The Hunting Wives viewers are certain they just spotted an onscreen mistake.
After its premiere on Netflix, eagle-eyed fans have been watching and rewatching the addictive series, which resulted in one social media user pointing out a potential flub.
“Of all the things that shocked me about The Hunting Wives, this is the part that really had me shook,” read a TikTok on Saturday, August 2, that showed Sophie (Brittany Snow) opening up her fridge in the season premiere. “Why do I always notice weird things in shows?”
The clip went on to zoom in on Sophie checking the freezer, where a Kraft mac and cheese product was peeking out. Some viewers were convinced the show made a mistake and put the pantry staple in the freezer. “I’ve been WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BRING THIS UP,” one person wrote. Another fan of the hit show recalled how she “rewound to see” if they “really saw” the mac and cheese.
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Others had theories that it was intentional. “Any time a brand or logo is shown in a movie, it is a product placement. So many people are talking about this so they did their job,” read another post, while someone else pointed out a different error, “How about the 2016 OK license plate on the RAM pickup Mandy and Kyle stole in the 1999 clip?”
Many fans discovered a reasonable explanation for the Kraft product in the freezer with several commenters pointing out that the company has frozen meals such as a mac and cheese option with chicken nuggets and broccoli, which would make sense since Sophie is a mom.
Based on May Cobb‘s book of the same name, The Hunting Wives follows Sophie who moves from Boston to an East Texas town where she finds herself drawn to prominent socialite Margo (Malin Åkerman) amid a murder.
While The Hunting Wives is an adaptation, fans of the novel were in for a surprise when the show made several big narrative changes. The most noticeable ones included switching the identity of the killer and setting the season 1 finale up for more episodes.
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“[Creator] Rebecca [Cutter] and May Cobb have a really great relationship. They’ve been talking a lot and May was kind of like, ‘Go for it,’” Åkerman, 47, exclusively told Us Weekly in July about those onscreen changes. “She was on set and was really elated to see her characters come to life and really loved the direction that Rebecca went in with the characters and the changes.”
Cutter, for her part, recently teased plans for a second season while speaking to Variety about how there would be “a little bit of a time jump — not a year, but a time.” She also hinted that “it would be smart” to have a new murder mystery in the next season, adding, “I don’t know whodunit yet or who got done!”
Cobb also showed support for a continuation. “I feel like there is so much more story to be told,” Cobb told CBS 19 in July. “It ends on a cliffhanger, and also, the cast and crew were so wonderful. We all just want to get back together and work together again.”
The Hunting Wives is currently streaming on Netflix.
