Plot Synopsis

Pat and Terry Phelps cash in their life savings and move from a cramped apartment in Brooklyn to an old Victorian mansion in Shining Vale, Connecticut as a last-ditch effort to save their marriage after Pat's torrid affair with Frank, their young hot handyman who came over to fix the sink while Terry was at work. To make matters worse for Terry, Frank never fixed the sink, yet still charged him for it! A former "wild child" who rose to fame by writing a raunchy, drug-and-alcohol-soaked women's empowerment novel (aka lady porn), Pat is now clean and sober 17 years later but totally unfulfilled. She still hasn't written her second novel, she can't remember the last time she had sex with her husband, while her teenage kids, Gaynor and Jake want nothing to do with her. Moving to smalltown Connecticut, Gaynor and Jake, are pissed and as disconnected as you can get. Terry tries to unite the family, but the pushback is real. Pat is losing what little handle she's had on the kids, Gaynor wants Pat dead, and Jake has become a zombie from his addiction to screens, while Terry is too consumed with moving on to see that Pat is losing a grip on herself as well.

Buying a 200-year-old house that was on the market for almost three years and sold for more than $250K below asking seemed like a good idea on paper, but Pat senses that the Phelps are not alone -- especially when an old-fashioned-looking woman appears hovering outside their family room window. The Phelps quickly learn why the agents were so motivated to sell the house for a fraction of the asking price. Seems a few details were glossed over, including a triple murder-suicide and a host of other atrocities they neglected to mention. But neither Terry nor the kids seem to notice that something is horribly wrong with the house; only Pat can see things move and hear the bumps in the night. Convinced she's either depressed or possessed -- turns out the symptoms are exactly the same -- she's also the only one who sees the spirit of the person who committed these murders: Rosemary, a Fifties housewife who may or may not be trying to take over Pat's body. Everyone has their demons, but for Pat Phelps, they may be real.

SHINING VALE returned for Season 2 on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Starz. The second season kicks off four months later, when Pat's insurance runs out and she is released from the psychiatric hospital early. Pat returns home, determined to pick up the pieces of her broken family, but she quickly finds out her children don't need her, Terry doesn't remember her, and, to make matters worse, Pat's new neighbor Ruth looks exactly like Rosemary. Meanwhile, the house starts to reveal the shocking secrets of its dark past. Every mother feels like they live in an insane asylum, but Pat may be right! The Phelps must battle their demons both internally...and externally. Something is lurking in the shadows in Shining Vale, and it's more than just Rosemary. New episodes will be available to stream weekly on Fridays at midnight on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms and will air weekly on the STARZ linear platform.
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On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT, Starz premiered "Chapter 16: Redemption," the Season 2 finale of SHINING VALE. Pat struggles to find someone she can trust; Terry's mayoral ambitions seem to have overwhelmed his loyalty to her; Gaynor struggles with her own fate, and Jake gets a second chance to defend his family.