I think the title of a programme is almost as important as its overall quality, as it conjures up certain expectations about what the show’s going to be like. It also has to be easy to say which for me is what hinders Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 as it such a mouthful to both say and type so it does make me wonder why they changed it from the original title of simply Apartment 23. From the title change and the theme song, which both obscure the word bitch in some way, it’s playing up the controversial nature of the show however I don’t really see a need to do this as the first scene has Krysten Ritter’s Chloe seducing her roommate’s fiancée, as they prepare to have sex on top of her birthday cake. The reasons for this seduction, as well as why Dreama Walker’s June is happy about this betrayal, are explained in a backstory that takes us back to a week prior.

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