Hellenic Highlights

Bean Soup, Art and Weddings

In episodes 9 and 10 Panagiotaki is in the mood for some Fasolas, Madam Sousou returns the abstract painting to everyone's relief, and the neighbors ask Madam Sousou for advice.

Madam Sousou and Reality

In episodes 7 and 8 Madam Sousou struggles to reconcile her belief she is a wealthy aristocrat with the reality she lives in a ftochokomio, as she calls it, a poor neighborhood.

The Engagement

Eva and Cindy discuss episodes 7 and 8 of Madam Sousou. In episode 5 Madam Sousou is interviewed by "reporters" for an upper class publication. In episode 6 George the barber asks for Katina's hand.

The Reception

Cindy and Eva discuss episodes 3 and 4 of Madam Sousou as she, her husband and her maid prepare to receive guests from the neighborhood to the Thexiosi (reception). Unfortunately, the reception does not go as planned!

Madam Sousou Episodes 1 and 2

In this episode Eva and Cindy explain how Madam Sousou behaves like an aristocrat despite living in a very modest neighborhood. Her loving, practical husband and unimpressed neighbors highlight this gap. The first two episodes establish Madam Sousou as a compelling character who really believes in the persona she has created.