Plot Synopsis

THE MISTRESS is a half-hour reality series that follows Sarah J. Symonds, a former mistress-turned-infidelity-analyst, who rescues others from the despair of their affairs. Symonds, author and self-proclaimed former mistress of Chef Gordon Ramsay and Lord Jeffrey Archer, dishes out tough love to mistresses ready to finally escape the trap of extramarital affairs. Each half-hour episode documents Symonds' intervention with one mistress, drawing from her own personal experiences to prove that there's rarely a silver lining when you're the other woman. Along the way, she helps women fully come to terms with the truth beneath the lies, the empty promises, and the sneaking around. Discovery Life Channel aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT, showing back-to-back episodes.