The Charmer

- Season 1

(1987)

Ralph Gorse, the "Charmer," is exactly what a gigolo should be---clever, adaptable, conscienceless, attractive, and completely self-absorbed. He's also a dangerous psychopath .

Gorse seduces two women: one for the money and one for the fun of it. Mr. Stimpson is suspicious but unable to intervene.

Money gone, Gorse returns to selling cars and romancing the owner's daughter. When Stimpson tracks him down, Pamela's announcement prevents his arrest.

"Charming" Ralph needs money. He plots an arson for insurance when his wife is at her parents, and he's "out of town" for the night. What can go wrong?

Ralph is not officer material, but he's not going to war as a "grunt." He goes AWOL, "trades" uniforms with an RAF pilot, gets a woman's help and he's presumed dead.

The last episode of the Charmer proves the old adage: "What goes around, comes around," even applies to clever con-men.