Spring Summerfield

Rusty definitely wasn't a good husband in the book or movie, but when I said "more sympathetic," I meant the book and movie provided more background information about his state of mind. To me, being a nerdy guy who had never had a hot girl interested in him certainly didn't justify cheating on your wife but that information did make it easier to see why Rusty found Carolyn hard to resist. Rusty in the series is just as bad, but I think the book and movies had a more interesting perspective.

The book and movie provided background on the affair that made Rusty more sympathetic (nerdy guy amazed that someone as hot as Carolyn would ever be interested in him and didn't realize it was a game to her). The Netflix series Rusty is just some average guy who had an affair with his average co-worker, which has been done so many times before. I think this Netflix series suffers from the omission of the Sandy Stern character. He was entertaining and played an important role. The Horgan character in the series is boring. There's been no mention of Horgan's affair with Carolyn, so I assume it didn't happen in this version. I was also surprised that Carolyn was pregnant since having her tubes tied was such a pivotal plot point in the book and movie.