Every family has a history. The Better Sister, a new original series starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, premieres May 29 on Prime Video.
The Better Sister, based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.
The Better Sister, based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.
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00:01My husband has been murdered.
00:06And my sister is here.
00:09Even though I am feeling anxiety about this...
00:15No!
00:17I released it.
00:19So, you said you left at 8.45,
00:22and you came home,
00:24put down your things,
00:27kick off your shoes,
00:28came over here,
00:30but you feel something at your feet.
00:32And that's when you see...
00:35your husband.
00:37Burglary gone wrong has quickly fallen out of the lead for me.
00:41Oh, that's a selfie.
00:42Replaced by...
00:44Someone staged this.
00:49What is this?
00:50Hey, Nikki.
00:51I got here as soon as I could.
00:53Are you family?
00:54This is my sister.
00:55And Ethan's mother.
00:56Biological.
00:57Ethan lives with me.
00:59Ethan's other mom,
01:01Adam's ex,
01:02she's unstable.
01:04What a crazy turn.
01:06The world knowing you stole your sister's life.
01:09Oh, my God.
01:10This is everywhere.
01:11This is a good photo of us.
01:14Grief is something people can connect to.
01:18And that's the story you need to tell.
01:21Alarm was disarmed 20 minutes before Adam was killed.
01:24Does that make sense to you, Ethan?
01:26You're asking him to put himself in the mind of his father's killer?
01:30Wake up, Chloe.
01:31I think Ethan killed his father.
01:33Just shut up.
01:34Whatever's happened between you two in the past,
01:36Ethan is in real trouble now.
01:38You want to protect him?
01:40Tell me everything.
01:42Keeping secrets and leading double lives.
01:49This is what your family is about.
01:51Do you understand what is going on here?
01:53Oh, my God.
01:54Enough with the Jerry Springer antics.
01:56Sick burn, 1998.
01:58You know it's coming.
02:00It scares you, doesn't it?
02:02Your life is shitty because it is built on the bad decisions that you have made.
02:08Your life is a lie!
02:10Be careful.
02:12There's still a killer out there.
02:14Sometimes we dig.
02:20We don't like what we find.
02:27We don't like what we need.
02:28We don't like what we know.
02:29That's a good thing.
02:30We'll be here.
02:32We'll be here at the end of the day.
02:33Everyone's friends.
02:34We'll be here now.
02:35We'll be here.
02:36We'll be here later.
02:37We'll be here.
02:39Bye-bye.