Why Women Kill is an American dark comedy-drama anthology television series created by Marc Cherry, which depicts the events leading to deaths caused by women. The first season, which premiered on August 15, 2019, on CBS All Access, consists of 10 episodes and is set in multiple time periods. The second season, also containing 10 episodes, premiered on June 3, 2021 on Paramount+, and changes its focus to a single time period. In December 2021, the series was renewed for a third season. However, it was scrapped before production could begin in July 2022. Plot The first season of Why Women Kill follows three women from different decades who are connected through having all lived in the same Pasadena mansion and experiencing infidelity in their marriages. Beth Ann Stanton remains content as a housewife in 1963 until she learns of her husband Rob's unfaithfulness; socialite Simone Grove discovers her third husband Karl's homosexuality and begins her own affair with a younger man in 1984; and in 2019, bisexual attorney Taylor Harding finds her open marriage tested when she and her husband Eli become attracted to the same woman, Jade. The infidelity in each marriage sets off a chain of events that ends with a death caused by a woman. Cast and characters Season 1 1963 Main Ginnifer Goodwin as Beth Ann Stanton, Rob's subservient wife. Hartlyn Hilsman as a young Beth Ann. Sam Jaeger as Rob Stanton, an aerospace engineer married to Beth Ann Sadie Calvano as April Warner, a waitress having an affair with Rob Recurring Alicia Coppola as Sheila Mosconi, Rob and Beth Ann's neighbor and Leo's wife who befriends Beth Ann Adam Ferrara as Leo Mosconi, Rob and Beth Ann's neighbor and Sheila's husband Lindsey Kraft as Claire, Rob's secretary. Guest Spencer Garrett as Hal Burke, Rob's boss Peri Gilpin as Vivian Burke, Hal's wife Lio Tipton as Mary Vlasin, Rob and Beth Ann's neighbor and Ralph's abused wife Scott Porter as Ralph Vlasin, Rob and Beth Ann's neighbor and Mary's abusive husband Ava Scarola as Emily Stanton, Rob and Beth Ann's deceased daughter Catherine Curry as Elsie Warner, April and Rob's daughter who is under the care of Beth Ann 1984 Main Lucy Liu as Simone Grove, a twice-divorced socialite married to Karl Harmonie He as a young Simone Grove Jack Davenport as Karl Grove, Simone's third husband who is using their relationship to conceal his