Why Women Kill (2019)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (39,418 votes)
Episode average: 8.1 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

8.36 avg 10 episodes 8.1 → 9.3 50 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry	8.1	1,439
2	I'd Like to Kill Ya, But I Just Washed My Hair	8.0	1,160
3	I Killed Everyone He Did, But Backwards and in High Heels	8.1	1,078
4	You Had Me at Homicide	8.1	1,005
5	There's No Crying in Murder	8.1	971
6	Practically Lethal in Every Way	8.3	981
7	I Found Out What the Secret to Murder Is: Friends. Best Friends.	8.3	964
8	Marriages Don't Break Up on Account of Murder - It's Just a Symptom That Something Else Is Wrong	8.4	969
9	I Was Just Wondering What Makes Dames Like You So Deadly	8.9	1,117
10	Kill Me as If It Were the Last Time	9.3	1,764

Season 2 (2021)

7.85 avg 10 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 47 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Secret Beyond the Door	7.9	984
2	The Woman in the Window	7.8	754
3	Lady in the Lake	7.7	692
4	Scene of the Crime	7.7	666
5	They Made Me a Killer	7.8	638
6	Dangerous Intruder	8.1	634
7	The Woman in Question	7.9	587
8	Murder, My Sweet	8.0	586
9	The Unguarded Moment	8.1	601
10	The Lady Confesses	7.5	713

Why Women Kill (2019)

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