Published April 29, 2026, 9:30 a.m. ET When you start a show titled Imperfect Women , you expect to witness some pretty outlandish, unforgivable behavior from the female characters on your screen. But as the series goes on and the so-called “imperfect” leading women of the series, Mary ( Elisabeth Moss ), Nancy ( Kate Mara ), and Eleanor ( Kerry Washington ), continue to make poor decisions, you begin to recognize a pattern: they only ever act immorally on a whim, and are often led to these destructive points by the men around them. More fittingly, the show, and the psychological thriller by Araminta Hall that it’s based upon, probably should have been titled “Imperfect Men.” Throughout the series, the male characters served as foils for the ugliest parts of these women, their own behavior and actions in comparison were more harmful than their female counterparts, often premeditated or repeated.  **This is a good time to point out that you’re about to encounter spoilers for Imperfect Women Season 1…