It is an eight-episode adaptation of the 2022 bestselling novel Vladimir by Julia May Jonas. Season 1 Episode Guide

The show centers on "M," an English professor (played by Rachel Weisz ) whose life and career are in turmoil because of her husband's scandalous past affairs with students. She becomes dangerously obsessed with a handsome, younger new colleague named Vladimir (Leo Woodall).

M resorts to desperate measures during a frank conversation with Cynthia. An ambiguous emoji leads to a meeting with hidden motives.