The Better Sister
Genre	Thriller
Created by	Olivia Milch
Based on	The Better Sister byAlafair Burke
Starring	Jessica Biel Elizabeth Banks Corey Stoll Maxwell Acee Donovan Gabriel Sloyer Kim Dickens Bobby Naderi Matthew Modine Lorraine Toussaint Gloria Reuben
Music by	Will Bates
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Regina Corrado Olivia Milch Craig Gillespie Marty Adelstein Becky Clements Alissa Bachner Jessica Biel Michelle Purple Elizabeth Banks Annie Marter Kerry Orent
Producer	James Crowell
Cinematography	Isiah Donté Lee Duane Manwiller
Editors	Tatiana S. Riegel Erica Freed Gershon Hinkson Jonah Moran Dave Labich
Running time	53–61 minutes
Production companies	Brownstone Productions Iron Ocean Puny Voice Pentimento Productions Fortunate Jack Tomorrow Studios Amazon MGM Studios
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	May 29, 2025 (2025-05-29)

The Better Sister is an Americanthriller television limited series created byOlivia Milch and starringJessica Biel,Elizabeth Banks,Corey Stoll, andMaxwell Acee Donovan. Based on the 2019 novel byAlafair Burke, it premiered on May 29, 2025.

Two estranged sisters, Chloe (Jessica Biel) and Nicky (Elizabeth Banks), one married to and the other divorced from the same man, Adam (Corey Stoll), are forced together after he is murdered.^[1]

• Jessica Biel as Chloe Taylor, the editor-in-chief ofThe Real Thing magazine
• Elizabeth Banks as Nicky Macintosh, Chloe's estranged, alcoholic older sister
• Corey Stoll as Adam Macintosh, Chloe's husband and Nicky's ex-husband
• Maxwell Acee Donovan as Ethan Macintosh, Nicky and Adam's biological son
• Gabriel Sloyer as Jake Rodriguez, an attorney at Adam's law firm and Chloe's lover
• Kim Dickens as Detective Nancy "Nan" Guidry, anEast Hampton detective who is investigating Adam's murder
• Bobby Naderi as Detective Matt Bowen, Nancy's police partner who is investigating Adam's murder
• Matthew Modine as Bill Braddock, a founding partner of the law firm where Adam and Jake work
• Lorraine Toussaint as Catherine Lancaster,The Real Thing's publisher and Chloe's mentor and friend
• Gloria Reuben as Michelle Sanders, the lawyer recommended by Jake to represent Ethan

• Michael J. Harney as Doorman Arty, the doorman at the building where Chloe, Adam, and Ethan live inManhattan
• Janel Moloney as Sheila, Chloe and Nicky's mother
• Frederick Weller as Hank, Chloe and Nicky's father
• John Finn as Clark, the East Hampton chief of police and Nan and Matt's boss
• Paul Sparks as Ken, Nicky's love interest whom she meets at an AA meeting in East Hampton
• Frank Pando as Edward Olivero, a FBI agent who has been blackmailing Adam and Jake

The series is an adaptation by Olivia Milch andRegina Corrado of the 2019 novelThe Better Sister byAlafair Burke. Burke acts as a consultant on the series which hasElizabeth Banks as co-star and executive producer via Brownstone Productions, andJessica Biel as co-star and executive producer via Iron Ocean Films, along with Michelle Purple.Craig Gillespie will direct in addition to being an executive producer, along with Annie Marter through Fortunate Jack Productions. The series is a co-production between Tomorrow Studios and Amazon MGM Studios, with Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, and Alissa Bachner of Tomorrow Studios executive producing.^[2]

In June 2024,Corey Stoll,Maxwell Acee Donovan,Gabriel Sloyer,Kim Dickens, and Bobby Naderi joined the cast.^[3][4]

Filming began in New York in June 2024,^[5][6][7] and wrapped in October 2024.^[8]

The series was released onAmazon Prime Video with all eight episodes on May 29, 2025.^[9][10]

The review aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes reported a 70% approval rating based on 33 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A dense mystery with nods towards moral ambiguity,Better Sister is too derivative for its surprises to properly land but gets a dramatic lift from the appealing pairing ofElizabeth Banks andJessica Biel."^[11]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 56 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average".^[12]

• The Better Sister atIMDb 

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• Amazon Prime Video original programming
• Television series about sisters
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• Television series by Amazon MGM Studios
• Television shows filmed in New York City
• Television shows based on American novels

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