exact revenge on the Marshalls. Penny Fuller and Morgan Stevens join the cast midway through the season, while Ted LePlat, Richard Backus, Anulka Dziubinska, Paula Holland and Michael Nader appear in recurring roles. Reception Despite a great deal of promotion (with commercials like "Love her. Use her. Or destroy her. Everyone wants a piece of Tyger Hayes."), Bare Essence was unsuccessful and canceled after its first season, with cliffhangers left unresolved. Christopher Schemering called the series "a routine story of murder and family mayhem" in The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, describing Walter's Ava as "a stock villainess obviously modeled on Joan Collins's Alexis in Dynasty." Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote that Bare Essence "comes up lacking on almost all counts. A better title would be Bare Minimum." He praised the female cast members, but noted that "writer-director Walter Grauman has given this talent little to do that isn't ridiculous on the face of it." Cast Episodes Miniseries (1979) Season 1 (1980) US TV ratings References External links (1982 TV movie) (1983 TV series) 1980s American television miniseries 1982 American television series debuts 1983 American television series endings 1980s American LGBT-related drama television series American television soap operas American primetime television soap operas English-language television shows NBC original programming Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television shows set in Seattle