The Better Sister, based on the book by Alafair Burke, premiered on Amazon Prime on May 29, 2025. It follows the investigation of the brutal murder of high-profile lawyer Adam Macintosh (Corey Stoll) and the devastating impact it has on his family: wife Chloe (Jessica Biel), son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), and ex-wife, who also happens to be Chloe’s sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks). While the police arrest Ethan for the crime, the truth is far more complicated. The eight-episode series explores themes of sibling rivalry, domestic violence, public perception versus private existence, and what it means to be an unreliable narrator. 

We touched base with Gloria Ruben, who played Ethan’s attorney Michelle Sanders, Gabriel Sloyer, who played Adam’s associate (and Chloe’s affair partner) Jake Rodriguez, and Maxwell Acee Donovan, who played the young accused murderer Ethan Macintosh. In the interview, the cast talks about “secrets, ambitions, and guilt”, as well as each of their approaches to their characters. Ruben, Sanders, and Sloyer also discuss one of the most explosive scenes in the series and how it impacted the characters they had so lovingly crafted. 

Watch the full interview on YouTube: