Killer plot by Marc Cherry

SOMETIMES I’m drawn to a TV series because of the name behind it. For example, anything by

Shonda Rhimes, JJ Abrams, Ryan Murphy, Lee Daniels, Michelle and Robert King or Ava DuVernay, I will generally watch.

The same goes for Marc Cherry. I’ve been a fan since Desperate Housewives. He bowled me over with Devious Maids and now I’m addicted Why Women Kill.

Season two, which is set in 1949, recently debuted on M-Net. This time, he changes tactic by making a dowdy housewife named Alma the anchor. He finds her in Allison Tolman, who viewers will remember from Good Girls, Castle Rock, The Twilight Zone and Emergence. She knocks the role out of the ballpark.

He has found another gem by casting Lana Parrilla as Rita, who is the Queen Bee of the local garden club and trophy wife of Carlo Castillo (Daniel Zacapa).

This instalment follows Alma’s misadventures as she tries to get into an elitist society club. There’s plenty of devilish drama as the women juggle their own struggles while keeping up appearances.

Why Women Kill 2 airs on M-Net (DStv channel 101) on Mondays at 9.30pm.