Name: His Wife, His Rules review
Rating: 7.3

The setup

Dana has one week at her boss's estate to land a vice president title, and her fiancé Jake has a single instruction: be furniture. Sent out to the pool, he meets Marcus Voss and his wife Vanessa, who offers a welcome warm enough to be a warning. Then Marcus takes Jake aside for a men-only chat. Visitors always ogle Vanessa, he explains, and nearly all of them deny it. He is not angry. He simply wants an honest answer to one very blunt question about her.

Episode 2

Episode 2 lays out the terms. It is a game, Marcus says, run at every retreat for a decade, and Vanessa chose Jake the moment he arrived. There are three rules, the last being that Dana must never find out, and refusing costs nothing but the tan. With Dana booked in meetings all afternoon, Vanessa starts small with sunscreen, and Jake's compliment lands better than either expects. A request about her bikini ties leads straight into someone calling his name.

Who's who

Jake: Dana's fiancé, told to blend in and instead picked out on arrival
Marcus Voss: the boss and host, calmly running a ten-year game with very clear rules
Vanessa: his wife, ignored by the interns and very much the one choosing

Verdict: 7.3 out of 10

A premise with actual architecture: a career on the line, a host who treats infidelity like a parlor game, and a wife who has already made her pick. Marcus's rules give the series structure, and the sunscreen scene proves it can escalate with wit instead of volume. The cliffhanger (someone calling for Jake at the worst moment) is cheap but effective. If the cuckold angle appeals, the rest is genuinely tempting.