What’s it rated? TV-14
When? 2025
Where’s it showing? Prime
Chloe (Jessica Beil) and Adam’s (Corey Stoll) seemingly perfect life hides some dirty little secrets—ones they work hard to keep quiet. Chloe is a powerful editor-in-chief for The Real Thing, a feminist magazine that she’s determined to helm meticulously. When Adam fails to show up to a gala where Chloe is being honored, she heads back to their beachfront Hamptons home only to find her husband in a pool of blood with no pulse. What follows is a twisty tale as investigators zero in on the couple’s teenage son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), as the culprit and as Chloe’s long lost wayward sister, Nicky (Elizabeth Banks), shows up to further complicate things.
It turns out that this family affair is much thornier than it looks from the outside. Nicky is messy and struggling with sobriety and refuses to apologize for being utterly human—something her picture-perfect sister just can’t comprehend. The two must navigate their own difficult journey as siblings, all while doggedly pursuing a strong defense for the young man at the center of the storm.
While not as juicy as Big Little Lies or Sharp Objects, fans of mystery get a good dose of drama and intrigue with The Better Sister. (eight 53- to 61-min. episodes) Δ
This article appears in Aug 21-31, 2025.