About this season
From the outside, families seem like harmonious units in loving homes. But you don't necessarily know what secrets families are hiding from the outside world. Narrated by actress Brenda Strong, the voice of Desperate Housewives character Mary Alice Young, this series explores families hiding the most extreme of family secrets: murder. Each episode explores a death in a family, unravelling the motives of the family members, all of whom are potential suspects - and potential victims.
Episodes (13)
1. 4 Women & a Funeral
Aired 3 April 2014 • 43 min
In peaceful Green Gove Springs, FL, the Jones family lives the good life with a successful business and two beautiful daughters. But when a naive new houseguest finds skeletons in the closet, one family member will seek revenge by bloodshed. [also shown as S3:E2]
2. Murder Mansion
Aired 10 April 2014 • 43 min
In the town of Libertyville, IL, Bruce and Darlene Rouse appear to have everything: wealth, success, and three wonderful children. But behind closed doors, a toxic mix of scorn, jealousy, and greed is about to boil over into a scene of shocking carnage. [also shown as S3:E1]
3. House of Lies
Aired 17 April 2014 • 43 min
The Jackson family of Borger, TX, shares the same American values as their neighbors. But a dark family secret reveals at least one Jackson is a wolf in sheep's clothing poised to thin the flock by murder.
4. Home Sweet Homicide
Aired 24 April 2014 • 43 min
The forward-thinking Santaguida family enjoys a healthy, natural lifestyle in the hippie haven of Evergreen, CO. But when one family member is found brutally strangled, homicide detectives discover this peaceful image is all smoke and mirrors.
5. Don't Kill the Messenger
Aired 1 May 2014 • 43 min
The Milo family's Akron, OH, based cosmetics supply chain is one of the biggest in the country. But beauty is skin deep, and an integral fight for company control will expose an ugly underbelly of conspiracy, lies and murder.
6. Hell's Belles
Aired 8 May 2014 • 43 min
The Allman sisters have deep roots in their tight-knit Oakland community. When drug dealers threaten the neighborhood, the family decides to stand their ground. But after their house goes up in flames, one family member hides a smoldering secret.
7. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Aired 15 May 2014 • 43 min
The Byrom family of Luka, MS, seem to have it all: love, success, and plenty of Southern charm. But they also have some very dark secrets. And soon, a penchant for sordid sex and a passion for poison will result in murder.
8. Duct Tape Divorce
Aired 22 May 2014 • 43 min
For the DeWilds of Edgewater, CO, family always comes first. But when one DeWild threatens to break that bond, the find the only way out of this family is murder.
9. He Said, She's Dead!
Aired 29 May 2014 • 43 min
With a Coral Gables mansion and membership to the local yacht club, life's a beach for accountants Ed and Maggie Locasio. But when suspicion and infidelity threatens to break family bonds, one family member will be hit by the death tax.
10. Desperate House Knives
Aired 5 June 2014 • 43 min
The Bautista family of Riverside, CA, is living the American dream with a nice home and two hard-working sons. But that dream will soon become a nightmare as one Bautista threatens to sever family ties and somebody loses their head.
11. Southern Helle
Aired 12 June 2014 • 43 min
For Starkville, MS, couple Joey and Kristi Fulgham, friends and family are one and the same. But when small town hospitality leads to dangerous liaisons, one family member decides the only way out is murder.
12. So Lonesome I Could Die
Aired 19 June 2014 • 43 min
In the small town of Munster, IN, the Levine family real estate business is flying high. But life for these jetsetters is about to hit some turbulence as brotherly love turns into backstabbing, revenge and murder.
13. The Widowmaker
Aired 26 June 2014 • 43 min
Barry and Anita Ford seem to have it all: success, happiness, and loving in-laws George and Jill. But behind closed doors, envy and rumored-flirtation generate toxic hostility - culminating with one Ford executed in a remote industrial park.