This is Season 2 and there are 10 episodes. I wanted it on TV on Demand.

Rating: 4/5

The year is 1949. Alma is a housewife, a bored housewife who hankers after more, except she's not sure what the "more" is until she sets her sights on the exclusive Elysian Park Garden Club. She cooks and cleans and gardens for her husband and adult daughter.

When the Garden Club's elderly founder passes away, Alma hopes to be considered for the now-vacant spot, and she awkwardly chats up some of the club's snooty members at lunch one afternoon. Seeming to take pity on Alma, the gorgeous and stylish club president Rita Castillo invites her to a party at Rita's that weekend, which will double as a memorial for the club's late founder. Alma is delighted at the invitation, but her rude neighbour Mrs. Yost takes the wind out of her sails, explaining that the event will merely be a fundraiser, Alma will likely be charged to even attend it, and, as she so unkindly tells Alma, "They don't let frumps in the Elysian Park Garden Club."

And there is it - the "frump" comment converts Alma from a frump into a stylishly dressed (fabulously dressed as the series progresses) lady of society, with a really dark secret. 

Meanwhile, there's her hubby, a beloved veterinarian who takes great care of his furry patients. One day, his first patient is an old pup named Biscuit, whom Bertram lovingly puts down while "Clair De Lune" plays; as he explains to Biscuit's owner, Maisie, he wants to make even the animals' final moments enjoyable if he can. Maisie, in turn, is clearly taken with Bertram, inviting him to the club where she sings at night .

Enough. If I write any more it will be too much. Suffice it to say, this is a really good series and well worth watching.

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