Ruthless matriarch clashes with fierce protector after a son's fatal crash.
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family
drama
Eleanor appears as the household's iron matriarch, yet her authority rests on cruelty toward Lucy and manipulation of her son George. Margaret shatters that control by destroying the prized Bennett crock and installing herself as Lucy's shield, turning the kitchen into a battlefield of daily confrontations. George's drunken tractor death collapses Eleanor's world, leaving her mind in fragments. Rather than walk away, Margaret remains to tend the woman who once made her life miserable, and the two former adversaries begin stitching a new family from the wreckage.
In the spotlight
Eleanor bullies Lucy and pushes George to violence
Margaret smashes the Bennett crock and moves in to protect Lucy
George dies in a drunken tractor crash, fracturing Eleanor's mind
Tune in
Episodes drop weekly as the rivalry hardens into an uneasy alliance.
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