Hellenic Highlights

Eva and Cindy discuss episode 1 of I am Still Here. We meet Katerina, her family, her boyfriend, her best friend, and her doctors. We also meet her lawyer and funeral director.

Eva and Cindy discuss the next TV show they will be watching: And Yet I Am Here (Ki omos eimai akoma edo). Watch along with us! We'll cover episode 1 next week. Watch on ERTFLIX. Show synopsis: Katerina grew up with the idea that she would die young. This made her hypochondriac. Now, at the age of 33, she learns from Alexandros, a neurologist, that she has only six months. But instead of collapsin...

Join Eva and Cindy as they discuss episodes 11 and 12. This will conclude our discussion of this classic television show. We will be taking a two-week break.

Eva and Cindy review episodes 9 and 10, where Madam Sousou is warned about Katakouzinos. And Panagiotaki makes an appearance!

In season 2, episode 7, Madam Sousou continues to overspend, and Katakouzino plans to steal her money. In episode number 8, Cindy and Eva discuss racism in Kolonaki and Madam Sousou's ugly participation in it. Correction: We have uploaded the correct recording discussing episodes 7 and 8.

Eva and Cindy discuss episodes 5 and 6, where it seems that Madam Sousou is in control, on top, and getting everything she ever wanted.

Eva and Cindy discuss episodes 3 and 4. Panagiotaki comes to visit, while Madam Sousou tries to change her past.

In season 2, episodes 1 and 2, Madam Sousou builds her new life. new home, new, additional servants, new clothes. However, she refuses to compromise who she is, no matter how much Katakouzinos pushes her to learn proper manners and speech.

In episodes 13 and 14, Madam Sousou learns she has inherited a fortune from her brother. She asks the devastated Panagioti for a divorce so that she can marry the shady Katakouzinos.

Madam Sousou has been instructing Marie's brother-in-law in proper etiquette, and George and Katina get married. In the meantime, Madam Sousou's marriage continues to unravel.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Welcome to Hellenic Highlights your weekly look into Greek television past and present. In this brief trailer Cindy and Eva introduce the show and themselves. Season one spotlights the beloved 1980s Greek serial Madam Sousou.