House Rules

On screen

A spacious family home with a hot tub out back is where a grown son arrives for a week. His father is on a work trip, so only his stepmother Veronica is there, already planning the visit. She greets him warmly and introduces her house rules, starting with obeying every command. His girlfriend phones with plans to come by the next day. He wants to stay faithful; Veronica wants him to stop resisting.

Episode by episode

1. Ep. 1Rule one: obeyno account

   At the front door, Veronica welcomes him and explains that his father is away and the week is theirs. Rule one is to follow her every command. She warms up the hot tub and calls him outside. When his girlfriend phones about visiting, Veronica sets rule two: no more calls to her today. She ends by ordering him to the shower in ten minutes.

2. Ep. 2Robe and doorbellfree account

   He arrives late to the shower and repeats that he has a girlfriend and that she is his father's wife. She backs off, and after dark her voice carries through the wall. Over breakfast, wearing only a robe, she sets rule four: he cannot pretend he heard nothing. Then his girlfriend arrives outside, and Veronica says what she wants while the girlfriend waits.

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How bold it gets

Commands, a hot tub, a shower invitation and sounds through a bedroom wall. Bold in what is said, with the stepson resisting for most of it.

Still open after episode 2

Whether he gives in to the rules or lets his girlfriend in first is still unsettled, as is what his father hears when he returns.

Names you will hear: Veronica Parker.