10 intriguing cheating TV shows

10. Play back

USA, 2020.
Drama, detective.
Duration: 1 season.
IMDb: 7, 6.

Successful New York psychotherapist Grace Fraser is happily married to pediatric oncologist Jonathan and is raising a smart, precocious son, Henry. But everything changes after the appearance of the sexy Latin American Elena. Soon, the girl is brutally killed, and Grace realizes that she did not know anything about her husband's life.

Despite the detective plot, the series is more focused on the personal relationships of the main characters. And the topic of infidelity, of course, turns out to be one of the central ones in the investigation.

9. Mistresses

Great Britain, 2008-2010.
Drama.
Duration: 3 seasons.
IMDb: 7, 6.

Shot from the series about infidelity "Mistresses"

The four heroines are 30 years old, and they have been friends since university days. Each of them lives in its own way: one has built a happy marriage, the other has remained lonely, the third is having an affair at work, and the fourth cannot forget her missing husband. But at some point, they all have significant changes in their personal lives.

In addition to the British project, there is also an American remake of the same name in 2013. It has a better-known cast, but the original came out better.

8. Dr. Foster

UK, 2015-2017.
Drama.
Duration: 2 seasons.
IMDb: 7, 7.

Dr. Gemma Foster begins to suspect her husband of infidelity. The first doubts quickly develop into a real obsession. However, in the end, the heroine not only creates problems for herself in family life, but also greatly harms her career.

By the way, this series also has a Russian adaptation - "Tell the Truth" with Victoria Isakova in the title role.

7. Scandal

USA, 2012–2018.
Drama, thriller.
Duration: 7 seasons.
IMDb: 7, 7.

Olivia Pope previously worked as a public relations specialist in the presidential administration. After being fired, she creates an anti-crisis agency that quietly deals with scandals around high-ranking clients.

Of course, many stories from the author of Grey's Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes, are devoted to the betrayal of the protagonist's clients. So a lot of controversial topics and dubious morale are provided to the audience.

6. Lovers

USA, 2014–2019.
Drama.
Duration: 5 seasons.
IMDb: 7, 9.

Shot from the series about infidelity "Lovers"

A married father of four, Noah, who is struggling to finish his second romance, accidentally meets a young waitress, Alison, on the beach. Her child recently died, after which the marriage cracked. The heroes are carried away by each other, but it seems that they perceive their closeness in very different ways.

The series has a very unusual structure: most of the episodes are divided into two parts, each of which tells a story from the point of view of one of the characters. And it is often difficult to know which of them you can trust.

5. You are the embodiment of vice

USA, 2014 - 2019.
Comedy, melodrama.
Duration: 5 seasons.
IMDb: 8, 1.

Jimmy, a cynical Englishman, is kicked out of his ex-mistress's wedding. And then he meets the PR woman Gretchen, who stole one of the gifts to the young. A whirlwind romance begins between two selfish acquaintances who have absorbed literally all human vices.

Over the five seasons of the dramatic comedy, the heroes have time to change a lot. But the plus of the series is that it still does not lean towards the typical moralizing, leaving Jimmy and Gretchen just as cynical and rude.

3. A good wife

USA, 2009-2016.
Drama, detective, crime.
Duration: 7 seasons.
IMDb: 8, 3.

Shot from the series about infidelity "The Good Wife"

The prosecutor's wife and mother of two children, Alicia Florrick, finds herself in a difficult situation. Her husband finds himself in the center of a sex scandal, after which he is sent to prison. Alicia gets a job as a lawyer in a law firm and is trying to build a career.

The original project ended after seven seasons. A year later, the spin-off "Good Struggle" started, dedicated to one of the secondary heroines of the series.

2. Why do women kill

USA, 2019 - present.
Drama, comedy, crime.
Duration: 1 season.
IMDb: 8, 3.

Three women live in the same house at different times. Each of them at some point encounters difficulties in the relationship: one learns about her husband's infidelity, the other starts an affair herself, while the third is even more difficult. It is impossible to predict what a housewife from the 60s, a socialite from the 80s and a lawyer from our day will do.

Behind this project is the creator of Desperate Housewives and Treacherous Maids, Mark Cherry. This time, a very confusing detective story is added to the drama and comedic elements.

1. Big little lies

USA, 2017–2019.
Drama, detective.
Duration: 2 seasons.
IMDb: 8, 5.

At a charity ball in a small town, a murder takes place. Further, the plot is postponed for a while and tells how single mother Jane Chapman found herself in a difficult situation when her child seemed to have offended the daughter of one of the very important women in the city.

The series, whose first season was directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, combines a very powerful drama about cheating, parenting and even domestic violence with a convoluted detective story. The puzzle is fully formed only at the end.