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. Fresh Heir
Aired 3 June 2015 • 43 min
In the Houston heat, a lawyer and his large family enjoy the high life. One member gets too greedy, tough, and sparks a multi-generational war that ends in murder. It takes an entire police force, and one sleuth to uncover the shocking truth.
2. Dead in the Water
Aired 10 June 2015 • 43 min
Mountainous Salt Lake City is where two brothers call home. Their airline cleaning business once overflowing with cash is now steadily failing. With eyes dead set on living the high life, once person in the family will be worth more dead than alive.
3. Cradle of Lies
Aired 17 June 2015 • 43 min
An unconventional family is dragged into the headlines after one of their own is brutally murdered in rural Beaver Dams, NY. When police realize it is an inside job, mothers, fathers and brothers turn against each other in search for truth.
4. Till We Cheat Again
Aired 24 June 2015 • 43 min
In upscale Exeter, NH, one family endures divorce, murdered pets and multiple suicide attempts. But only when a shallow woodland grave unearths a body do residents of this quiet town realize a truly sadistic mastermind is in their midst.
5. Witchful Thinking
Aired 1 July 2015 • 43 min
Chesapeake, VA, is home to a tight-knit, religious family. At a glance, they look perfect, two beautiful daughters and a successful business, but this family is torn apart when one of them washes up along the banks of the Great Dismal Swamp.
6. Blood is the New Black
Aired 8 July 2015 • 43 min
In the desert oasis of Tucson, AZ, a beautiful young family's quick climb up the corporate ladder has them flush with cash. But soon, deceit and a cold-blooded murder will turn this family's dream into a nightmare.
7. At the Stroke of Madness
Aired 15 July 2015 • 43 min
Orinda, CA, has been voted one of America's friendliest towns. The history books are rewritten though when one family's war of words turns deadly. Finger-pointing and shocking revelations will stun not just the town, but the entire nation.
8. I, Thee Dead
Aired 22 July 2015 • 43 min
California's Central Valley is one of "America's breadbaskets", but what is being harvested for one family are greed, lust, and murder. Financial issues and an unwanted pregnancy push one family member over the edge, and another into an early grave.
9. It's Your Funeral
Aired 29 July 2015 • 43 min
The rocky Cape Cod coastline is bathed in blood after one family's fight for a fortune turns deadly. The investigation uncovers liars, cheaters, and even imposters on the dark path toward finding a killer in this modern day Greek tragedy.
10. A Brother's Blood
Aired 5 August 2015 • 43 min
A NASA contractor and his beautiful wife are living the dream with their three adopted children on the picturesque Maryland coast. Traditional parenting soon turns into military-style punishment and when the children start fighting back only a few members remain.
11. No Rest for the Wicked
Aired 12 August 2015 • 43 min
A couple of recent empty-nesters are finally able to enjoy the fruits of decades of labor. Old vices come home to roost when one of the children doesn't quite make it on their own; arguing escalates to deadly violence.
12. No Bones About It
Aired 19 August 2015 • 43 min
A farming family in Texas is so revered by the community that the entire town is named after them. But when several relatives want to start doing business differently, infighting and backstabbing lead to more than one death.
13. You'll Be the Death of Me
Aired 26 August 2015 • 43 min
In Dallas, TX, one couple's love story has brought together a large blended family. Personal and professional lives intertwine in harmony until jealousy and greed prove that one family member's true colors include blood red.