Who Could Kill a Sweet Old Lady (2026 Lifetime Movie)
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Cast: Alexandra Harris, Laurie Cummings, Phillip Andre Botello
Director: Tom Shell
Writer(s): Sarah-Doe Osborne
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When Zoe wakes up to find her husband murdered beside her in bed with no memory of anyone entering their home, she becomes the prime suspect. To clear her name, she must uncover the real killer and stop them before they finish what they started.
Recap/Wine Thoughts
The movie begins with an old lady named Linette who is bitching out her live-in nurse for being on her phone. An intruder breaks into the house and robs Linette.
Edie is a nurse seeking work. Her more recent client passed away, and she was hired by Linette. She is rich, mean, and not dead, apparently. Linette does not need a babysitter and doesn’t take kindly to the help. Linette’s last nurse was rushed to the hospital after the home invasion.
Linette asks Edie to close her bank accounts and insists she is being tracked and targeted for her money. Linette gives Edie some mace and tells her to keep everyone away from her estate. (Everyone except Edie and the gardener, Mateo.)
Edie changes the security cameras, gets a dog named Killer, and recruits Matteo to help her keep an eye on the house, but none of that stops a second break-in. The police tell the ladies to take a bubble bath, which is super sexist. Thanks for the help, cops!
After reviewing the security footage and seeing Matteo refocused it “accidentally while trimming the hedges. While Matteo is fixing the camera’s Linette, Edie decides to move Linette into her house. The roommate Claire is like, WTF.
The person following them turns out to be a PI hired by Preston, who has been trying to reach Linette. Still, Linette doesn’t remember anyone named Preston. Edie thinks it could be dementia, and brings Linette back home and calls for memory care. When Edie brings it up, Linette admits she was romance-scammed by Preston and was embarrassed to tell anyone.
Linette and Edie talk about genealogy websites, and it could lead to clues as to who is after Linette for her money. Linette writes a new will, and before she goes to bed, she takes medication that she has been hiding from Edie.
On a much-needed night off, Edie can’t stop talking about work. She looks at Linette’s genealogy website and learns Matteo is the one after Linette’s money. When she gets to the house, Linette knocks Edie out.
When Edie comes to, it is revealed that Linette is actually Avery, the former nurse, who has been impersonating Linette the whole time. Avery suffocated Linette and took over her life. Avery throws gasoline all over the basement and plans to burn up the body and Edie along with it.
Edie gets free from the basement, and Avery chases her around with matches. Edie manages to get outside and to her car to grab the mace that Linette gave her at the beginning of the movie. The police arrest her and take her away.
Edie might start dating Matteo and adopt Killer as her own dog. Yay!
STRAY Thought
Lifetime just buying a gray wig, instead of hiring an actress over a certain age. Oh wait, the twist makes this make sense, but I could have done with a wig removal!
Overall rating
Number of Kills: 🔪🔪🔪 ( 3 knives)
Enjoyment Level (1-5 scale)
🍷🍷🍷 (3 Glasses of Wine)
Lifetime Tropes:
Should you watch it?
Pour it up (Give it a shot)
Put a Cork in It (Skip It!)
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