{"id":2295437,"date":"2026-02-23T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295437"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:30:12","slug":"why-this-kerry-washington-thriller-is-already-so-buzzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-this-kerry-washington-thriller-is-already-so-buzzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why This Kerry Washington Thriller Is Already So Buzzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-adroot=\"true\">\n<p>It took a while (read: literal years), but it finally feels like we\u2019re past that post-pandemic purgatory of waiting for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/entertainment\/the-burbs-season-2-renewal-news-release-date-updates\">good new TV shows<\/a> and movies to come out with any sort of regularity. Now, we\u2019re seeing exciting new titles pop up practically daily \u2014 and, even more exciting, we\u2019re seeing new projects led by some of our favorite women in film. Case in point? Apple TV just dropped a twisty trailer for its new limited psychological thriller <em>Imperfect Women<\/em>, starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara.<\/p>\n<p>Love a drama about messy friendships? Check. Can\u2019t resist a buried-secrets trope? Gotcha covered. Craving <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/entertainment\/gossip-girl-blair-waldorf-book-sequel-release-date-adaptation-updates\">a solid book-to-screen adaptation<\/a>? Yep, that too. Here\u2019s everything (else) you need to know as we count down the days until our next viewing obsession drops.<\/p>\n<h3>What is <em>Imperfect Women<\/em> about?<\/h3>\n<p>Like the recently announced series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/entertainment\/vladimir-netflix-series-book-adaptation-release-date-cast-updates\"><em>Vladimir<\/em> on Netflix<\/a>, <em>Imperfect Women<\/em> comes from a book of the same name \u2014 in this case, the 2021 novel by Araminta Hall. It\u2019s been adapted for television by Annie Weisman, who also serves as showrunner. (For reference, some of her other notable projects include <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>, <em>Suburgatory<\/em>, and <em>Based on a True Story<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>According to the series\u2019 official synopsis, \u201cAfter a murder shatters the lives of three best friends, their decades-long bond is tested when an investigation reveals betrayals and shocking truths.\u201d As the investigation unfolds, so does the messy, complicated reality behind what appeared to be an idyllic friend group.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:854px;\" class=\"sWr iGR\">\n<figure class=\"VE7\">\n<div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Imperfect Women \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKEPv8FBeSw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>When does it come out?<\/h3>\n<p><em>Imperfect Women<\/em> premieres globally on Apple TV on Wednesday, <strong>March 18<\/strong>, with the first two episodes dropping together. After that, new episodes will roll out weekly through April 29.<\/p>\n<h3>Who\u2019s in the cast?<\/h3>\n<p>The cast is honestly what sold me on watching the series. Washington, Moss, and Mara play friends Eleanor, Mary, and Nancy, respectively, with Washington and Moss also serving as executive producers. They\u2019re joined by a packed ensemble, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joel Kinnaman (if you haven\u2019t watched Kinnaman <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/entertainment\/shows-like-broadchurch\">in <em>The Killing<\/em><\/a>, go do that now)<\/li>\n<li>Corey Stoll<\/li>\n<li>Leslie Odom Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Sheryl Lee Ralph<\/li>\n<li>Ana Ortiz<\/li>\n<li>Keith Carradine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more, of course. Behind the camera, Lesli Linka Glatter \u2014 known for <em>Homeland<\/em> and <em>Love &amp; Death<\/em> \u2014 directs several episodes, which is a very promising sign for those of us hoping for prestige-thriller energy.<\/p>\n<h3>Could <em>Imperfect Women<\/em> get a second season?<\/h3>\n<p>At this point, it\u2019s too early to tell. However, I never take it too seriously anymore when something gets billed as a \u201climited series.\u201d If it\u2019s popular enough and the fan reaction is strong enough, it\u2019s very possible it\u2019ll make the jump to a regular series. Just look at shows like <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/entertainment\/big-little-lies-season-3-updates\">Big Little Lies<\/a><\/em> (which this series feels tonally similar to) or, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/entertainment\/the-four-seasons-season-2-updates\">more recently, <em>The Four Seasons<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s trickier with a book adaptation, depending on how much of the original book material they cover in the show, but authors have been known to write new subject material for show continuations. With a cast this strong and what looks like a juicy story, I would not be surprised to see a Season 2 here.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"fX2 rhF jIS\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scarymommy.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took a while (read: literal years), but it finally feels like we\u2019re past that post-pandemic purgatory of waiting for good new TV shows and movies to come out with any sort of regularity. Now, we\u2019re seeing exciting new titles pop up practically daily \u2014 and, even more exciting, we\u2019re seeing new projects led by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2295438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21741,77042,23808,21913,22077],"class_list":["post-2295437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-homepage","tag-streaming","tag-tv","tag-tv-shows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Why-This-Kerry-Washington-Thriller-Is-Already-So-Buzzy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2295439,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295437\/revisions\/2295439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}