My Nightmare Office Affair (2022 TV Movie)
7/10
The Fury
30 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
One of our favorite actresses, Laurie "Lifetime" Fortier, stars in this chilling tale of deadly office politics. As a teen, Laurie's character Lisa Wolf murdered her self-centered father by poisoning his liquor, then stood and morbidly watched him expire. Now, she is a successful CEO running a tech company called Conexofi, but little has changed in her disposition.

Lisa also has a criminal record as she faced criminal assault charges in juvenile court. She won a prominent place in Silicon Valley due primarily to her expertise in "symbolic logic." Now in a position of power, Lisa is exploiting the males under her supervision and using her own technology in the process.

In Greek mythology, the Furies were deities who rose from the depths of the earth to exact revenge for heinous crimes. In the case of Lisa, her motivation is much more prosaic: she wants a child!

The most angelic couple imaginable is Nick and Jennifer Sherman and their little daughter Juliana (Ju). The actors were terrific in creating the perfect husband and wife.

It was sad to watch Lisa get her tentacles into such a beautiful relationship. While the narrative structure was by-the-numbers with few elements of surprise, the script made extensive use of high-tech gadgetry. There was also a clever revelation in the denouement about the proper way in which Lisa could have fulfilled her dream of having a baby, if only she had used more of that symbolic logic.
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