The Hunting Wives on Stan is Big Little Lies but with a dark Southern twist.

If you're looking for a truly addictive watch, look no further than The Hunting Wives on Stan, a sexy drama series based on May Cobb's novel.

It follows Sophie O'Neill (Brittany Snow), who moves from Chicago to a small Texas town with her husband and son. Like all good thrillers, yes, she is escaping a dark past.

Of course!

Feeling at odds with traditional Southern sensibilities, Sophie becomes enamoured with Margo Banks (Malin Akerman), a glamorous socialite and the leader of an elite clique called the Hunting Wives.

This girl group bonds over hog hunting, late-night target practice, lying to their husbands and non-stop partying.

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As Sophie gets drawn deeper into their seductive world, she soon finds herself entangled in a murder investigation after a teenage girl's body is found.

The Hunting Wives are rounded out by Chrissy Metz as Starr, Jaime Ray Newman as Callie and Katie Lowes as Jill.

Dermot Mulroney plays Jed, Margo's wealthy husband, with Evan Jonigkeit portraying Graham, Sophie's mistrusting husband.

From the very first episode, this show feels like Big Little Lies had a lovechild with The Real Housewives of Dallas.

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It's extremely easy viewing and perfect weekend binge material.

For starters, Malin Akerman is incredible in the role of Margo — she manages to perfectly balance Margo's charm with her sinister intentions without ever veering into villain territory.

The viewer is supposed to fall for Margo's tricks — and we do. I hate how much I love this woman.

I spoke to Akerman, along with Brittany Snow, ahead of the show's release on Stan. From the moment she picked up the script, Akerman was obsessed.

"I couldn't say no to this," Malin admitted.

"It was a page-turner. Margo is a complicated woman and very interesting.

"For an actor, it's so nice to get a character that has so many layers. There are so many mysterious little corners of her life that we get to uncover and unpack.

"It's like living vicariously through somebody that you'd love to have the confidence to be, but I'm too much of a people-pleaser to be that," she joked.

Snow's character of Sophie is equally complex. The actress said that the two characters shared a similar history, which bonded them together.

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"Margo was a survivor, and I think Sophie is a survivor in such a different way. I think they've both come from traumas that they've had to overcome," Snow shared.

"They represent the two sides of women: the ones who unabashedly run away from their problems and do it in an outward way, and the women who go inward when something happens to them and they internalise the traumas that happen."

"They meet, and they find each other in each other's story. I think that connection is something that a lot of women can relate to because Sophie sees this freedom that Margo has and she really wants that. Through this relationship, Sophie comes back to herself."

One thing this series does is masterfully capture how love-bombing occurs not just in romantic relationships — but in female friendships, too.

From the moment Margo sets her sights on Sophie, she becomes tunnel-visioned, texting every minute of the day, and showing up uninvited to entice Sophie to ditch her plans and spend time with her.

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It's a dynamic I haven't seen captured like this before, and most women can relate to this kind of friendship, which is often all-consuming until said love-bomber finds a new shiny toy to play with.

"Margo is a master manipulator and seductress — she just knows when and where to give those love bombs," Malin explains.

"There's an agenda behind what Margo does, and so she knows how to get what she wants."

In the case of Margo and Sophie, their relationship eventually turns sexual, with the two stars sharing a handful of intimate scenes.

The actresses spoke about working with an intimacy coordinator for the scenes. "We could trust each other," Ackerman said.

"A lot of it had to do with coming to set, having done all the intimacy coordinating and talking about what we're comfortable with and what we're not comfortable with — so there are no surprises and it gets quite technical."

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Akerman added that she and Snow had created an "entrusted circle" by forming a friendship first.

"Brittany and myself found each other as friends outside of this show and just became really close," she said.

"I just adore her and feel so safe with her and couldn't have asked for a better partner to do these scenes with. We could bring the joy into it, we could bring the fun into it."

Snow agreed that their friendship made those scenes extra seamless.

"There was such a trust that we kind of established right away," Snow added. "We went out to dinner and were like, 'Tell me about your childhood'… luckily we were aligned on so many things and we also had so much in common, and were already friends. This was hugely important to the chemistry that we had. "

Malin couldn't imagine an alternative.

"Can you imagine having to do such intimate scenes with someone that in real life you might not really like that much?" she joked.

"That would really suck!"

The Hunting Wives is ready to stream now on Stan.

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