“The Better Sister” on Prime Video is a deep dive into complex families and relationships!
We join the creatives ahead of the suspenseful new series premiere!
Based on the book by bestselling author Alafair Burke, The Better Sister is an eight-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together.
Audiences will easily connect to this tale filled with angst, difficult family dynamics, hard topics, touchy subjects, emotionally heavy content, and thoroughly interesting and relatable characters.
We spoke with the extremely creative showrunners Olivia Milch and Regina Corradoas. They explained how each character was created and intricately crafted for this superbly engaging and thrilling series!
Check it out below.
Here is a list of the tantalizing characters and their descriptions:
Chloe Taylor (Jessica Biel): Chloe is a high-profile media executive who lives an enviable (and expensive) life with her handsome lawyer husband, Adam, and teenage son, Ethan.
Nicky (Elizabeth Banks): Nicky is Chloe's estranged sister who struggles to stay clean and make ends meet. She's tested when tragedy forces a sudden and uneasy reunion with Chloe.
Adam Macintosh (Corey Stoll): Adam muscled his way from a local boy in Ohio to the white shoe law firms of New York City, but finds it difficult to embrace the high-class life his wife Chloe, has built around them. A devoted father, he worries about the impact their new wealth has on his son Ethan.
Catherine Lancaster (Lorraine Toussaint): Grand dame of publishing, New York City queen-maker, Chloe's mentor and boss, Catherine is always thinking about the long game.
Bill Braddock (Matthew Modine): The powerful founding partner at Adam's (Corey Stoll) law firm, Bill Braddock is a man of appetites who can be an ally or a threat, depending on the day.
Nancy Guidry (Kim Dickens) an experienced, investigative detective who sees more than anyone else in the room, and isn't afraid to tell you all about it.
Matt Bowen (Bobby Naderi): Nancy Guidry's younger partner Bowen approaches things with a kinder style. But that softer approach doesn't entirely mask his profound ambition.
Michelle Sanders (Gloria Reuben): A respected lawyer who has made a career of standing up when she's told to sit down, Michelle Sanders faces a new kind of challenge when she crosses paths with the sisters.
Ethan Macintosh (Maxwell Acee Donovan): Ethan, 17, adores his loving mother, Chloe (Jessica Biel), and has a complicated relationship with his overachieving, overbearing father, Adam (Corey Stoll). When faced with a family tragedy, his mother can no longer protect him, and he's forced to face his fears head-on.
Jake Rodriguez (Gabriel Sloyer): Jake is a colleague of Adam's (Corey Stoll) at a high-level law firm in Manhattan. He and Adam are bonded by their outsider status at the firm, and over time, he's grown close with the whole family. But that closeness is tested once Adam is murdered.
The way in which this suspenseful story plays out will have viewers glued to their seats! The relationships, albeit complex, are very intertwined and even tumultuous to say the least. However, familial love may prove to be stronger than than the test of time and space.
This family saga is filled with believable and multilayered character portrayals that will draw you deep into the storyline throughout each episode.
Check out the trailer below and tune into “The Better Sister” premiering May 29th on Prime video.