Murder Gets a Life

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Patricia Anne is baffled by her sister Mary Alice's distress over Ray's new bride, Sunshine Dabbs, who is charming yet unconventional. Mary Alice, protective of her son, suspects that the sweet blonde—who met Ray in Bora Bora after winning a trip on Wheel of Fortune—might be after his money. Eager to meet Sunshine's family, the sisters visit the family compound, only to stumble upon a corpse with Meemaw Turkett's hog butchering knife lodged in its chest. Meemaw, resembling a Cabbage Patch doll and the family matriarch, is in shock and quickly gathers the family. Pawpaw, her grumpy husband, has his own trailer, while their adult children have private spaces on the compound. The body’s discovery attracts Mary Alice's nemesis, Sheriff Reuse, known for causing trouble. Soon, the compound is filled with an odd mix of friends, neighbors, and relatives, including Meemaw's eerie channeler, Sunshine's jilted boyfriend lurking nearby, and a pack of dogs ready to pounce. Adding to the chaos is Kerrigan, Sunshine's mostly absent mother, who works in the adult film industry, potentially shocking Mary Alice even further.