Brittany Snow as Sophie, Malin Ackerman as Margo, Jaime Ray Newman as Callie, George Ferrier as Brad, Katie Lowes as Jill, Evan Jonigkeit as Brian, Chrissy Metz as Star, Dermot Mulroney as Jed Banks, Alexandria Debarre as Taylor, Joyce Glenn as Monet, Maddison Wolfe as Abby, Chosen Jacob’s as Jamie, Branton Box as Sheriff Johnny, Karen Rodriguez as Salazar

Length: 8 Episodes

Streaming Service: Netflix

Audio description produced By: International Digital Center

Written By: Emily Grove

Narrated By Amanda Bhutan

What Is it?: Seemingly created for those in the red States, the show takes place in Texas, where woke is dead, guns are everywhere, and a woman submits to the needs of her man. Or.. is it? On the surface, the Hunting Wives seems like a celebration of conservative politics, but behind every door is a sultry seductive story you’ll be quite surprised (or aroused) to find on Netflix. A young couple finds themselves thrust into this world, slowly being introduced to what goes on when no one is looking. Women play around with other women, sleep with the High School jocks and sons of their friends, and murder. There’s also a murder here, and the Sheriff is going to solve it, if he can get out of his own bedroom mischief. Kink shaming? Nope. it just has everything.

what Works: If you’re going to do it, you might as well go all the way. I’ll later make the argument they could go further, but the Hunting wives seems to want to wedge itself somewhere between Bridgerton and Euphoria, just seductive enough to catch attention and be known for it, but not so that it drives the story. Still, these characters get so caught up in sex all the time, it is amazing anything ever gets done. They try and limit the exterior plots to nearly nothing, and free people up to do anything the core story evolves. what jobs do they have? Who cares. Aside from a politician, everyone else is either in High School, works for a church, or is a cop. The only remaining option is vaguely unemployed.

Malin Ackerman, who should have been asked to do more and wrap up her run on Billions, is in the role of her career thus far. she dominates in every scene as Margo, the seductress who enjoys sleeping with anything that moves. It’s suggested some relationships had already happened, but she at least is with three active partners in just eight episodes, not including her husband. Then, we have Brittany Snow excellently doing the doe eyed fresh faced liberal who fits right into this salacious world.

This is not quality television. but, I’ll be damned if I couldn’t look away. A wide cast is rather well fleshed out, with the exception of a few minor characters like Monet, and there certainly is a mystery, with a twist. luckily Netflix picked this up for a second season, because it ends with a game changer. Yet another death to investigate. Will these wives ever stop hunting?

What Doesn’t Work: Chrissy Metz is a little wasted, given her talent, but she’s the only standout of those with marginal screentime I felt especially bad for. otherwise, go all in. don’t just place high bids, go all in. The Hunting Wives couldn’t be further from the wholesome nature of virgin river, but it still has a ways to go before euphoria. The most blush worthy scene is when one of the male cast is shown enjoying his wife riding him with a strap on. come on. euphoria has raised the bar! That’s all you’ve got? The Boys has more racy content. Be the edgiest show on Netflix.

If every series regular doesn’t have sex with at least multiple partners in season two, then I don’t know what we’re doing here. The actual show itself, minus all the shocking material, likely wouldn’t be nearly as eye catching. it’s those behind closed door moments that has everyone talking, anytime I find someone who has watched the show. All the comments I get have to do with how surprised everyone is by the content, not about how the mystery threw them for a loop. Sex sells.

The Audio description: not quite as horny as Bridgerton, which got kids so hot on social media they started a trend of getting their friends to listen to the track. However, it is very close. it is actually perhaps more effective at communicating its material than Euphoria.

Why You Might Like it: You miss all those late nights on Cinemax and Showtime, and wonder whatever happened to those movies? Where did the Red shoe Diaries go?

Why you Might Like it: You’re already clutching your pearls.

Final thoughts: it isn’t classy or classic, but The hunting Wives knows exactly which buttons to push to arouse its audience enough to get them to stick around for a solid whodunit.

Fresh: 7.0/10