Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks Are Estranged Sisters at Center of Murder Mystery in ‘The Better Sister’ Trailer

It’s a mix of family drama and murder in the official trailer for Prime Video’s upcoming series The Better Sister.

Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks star as estranged sisters Chloe Taylor (Biel) and Nicky Macintosh (Banks) who despite living opposite lives — Chloe leads a picturesque existence with her lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), while Nicky struggles to stay clean — must come together when Chloe’s husband is murdered. To make matters more complicated, Nicky is also Adam’s ex and Ethan’s biological mother.

In the trailer, Biel’s Chloe is shown discovering a murdered Adam in their home, only to then have Ethan, herself and Nicky at the center of media attention and Ethan a suspect in his father’s murder. Though the sisters must stay united in the aftermath as they fight to discover the truth behind Adam’s murder, they must also confront lingering secrets and a complicated family history. The series explores “the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together.”

“Keeping secrets and living double lives. This is what your family is about,” a prosecutor says about their family.

“My husband has been murdered. And my sister is here. And though I am feeling anxiety about this, I release it,” Biel’s Chloe is shown reciting to herself in the bathroom as she attempts to calm down amid the turmoil.

“What a crazy turn, the world knowing you stole your sister’s life,” Kim Dickens’ Nancy Guidry says in the trailer.

The eight-episode series is based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke. Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer, Gloria Reuben, Matthew Modine and Lorraine Toussaint also star in the series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios).

Olivia Milch (Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown) executive produce and serve as showrunners. Series director Craig Gillespie and Annie Marter exec produce through Fortunate Jack Productions alongside exec producers Biel and Banks, Michelle Purple, Kerry Orent and Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements and Alissa Bachner through Tomorrow Studios .

The Better Sister premieres on Prime Video on May 29.