Channel: SHOWMAX
From the creator of Desperate Housewives, comes Why Women Kill. Desperate Housewives never really appealed to me, and the reviews I’d seen of Why Women Kill were lukewarm at best, so I wasn’t too keen on watching this show. I can confirm that I was pleasantly surprised.
What’s it about?
Why Women Kill is a dramady. There are three separate stories set in three different timelines; the 1960’s, 1980’s and 2019; all connected by the same house. The viewer ventures between these periods numerous times in the course of each episode. You would think the transitions would be jarring, but it works extremely well.
Why Women Kill has an assemble cast of not quite A-List actors, but not far off. In the 1960’s timeline, we meet Beth Ann, played extremely well by Ginnifer Goodwin. After a horrific tragedy, docile housewife Beth Ann and her husband Rob, played by Sam Jaeger move into a new home. Beth Ann soon learns that Rob is not as doting a husband as she had originally thought. He is having an affair. Aided by her new neighbour Sheila, played by the scene stealing Alicia Coppola, Beth Ann begins to plot her revenge.
In the 1980’s, Lucy Lui plays the superficial socialite Simone Groves, whose happy third marriage is torn apart upon discovering that her husband played by Jack Davenport is gay. Desperate not avoid embarrassment, Simone tries to find a quiet solution to this problem.
Finally in 2019, couple Taylor (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and Eli (Reid Scott) have an open marriage. And it works well for them, until Taylor starts developing feelings for her latest ‘hook-up’ Jade (Alexandra Doddario) and welcomes her into their home. The complications increase when Eli also starts developing feelings for Jade. But that’s not the end of the conflict, as everything comes to a crescendo when we learn that Jade is not exactly who she appears to be.
The show is brilliantly written, with many laugh out loud moments punctuated with some serious heartbreaking moments of drama. I absolutely loved it.
Season 2 is currently being flighted and stars Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) and Allison Tolman (Fargo). This too, looks like it will be a great season.
4/5