The Hunting Wives on Netflix is an extremely literal title. Filled with guns, marital drama and extramarital affairs, and plenty of murder, the series adapted from May Cobb’s book is an addictive soap set in an affluent circle of Texas. Sophie (Brittany Snow) and her husband Graham (Evan Jonigkeit) arrive in the heartland from their east coast liberal bubble for Graham’s new job, and Sophie is immediately swept up by the town’s Queen Bee Margo (Malin Akerman). Margo initiates Sophie into their way of life by introducing her to other locals, including the Reverend’s wife Jill (Katie Lowes) and the Sheriff’s wife Callie (Jaime Ray Newman), and encouraging the previously anti-NRA Sophie to buy a couple of guns.
But when a young high school girl, Abby (Madison Wolfe), who was dating Jill’s son Brad (George Ferrier), turns up dead, Sophie’s gun is identified as the murder weapon and she becomes the prime suspect. Her past transgressions are unraveled, as are the many secrets of the wives in town, who are all driven by jealousy, lust, and revenge.
