Women: Stories of Passion
{{Short description|American television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = Elisa M. Rothstein
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| country = United States
| language = English
| company = Women Productions
Playboy Entertainment Group
| executive_producer = Elisa M. Rothstein
| network = Showtime
| first_aired = {{Start date|1996|8|31}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1999|4|4}}
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 39
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Women: Stories of Passion is an American anthology drama series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime from August 31, 1996 until April 4, 1999. and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas.{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Nina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WXELAQAAMAAJ |title=Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller |date=2007 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-07437-0 |pages=159 |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Andrews |first=David |date=November 2007 |title=Softcore as Serialized (and Feminized) Featurette: Postfeminist Propriety on Late-Night Cable |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527476407301644 |journal=Television & New Media |language=en |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=312–340 |doi=10.1177/1527476407301644 |s2cid=143103725 |issn=1527-4764}}
The episodes were based on stories of love and passion from a woman's point of view.
Episodes
=Season 1 (1996)=
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=Season 2 (1997)=
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| style="background:#;"| No. overall ! style="background:#;"| No. in ! style="background:#;"| Title ! style="background:#;"| Directed by ! style="background:#;"| Written by ! style="background:#;"| Original air date {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Mind's Eye |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|12}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Motel Magic |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|19}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = The Diamond Merchant |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|7|26}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = The Bitter and the Sweet |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Elisa Rothstein{{Cite book |last=Juffer |first=Jane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvwTCgAAQBAJ |title=At Home with Pornography: Women, Sex, and Everyday Life |date=July 1998 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-4237-2 |pages=223–224 |language=en}} |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|2}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Grip Till It Hurts |DirectedBy = Julie Dash |WrittenBy = Julie Dash |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|9}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Chinese Take-Out |DirectedBy = Kathy Chin |WrittenBy = Kathy Chin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|16}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = The Little Vampire |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|23}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Woman on a Train |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|8|30}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Room 1503 |DirectedBy = Cat X |WrittenBy = Cat X |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|9|6}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Reading for Pleasure |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|9|13}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Father and Son |DirectedBy = Valerie Landsburg |WrittenBy = Emily Ervolina |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|9|20}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 25 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Hat Trick |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|9|27}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 26 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Back to the Garden |DirectedBy = Valerie Landsburg |WrittenBy = Emily Ervolina |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|10|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} |
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=Season 3 (1999)=
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| style="background:#;"| No. overall ! style="background:#;"| No. in ! style="background:#;"| Title ! style="background:#;"| Directed by ! style="background:#;"| Written by ! style="background:#;"| Original air date {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 27 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Lover from Another Planet |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|10}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 28 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = The Lucky Bar |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|17}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 29 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Miami Beach Tango |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|24}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 30 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = The Gigolo |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|31}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 31 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Voodoo |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|7}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 32 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = The Photographer |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|14}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 33 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = The Tender Thief |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|21}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 34 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Trio |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|2|28}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 35 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = The Feather |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|7}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 36 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Luck is a Lady |DirectedBy = Valerie Landsburg |WrittenBy = Emily Ervolina |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|14}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 37 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Sophie Shpooricky's Night of Love |DirectedBy = Andrea Odezynska |WrittenBy = Andrea Odezynska |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|21}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 38 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Angel from the Sky |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|28}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 39 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Paradise Found |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|4|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} |
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0126179|Women: Stories of Passion}}
{{Showtime Network programming}}
Category:1990s American drama television series
Category:1990s American anthology television series
Category:1996 American television series debuts
Category:1999 American television series endings
Category:Showtime (TV network) original programming