Why Women Kill: Season 1

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CBS | CBS All Access | Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: August 15, 2019

Summary: Beth Ann, a 1960s housewife (Ginnifer Goodwin); Simone, a socialite in the '80s (Lucy Liu); and in 2019, lawyer Taylor (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) discover they each have been cheated on by their respective partners in the Marc Cherry dark comedy-drama.

Creator: Marc Cherry

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Kille Me as If It Were the Last Time
Air Date: October 17, 2019
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S1:E10. Kille Me as If It Were the Last Time
Air Date: October 17, 2019
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S1:E9. I Was Just Wondering What Makes Dames Like You So Deadly
Air Date: October 10, 2019

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Amy Amatangelo

Aug 14, 2019

The tongue-in-cheek tone can be tricky. But beginning with the opening credits, which is set against the Frank Sinatra classic “L.O.V.E.” and pulpy comic book scenes, Why Women Kill gets the tone just right. Cherry knows how to make social commentary while making us laugh and take a discerning eye to our lives. The series is funny. ... And the stellar cast pulls it off. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Aug 26, 2019

“Why Women Kill” feels more comfortably familiar than recycled or old. There’s never a question of why we should care about any of these characters. Cherry and the performers make us care about all of their fates, even that of uptight, prissy Beth Ann and shallow, self-centered Simone. Goodwin and Liu may be camping up their performances, but they also take care to grant them enough humanity for the viewer to invest in what happens to each, or in what they do. Howell-Baptiste is also wonderful, although she purposefully makes Taylor harder to read than her co-stars’ women. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Aug 15, 2019

The acting is melodramatic without being too over the top, and Liu, especially, shines. ... The early episodes are charming and fun enough to make it worth sticking around to watch how it ends, whether it's in disaster or triumph. Read full review

Gwen Ihnat

Aug 15, 2019

It’s too bad that apparently we have to wait until the end of the season for these characters to connect. It’s obvious from the start of the series that they really could have benefited from each other. Read full review

Shirley Li

Aug 19, 2019

While Why Women Kill has nuanced leads, the show stumbles in its use of high camp. It’s a stylistic choice that adds levity but that allows the show—at least in the first two episodes made available to critics—to avoid interrogating the realities that drive its characters to take extreme measures. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Aug 16, 2019

The three stories track along efficiently yet predictably in the two episodes made available for critics. While the show exhibits a degree of Cherry’s colorful and quietly campy command of that fine line that separates a soap opera from a serious drama, something has been lost since the “Desperate Housewives” days. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Aug 7, 2019

A deeply unsatisfying show cobbled together from vignettes, a show whose skittish leaps between storylines leaves good actors stranded. Read full review

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dramaaddict

Aug 20, 2019

As so often happens in real life, these three women were contently going along and their lives changed in the blink of an eye. Why Women Kill is an entertaining dramedy that has a similar feel to the first season of Desperate Housewives. It's funny without being silly and a wonderfulAs so often happens in real life, these three women were contently going along and their lives changed in the blink of an eye. Why Women Kill is an entertaining dramedy that has a similar feel to the first season of Desperate Housewives. It's funny without being silly and a wonderful escape. Plus there is great eye candy with the decor, cars, hair, makeup and outfits. Check it out.… Expand

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jhonyrioli

Sep 14, 2019

Such an amazing show!
I loved it. When i saw the trailer i knew this was gonna be a great show..and it was

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khia22

Oct 20, 2019

i LOVE this show, I love the light warm feel with the sinister storyline that keeps you intrigued and addicted and impatient for next weeks episode. I hope they make more.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 3, 2021
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 15, 2019
- tbd
  S1:E10. Kille Me as If It Were the Last Time
  Air Date: October 17, 2019
- tbd
  S1:E10. Kille Me as If It Were the Last Time
  Air Date: October 17, 2019
- tbd
  S1:E9. I Was Just Wondering What Makes Dames Like You So Deadly
  Air Date: October 10, 2019
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  S1:E8. Marriages Don't Break Up on Account of Murder - It's Just...
  Air Date: October 3, 2019
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  S1:E7. I Found Out What the Secret to Murder Is: Friends. Best F...
  Air Date: September 26, 2019
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  S1:E6. Practically Lethal in Every Way
  Air Date: September 19, 2019
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  S1:E5. There's No Crying in Murder
  Air Date: September 12, 2019
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  S1:E4. You Had Me at Homicide
  Air Date: September 5, 2019
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  S1:E3. I Killed Everyone He Did, But Backwards and in High Heels
  Air Date: August 29, 2019