Why Women Kill was tailor made for the start of the pandemic. A show about sensational idealism focused on sex and murder across three eras of Pasadena with three female leads? What's not to love while stuck in your house with a box of Cheezits? Add in powerhouse acting from Once Upon A Time's Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu (of Elementary fame since this show premiered on CBS), and Kirby Howell-Baptise fresh off a turn during the final seasons of The Good Place and there was definite magic in the storytelling era.
Even for a fantasy show with salacious bits, it certainly isn't perfect. And even with queer content, Why Women Kill is almost proof that there are certain things that heterosexuality gets away with that queerness still can't in modern pop culture. Ironically, things that it has done before to great and new acclaim.
But for good or for ill, Why Women Kill is a sensational anthology modern masterpiece. Dripping with color, intrigue, and just enough blood to satiate the thirsty, there was very little keeping it from future success. Well. Maybe changing streaming services for season two wasn't the best idea.
