The Hunting Wives is a steamy, twist-laden crime drama created by Rebecca Cutter and adapted from May Cobb's 2021 novel. After debuting on Netflix in July 2025, it became one of the summer's biggest streaming surprises, blending Southern-fried melodrama, murder mystery, and soapy erotic thriller into a bingeable package.

Brittany Snow plays Sophie O'Neil, a Massachusetts transplant who follows her husband to a wealthy East Texas town and is quickly drawn into the orbit of Margo Banks (Malin Akerman), the magnetic, gun-toting queen bee of a clique of influential wives. When a teenage girl turns up dead, Sophie becomes the prime suspect, and the group's glossy world of guns, God, and gossip cracks open to reveal blackmail, affairs, and long-hidden crimes. Dermot Mulroney, Katie Lowes, and Chrissy Metz co-star.

Originally commissioned by Starz before Netflix acquired the U.S. rights, the series rocketed up the charts on release, drawing more than two billion minutes of viewing in a single week and earning an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score. Its addictive cliffhangers and camp confidence quickly made it a word-of-mouth phenomenon and secured a second season.