A TOXIC LOVE STORY

A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend

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Coming to Netflix July 22nd 2026

In a glamorous California suburb, a young woman’s arrest for a violent fantasy plot against her ex-boyfriend's new wife becomes a sensational scandal, but the truth remains hidden behind a sophisticated web of deception. As the investigation peels back layers of betrayal, it becomes unclear who is the true victim and who is the villain in a game where everyone is playing a part.

DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRA LACEY

PRODUCED BY EMMA SUPPLE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DOV FREEDMAN, CHARLIE RUSSELL, SAM HOBKINSON

DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY MEGAN STACEY, PAUL O'CALLAGHAN

EDITORS TOM PARSONS, SIMON MASON, HUGH WILLIAMS

LINE PRODUCER NAOMI LAMB

ORIGINAL MUSIC NICK FOSTER & JESSICA JONES

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE DARAPON VONGSA-NGA

HEAD OF PRODUCTION NICKY VARLEY

PRODUCTION MANAGER LUCIA BRUTOVSKA

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR JULIA SUMMERS

ARCHIVE PRODUCER BRIONY CLARK

ASSISTANT PRODUCER IMOGEN COOPER ROBINSON

SENIOR RESEARCHER MALAIKA JOHNSON

ADDITIONAL EDITOR JON COUTTS

JUNIOR EDITOR SEMA BASHARAN

ASSISTANT EDITOR LWIMBO KUNDA

DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE HOLLY DAVIDSON

DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION MANAGER KATHRYN WELLINGTON

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT LUCY TUDOR

RESEARCH PRODUCERS MARY-JANE MITCHELL & BRIDIE BISCHOFF

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID VOLLRATH & MARY STAMM-CLARKE

1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA PAUL D. AUERBACH

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANTS CAMERA ERIC UGLAND & ANDREW HILL

SOUND RECORDISTS DAN KELLY, CAS, JOHN MAYNARD, CHAD MELLENDICK

GAFFERS DAVID SHEETZ, MICHAEL TEDFORD, FRANCIS BUTLER, WILL IVERSEN

GRIP ROBERT LIBBEE

GRIP AND ELECTRIC ASSISTANTS ELI BAUTISTA & MATTHEW BUCK

DIGITAL IMAGINING TECHNICIANS SAM ZAPIAIN & BRYCE MCDONALD

SET DESIGNER PHOEBE ANNE HARRIS

SET DRESSER KYLE COTA

HAIR AND MAKE UP COLLEEN KONOWITZ

LOCATION PRODUCTION COORDINATOR CHRISTINE JANUMALA

LOCATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS DANNY DAHLIN, JOHN STANBROUGH, REINA AKAMATSU

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BEN HICKERNELL

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STEADICAM OPERATOR AARON GANTT

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PRODUCER FOR WILD BUS FILMS LOUISA GILBERT

DRAMA ASSOCIATE PRODUCER GARRETT VANDUSEN

DRAMA PRODUCER NATE EGGERT

DRAMA PRODUCTION MANAGER REINE WONG

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR JEFF DESMARAIS

PRODUCTION DESIGNER HEATHER COUTTS

ART DIRECTOR KATIE HILLIER

LOCATION MANAGER JESSICA OLSON

SET DECORATOR RUSTY ROSS

SET DRESSERS ALLISSIA CALLEAU, AYANA WHEELER, JESSICA KEAY, WAYNE CHUNG

CONSTRUCTION JOHN ROBERTSON

PROPS MASTER EDWIN GUTIERREZ, PROPS ASSISTANT CHIRAN ALIPIO

1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA MICHAEL ROCK-PERRING, 2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA MARK MILLER

DIGITAL IMAGINING TECHNICIAN STEVE SMITH

GAFFER PETER PETROVICH

BEST BOY JOE LIDDERDALE

KEY GRIP JHONNY JAQUES FAMILIA, DOLLY GRIP JULIO DE LA ROSA

BEST BOY ELECTRIC CHANTS LUSH, CONNEL MCLEOD

LIGHTING GRIP SWINGS LINDEN VANDENBRINK, RAVEN SHAW

CASTING DIRECTOR KARINA FRISLEV

KEY HAIR AND MAKE UP KRISTIN CHAAR, HAIR AND MAKE UP JORDAN CRAWFORD

COSTUME DESIGNER NATALIE SIMON, ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER DOMINIC POLUBINSKI

DRAMA LOCATION ASSISTANTS MARK WILMOT, KIM SVENNINGSEN

CAST AMANDA WEAR, KATIA PLOTNIKOFF, GAVIN MARCK, JARED HORST, BRENNAN YOUNG, LAINEY BALDWIN, MATT TOMPOROWSKI, MIRHIR MODAK, RICHARD ELLIS

MUSIC ORCHESTRATION HARRIS GRANT-FORSTE

POST PRODUCTION FACILITY SPLICE

DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION RICHARD FOLLEY

POST PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE LYDIA THATCHER

WORKFLOW OPERATOR JOEL WHITTAKER

COLORIST CONNOR O'NEILL

ONLINE EDITOR EDDIE NUTTALL

SOUND EDITOR JACK CHEETHAM

RE-RECORDING MIXER GARY KELLY

GRAPHICS ED EMMERSON

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