‘Why Women Kill’ Review: Fans of ‘Desperate Housewives’ Won’t Be Disappointed

Goodwin feels similarly, though she says Why Women Kill is even more macabre than Desperate Housewives ever was. "Marc is his own tone and his own world of dramatic comedy, and his flavor is all over this," she says. "That being said, because it’s 2019 and because this is streaming, it seems to me he’s going much further. Things can be much darker and less palatable."

Less palatable, maybe, but definitely not less watchable. Why Women Kill is an absurdly binge-able series for many reasons. The end of the pilot, for example, leads viewers to think each of these women will actually attempt to murder their husbands. "For the woman who kills, only one question really matters," Taylor says directly to the camera before Beth Ann chimes in with, "Does she get away with it?"

"It’s going to be unexpected," Goodwin says. "My favorite thing is that we give the audience a false sense of security and then drop them on their asses. We’re showing you this world of candy, and because it’s stylized, it feels safe. The fourth wall is solid, and then we’re going to turn it all upside down."

But underneath all the twists, turns, and murder is a story about the way men treat women. In all three of these narratives, we see how the husbands abuse and take advantage of their wife's good will. Yes, the circumstances are different because of the time periods, but the root is the same.

"I think we’re going to sneakily make people really focus on the things brought to light very recently about gender relations," Goodwin says. "And these are timeless issues, but now that we’re really talking about it, I feel like the show can really be part of the conversation."

And that conversation will be nuanced. Goodwin tells Glamour that while Beth Ann's husband, Rob (Sam Jaeger), is presented as misogynistic, there's more to him—and all these male characters—than meets the eye. "There’s something about the way Marc writes that things start out feeling really black-and-white, but really they’re going to become more and more gray, messier and messier, more and more complicated," she says. "I think that there will be real love, for instance, for Beth Ann’s husband before, hopefully, the audience all commits in a really messy way of writing him off."