If there's one genre that never fails to reel me in, it's a good old-fashioned thriller—give me suspense, mystery and maybe a murder or two, and I’m sold. I want the kind of show that keeps me up way too late, second-guessing every character and basically gaslighting myself trying to figure out who the real villain is. If you're into that kind of twisty drama too, let me put The Better Sister on your radar.
The Better Sister is an 8-episode limited series based on the bestselling novel by Alafair Burke and it digs into the kind of messy, complicated family dynamics that are so fun to watch unravel. Jessica Biel plays Chloe, a successful media exec living what looks like a perfect life with her lawyer husband, Adam (Corey Stoll), and her teenage son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan). Meanwhile, Nicky (Elizabeth Banks), Chloe’s estranged sister, is struggling to stay clean and keep her life on track. Then—bam—Adam is murdered and everything spirals.