Eve finds a connection between a murder committed by Villanelle and another death in 1974, and is disturbed by the delivery of a birthday cake sent by Villanelle.
The Adored explore that photographic artist Francesca fabricates Maia’s certainty while controlling her own over the top and sexual longings towards Maia. As they get to know one another, Maia turns into the object of her fixation and things gradually winding crazy.
Mae hits rock bottom after her break-up with George; while George is pining for her, Mae is having casual sex and starts to fall back into her old habits of self-destruction.
The arrival of heartthrob Arnie Rivers, George’s teenage crush, at the comedy club knocks Mae’s confidence; Arnie tells Mae to be as honest as possible on stage, catapulting her career but collapsing her relationship with George.
Battle of the Sexes is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, a biographical lesbian movie directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton and written by Simon Beaufoy.
