'All Her Fault' Creator On Challenging How Society Views Women & Mothers In Thriller Series
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•Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000
📰 What Happened
The creator and showrunner of the Peacock thriller All Her Fault, Megan Gallagher, discusses how the series challenges the way society views women and mothers. The show centers on Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook) and Jenny Kaminski (Dakota Fanning), two women brought together by the disappearance of the former’s son.
🔍 The Backstory
The story deliberately avoids making the husbands’ infidelity the source of tension, even though audiences called them two of the worst husbands on television. Gallagher chose instead to explore deeper themes around motherhood, judgment and societal expectation.
🎯 Why It Matters
The series joins a wave of prestige thrillers using genre tropes to make pointed social criticism. Gallagher’s approach reflects a broader cultural conversation about how mothers and women are scrutinised and blamed.
The creator and showrunner of the Peacock thriller All Her Fault, Megan Gallagher, discusses how the series challenges the way society views women and mothers. The show centers on Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook) and Jenny Kaminski (Dakota Fanning), two women brought together by the disappearance of the former’s son.
The story deliberately avoids making the husbands’ infidelity the source of tension, even though audiences called them two of the worst husbands on television. Gallagher chose instead to explore deeper themes around motherhood, judgment and societal expectation.
The series joins a wave of prestige thrillers using genre tropes to make pointed social criticism. Gallagher’s approach reflects a broader cultural conversation about how mothers and women are scrutinised and blamed.