The Perfect Assistant

The Perfect Assistant is a 2008 made-for-television Drama film starring Josie Davis and Chris Potter . Plot The movie begins with the hiring of Rachel Partson (Josie Davis) as an administrative assistant at Wescott Public Relations. She is a relatively nice woman, but falls in love with and eventually starts to obsess over her boss David Wescott (Chris Potter). She finds out he has a wife who is dying and a young daughter. His wife soon dies, due to an injection Rachel gives her. Then Rachel gives a stomach bug to David's business partner, Judith (Rachel Hunter), allowing her to go to New York with David. Rachel asks her cousin Nora, to watch her house while she is in New York. Nora's computer crashes so she uses Rachel's, who returns from New York and is angry to discover this. Nora confronts her, but Rachel kills her by pushing her down the stairs. Judith and co-worker Wally tell their suspicions of Rachel to David, who later fires her.