Posted by Dustin on 10.09.2013 at 2:24 pm

So I really enjoyed “Witches of the East End” on Lifetime. I never read the book or books it was based on, so I don’t know what to expect. In case you missed it, Lifetime has been re-running it to death this week.

The show deals with a Mother (Joanna) and her two daughters (Freya and Ingrid), as well as the mother’s sister (Wendy). The four of them are cursed, we don’t yet know why or by who. They all seem to be immortal as well, to a limit. Wendy the sister has died a lot of times, and every-time she dies she turns into a cat and then eventually comes back. Her sister worried she may only have nine-lives like a cat. Joanna has not died, her curse it to watch her two daughters die and then rebirth them and raise them again.

This time around, Joanna spelled her daughters to try and keep them from remembering their past or knowing they are witches. She felt that if they never used magic, they wouldn’t be burned and die. Unfortunately she can’t keep the truth from them forever.

Moreover, an enemy has come forth to punish Joanna. We don’t know who she is, but she’s assumed Joanna’s shape to set her up for murder. Wendy learned about this through her powers, and she returned after 25 some years to warn her sister. She says the right witch with the right techniques could actually kill her.

Later the mystery woman murdered Wendy, though it appears it won’t be long before Wendy returns. Her body turned into a cat. Joanna was forced to tell her daughters the truth about themselves in order to protect themselves from whomever is coming after them. Oh there is also this dude the mother trapped in a painting that the bad witch let out to get his revenge on them. I’m going to guess this may be the girl’s father?

It was a good show, and it tied the ratings of “Devious Maid’s” in the same slot, so it looks like Lifetime has another hit on their hands.