal leaves, his family comes to the cabin. From him, she finally comes to know what Eddie truly is, a killer. Cal arrives just in time, saving Jean, and takes her to a secluded cabin. Although he initially takes Jean to a house in a remote town, her husband’s former associates soon find her there. Accompanying her is Cal (Arinzé Kene), who seems to have a history with Eddie. So, when Jimmy (Jarrod DiGiorgi), one of Eddie’s friends, comes to Jean one day to tell her to pack her bags, take her child, and leave, she has no choice but to do precisely that. He apparently got the child from a teenage girl, whose father was going to disown her otherwise. Then, one day, he brings home an infant boy, telling her this is their child. They can’t adopt either because of Eddie’s criminal records. She had several miscarriages since she and Eddie began their relationship and eventually decided to stop trying. She spends her days being restless and agitated, unsure when and if her husband will return home. The first part of the film concentrates on Jean’s life with Eddie.
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