The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

It follows people who have tragic endings at the hands of husbands, wives, former friends, and lovers.

Norma Jeane Mortenson battles a lonely existence with an absent mother; Norma Jeane blossoms into an ambitious woman and reinvents herself; Marilyn Monroe tries to control her inner demons and the onslaught of mental illness inherited from her mother. As Marilyn Monroe cares for her mother, her obsession with President John F. Kennedy drives her over the edge; Marilyn Monroe gives the performance of her life, successfully hiding her dark secrets from the world.

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her life is only hinted at during a brief, violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father Jacob, and his dozen sons in the book of Genesis. Told through Dinah's eloquent voice, this sweeping miniseries reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Dinah's tale begins with the story of her mothers: Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. They all love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her through a hardworking youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah tells us of the world of the red tent, the place where women were sequestered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and illness; of her initiations into the religious and sexual practices of her tribe; of Jacob's courtships of his four wives; of the mystery and wonder of caravans, farmers, shepherds, and slaves; of love and death in the city of Shechem; of her half-brother Joseph's rise in Egypt, and, of course, her rape and its bloody consequences.

This five principal original cast members (plus a handful of recurring guests) from the popular sitcom Designing Women (1986) reunite for the first time since 1991 to reminisce and discuss the show.

Fran Drescher hosts a dinner at her house to welcome back the "Nanny" cast to watch clips, outtakes, and home movies from the show and reminisce about the series' run.