Sex, Guns & Sweet Tea: Netflix’s The Hunting Wives Takes Over Charlotte

Katie Lowes, Brittany Snow, and Malin Akerman star on 'The Hunting Wives'.Credit: Lionsgate

The Hunting Wives has exploded onto Netflix as the kind of show you can’t stop watching even when you know you should. It’s pulp with polish—guns, gossip, and glossy hair flips, set against the façade of Texas high society but filmed right in Charlotte. The story is a messy cocktail of lust, betrayal, and murder, served with a wink and more than a splash of champagne. Viewers aren’t just watching; they’re devouring it. It’s become the kind of guilty pleasure that everyone insists is trashy, but nobody can turn it off.

Part of the magic is its unapologetic boldness. The Hunting Wives doesn’t tiptoe into scandal—it cannonballs. Lesbian love triangles, skeet shooting as foreplay, body shots at the country club—it’s a cocktail of chaos, and it works because it never pretends to be anything else. Brittany Snow herself admitted, “We wanted to shock people,” and the show succeeds. Fans have flocked online to call it sleazy, twisty, and “the most titillating binge of the summer.” The writers layer in satire of politics and small-town hypocrisy, but they don’t let that get in the way of the fun. It’s television for anyone who’s ever secretly wanted to run off with the bad girls.

And while the story claims Texas as its backdrop, it’s Charlotte that steals the show. Maple Brook is actually Mooresville’s Main Street, reimagined as a Southern soap opera set. Coyote Joe’s, the real country bar by the airport, doubles as itself. Margo and Jed’s glamorous lake house is none other than a sprawling Airbnb on Lake Norman, complete with a private dock. Dilworth Tasting Room makes an appearance for cocktails, while South End’s Chapter 6 hosts an intimate dinner scene. Even the vintage Social Cow ice cream truck rolls into a lakeside moment, proving Charlotte has just as much star power as any Hollywood backlot.

What The Hunting Wives delivers is more than just a show—it’s a spectacle. A scandalous summer read brought to life, equal parts sexy and shocking, layered with the thrill of recognizing your own city on screen. Charlotte has never looked so decadent, so dangerous, or so deliciously fun. And that’s why everyone is talking about it: because deep down, we all want to be a little bit bad, just for a night.