HBO: Widows…

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Harry Rawlings, a renowned thief, is killed alongside his partners during a botched robbery. His widow Veronica is threatened by crime boss Jamal Manning, from whom Harry and his partners stole $2 million. Jamal needs the money to finance his campaign for alderman of a South Side ward, where he is running against Jack Mulligan, the next-in-line of a dynastic family who have historically dominated the alderman position. Veronica discovers Harry’s notebook which contains a detailed plan for a heist in the sum of $5 million.

She decides to carry out the plan to repay her debt to Jamal, and recruits two of the other widows, Alice and Linda, to assist her. The fourth widow, Amanda, does not show at their initial meeting. Alice acquires Glock pistols and a getaway van at a car auction while Linda is tasked with deciphering a blueprint in Harry’s plan. Alice uses a real estate executive with whom she is in a transactional relationship to identify the blueprint as a safe in Jack Mulligan’s home.

When Veronica’s loyal chauffeur Bash is murdered by Manning’s crew, Linda recruits Belle, her children’s babysitter, to be their driver. When Veronica visits Amanda and notices Harry’s flask on a table, she deduces that Harry is the father of Amanda’s newborn child. Devastated by Harry’s infidelity, Veronica leaves. Veronica visits the Mulligan home to ask Jack for protection from Manning—a request he rebuffs—and to case the premises in advance of the heist, while Belle is busy scanning the property for cameras and security guards. Veronica acquires the code to the safe by blackmailing the CEO of the Mulligans’ security company, using incriminating photos left in Harry’s notebook.

The heist begins and the women obtain access to the safe with the money. But on their way out, Jack’s father Tom appears and shoots Alice, wounding her. Linda quickly returns fire and shoots Tom dead. They escape but are caught by Jamal’s brother Jatemme, who subsequently steals the money from them and drives away in their getaway van. The group chases down Jatemme, ramming his van off the road into a median, killing him, and retrieves the money. The group then splits up and goes their separate ways, with Veronica returning to the hideout. Harry, who had faked his death and set up his partners after being hired by Jack, arrives at the hideout to steal the money from Veronica so that he can build a new life with Amanda. Veronica shoots Harry dead before he can kill her first.

Jack wins the position of alderman on a wave of public sympathy following his father’s murder. Linda reacquires the store that had been seized from her after her husband’s death left her with large debts. Alice sets up her own business, while Belle moves away. With Manning no longer a threat, Veronica donates the bulk of her share to improve the school library to honor the memory of her deceased son. Veronica and Alice happen upon one another in a diner. They initially ignore each other, but Veronica warmly greets Alice outside.

Available July 27th, 2019. 

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