{{Short description|American TV documentary series (2012–2020)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Documentary | creator = | starring = Brian Russell<br />Stacy Kaiser | narrator = Kathleen Fee | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | country = United States | num_seasons = 7 | num_episodes = 88 | list_episodes = | runtime = 44 minutes<br />(excluding commercials) | network = Investigation Discovery | executive_producer = John Kuyk<br />Pamela Deutsch | producer = Judith Beauchemin | company = CMJ Productions | first_aired = {{Start date|2012|11|17}} | last_aired = {{End date|2020|4|20}} | related = }}
'''''Fatal Vows''''' is an American television documentary series on Investigation Discovery that debuted on November 17, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Wedding Bells to Divorce Hell: New Series "Fatal Vows" Explores When Love Turns Lethal on Investigation Discovery|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/11/08/from-wedding-bells-to-divorce-hell-new-series-fatal-vows-explores-when-love-turns-lethal-on-investigation-discovery-305415/20121108id01/|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> The series is presented by Brian Russell, an attorney as well as a forensic and clinical psychologist and Stacy Kaiser, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert, and is narrated by Kathleen Fee. It is filmed in Quebec portraying Canadian actors as subjects in each episode where it tells the stories of marriages that turned deadly. On March 1, 2018, it was announced that the series has been renewed for a sixth season.<ref>{{cite web|title='Fatal Vows' Renewed for Season 6 at Investigation Discovery (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/fatal-vows-renewed-season-6-investigation-discovery-exclusive-1202714173/|publisher=Variety|date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> In February 2020, after a two-year hiatus, the series returned for a seventh and final season. In April 2020, it was announced that the series would not be renewed. However, many episodes aired in an edited half hour version called ''Fatal Vows: Twisted Desires''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tweet by Stacy Kaiser|url=https://twitter.com/TheStacyKaiser/status/1252983174365208576|date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>
==Episodes== {{Series overview | color1 = #5EDA9E | link1 = #Season 1 (2012-2013) | episodes1 = 10 | start1 = {{Start date|2012|11|17}} | end1 = {{End date|2013|1|19}}
| color2 = #F5A9F2 | link2 = #Season 2 (2013-2014) | episodes2 = 13 | start2 = {{Start date|2013|11|2}} | end2 = {{End date|2014|4|5}}
| color3 = #F6E3CE | link3 = #Season 3 (2014-2015) | episodes3 = 13 | start3 = {{Start date|2014|11|8}} | end3 = {{End date|2015|1|31}}
| color4 = #A9D0F5 | link4 = #Season 4 (2015-2016) | episodes4 = 13 | start4 = {{Start date|2015|10|10}} | end4 = {{End date|2016|1|2}}
| color5 = #F2F5A9 | link5 = #Season 5 (2017) | episodes5 = 13 | start5 = {{Start date|2017|5|13}} | end5 = {{End date|2017|8|12}}
| color6 = #FFB6C1 | link6 = #Season 6 (2018) | episodes6 = 13 | start6 = {{Start date|2018|8|11}} | end6 = {{End date|2018|11|10}}
| color7 = #E3CEF6 | link7 = #Season 7 (2020) | episodes7 = 13 | start7 = {{Start date|2020|2|3}} | end7 = {{End date|2020|4|20}} }}
===Season 1 (2012-2013)=== {{Episode table |background=#5EDA9E |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Dead Silence |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|17}} |ShortSummary = Bob and Becky Klosterman seem like a model couple with the ideal life until one of them snaps. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Blood and Wine |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|24}} |ShortSummary = When Nancy Lyon dies mysteriously in a hospital; her husband Richard is suspected. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Secrets of a Dying Man |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|1}} |ShortSummary = Is there more to Elizabeth and Angelo's relationship? And if so, will either one be able to survive it? |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = The Last Seduction |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|8}} |ShortSummary = Things start to turn bad soon after John and Tracey are married; the family pet disappears and the neighbor turns up dead. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Death in the Family |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|15}} |ShortSummary = Kraig and Karen Kahler live a comfortable life until sexual obsession spins everything out of control. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Lies and Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|22}} |ShortSummary = A happy relationship is destroyed by a mysterious gunman. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Your Cheatin' Heart |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|29}} |ShortSummary = Chris and Karon Pugh seem to have a model life -- until their dark secrets are revealed. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Exquisite Lies |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|5}} |ShortSummary = A couple live a lifes of luxury until dark secrets unravel everything. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = The Edge of Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|12}} |ShortSummary = High school sweethearts marry young but are driven into despair when they lose of their youth. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = The Pastor, His Wife, Their Son, and His Mistress |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|19}} |ShortSummary = A love triangle reveals more than one person wanted Pauletta Burleson dead. |LineColor = 5EDA9E }} }}
===Season 2 (2013-2014)=== {{Episode table |background=#F5A9F2 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Half-Baked Alaska |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|2}} |ShortSummary = A women tries to escape her past by moving to Alaska; soon the past begins to haunt her and her husband. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = In a Lonely Place |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|9}} |ShortSummary = A couple is lead down a dark path of jealousy and conspiracy. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Romance Reloaded |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|16}} |ShortSummary = High school sweethearts rekindle their romance after 20 years; the Georgia family unleashes a string of infidelity, violence and murder. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = An Inconvenient Marriage |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|23}} |ShortSummary = Cristobal and Jennifer marry after battling a sickness together but Cristobal reveals his abuse side after the knot is tied. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Not In Kansas Anymore |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|30}} |ShortSummary = Things take a deadly turn for two teenagers when they befriend a sexually adventurous couple. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = The Other Side of the Tracks |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|7}} |ShortSummary = Ed, a bad boy truck driver marries a single mother; Ed straightens out and is ready to be a family man; the spark dies. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Unholy Trinity |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|14}} |ShortSummary = A seemingly average farming couple's kinky behavior behind closed doors leads them into a deadly love triangle. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Black Pearl |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|21}} |ShortSummary = The quickie marriage of Tammy Ellis and David Gatlin heads for a terrifying and bloody confrontation. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Final Notice |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|28}} |ShortSummary = Financial fraud turns a marriage into a web of deception. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Descent Into Madness |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|15}} |ShortSummary = Janene and Troy Patton are madly in love but are on the brink of financial disaster; Janene claims one of her psychiatric patients raped her, the fallout becomes deadly. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Dazed and Deadly |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|22}} |ShortSummary = A cocktail of jealously, infidelity and energy drinks plunges Amanda and Woody into an abyss of sex and violence. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Black Widow |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|29}} |ShortSummary = As Sharon and Perry Nelson's relationship falters, a new lover lurking on the fringes threatens to introduce more than a dash of violence into an already volatile mix. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Burning Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|5}} |ShortSummary = Hattie Reynolds, struggling to provide for her daughter in Baton Rouge, meets and marries her dream man, but when they divorce, an already volatile custody dispute turns deadly. |LineColor = F5A9F2 }} }}
===Season 3 (2014-2015)=== {{Episode table |background=#F6E3CE |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Mid-Life Murder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|8}} |ShortSummary = Arthur Burney believes it's true love when he runs off with the waitress from his favorite bar, but the couple's marriage comes to a violent end 16 years later. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 25 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Death of a Salesman |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|15}} |ShortSummary = Judy Parker's rumored romantic entanglements with a string of her husband's employees prove to be too much for him to bear. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 26 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Big League Murder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|22}} |ShortSummary = NFL football player Tommy Kane becomes depressed and murders his wife after he is cut from the Seattle Seahawks. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 27 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Murder By Proxy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|29}} |ShortSummary = Marcia's relationship with a trucker causes resentment on the part of her teenage daughter and sets off a chain reaction leading to six arrests and one dead body. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 28 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Death for Dessert |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|6}} |ShortSummary = Tami and Alan get married within months after meeting, but when Tami starts using her good looks to get what she wants from every man she meets, one of them will end up dead. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 29 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Killing Time |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|13}} |ShortSummary = After 20 years of marriage, Ray discovers he has been betrayed by wife Karla and sets into motion a bizarre chain of events. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 30 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Hanging by a Thread |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|20}} |ShortSummary = Tanya Buschman is just getting out of a nasty marriage when she falls for a handsome bartender, but it's not long before jealousy in their relationship leads to a suspicious suicide. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 31 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Hunting Season |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|27}} |ShortSummary = Larry suspects his wife, Tammy, of cheating on him, and things come to a head during a high-stakes hunting trip that leaves one of them dead and lands the other behind bars. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 32 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = No Accident |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|3}} |ShortSummary = High school baseball coach Russell Stager's marriage to Barbara ends in a betrayal that will push one of them over the edge. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 33 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = The Devil Inside |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|10}} |ShortSummary = In Akron, Ohio, Tony Smith murders common-law wife Lilius Landrum in an especially gruesome way, horrifying the people who knew the good-hearted woman. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 34 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Bloody Matrimony |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|17}} |ShortSummary = Pressure builds in the marriage of Steve and Cathy Dingle until it explode into infidelity, violence and murder. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 35 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Broken Dreams |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|24}} |ShortSummary = The marriage of Keith Belajonas and Christina Corrigan-Belajonas ends in a shocking act of violence that impacts their young children. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 36 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Death In Vegas |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|31}} |ShortSummary = Long-buried secrets cause John and Evie Watson's marriage to crumble after 25 years, and it comes to a violent end in a Las Vegas hotel room. |LineColor = F6E3CE }} }}
===Season 4 (2015-2016)=== {{Episode table |background=#A9D0F5 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 37 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = You Only Die Once |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|10}} |ShortSummary = When wild-child Kim falls for a paragon of stability, Frank, it is a case of opposites being attracted to each other, then their attraction turns fatal. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 38 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Crazy Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|17}} |ShortSummary = Former high school sweethearts Pamela and Michael fall back in love after 20 years apart, but their second chance at love turns deadly. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 39 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Country Killer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|24}} |ShortSummary = Rodeo star Matt Allen finds comfort in the arms of Elsie Wells, then she meets his best friend, and they all land in a whole heap of trouble. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 40 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Jaws of Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|31}} |ShortSummary = Charlie and Christine search for a simpler life in Vermont, then a terrible car crash exposes complicated secrets that turn deadly. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 41 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Murder In Store |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|7}} |ShortSummary = Jerry Barker falls for Rebecca after the death of his first wife; they open a general store, but the shelf life on their happiness is short-lived. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 42 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Collision Course |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|14}} |ShortSummary = Mike is a master mechanic whose courtship with Ellen is fast and furious, but their union is on a collision course with tragedy. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 43 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Second Chance at Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|21}} |ShortSummary = After falling in love at their 10-year high school reunion, money troubles cause Antoinette and Spencer's marriage to flounder with tragic consequences. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 44 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = The Harder They Fall |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|28}} |ShortSummary = Tom and Juanita Richardson's second honeymoon ends with a deadly fall from a cliff overlooking Lake Superior. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 45 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Death Brawl |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|5}} |ShortSummary = A handsome U.S. Marine lands the woman of his dreams, but the pressures of a long-distance relationship push these newlyweds to the edge. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 46 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Fall From Grace |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|12}} |ShortSummary = David Bush believes his wife, Lynn, has left him because of his infidelities, and he doesn't report her missing until the day after she disappears, never to be see again. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 47 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Sex, Lies and Secret Texts |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|19}} |ShortSummary = When free-spirited bartender Cassie meets family-guy Brent, the spark is intense, but it is doomed to explode and end with the snuffing out of a bright light. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 48 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Murder in the Cards |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|26}} |ShortSummary = A blackjack habit leads to tragedy for Gary and Helen, landing one of them behind bars and the other six feet under. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 49 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = At Death's Door |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|2}} |ShortSummary = Millionaire aerospace executives Lynn and Manfred Schockner hide a twisted rage that ends in a deadly conspiracy. |LineColor = A9D0F5 }} }}
===Season 5 (2017)=== {{Episode table |background=#F2F5A9 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 50 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Second Chance at Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|13}} |ShortSummary = While mourning the death of his wife, Julian falls hard for his much-younger coworker, Teresa; for a time, Teresa's spunk lifts Julian's spirits until a sordid affair plunges him into an abyss. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 51 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Love in Flames |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|20}} |ShortSummary = Janice thinks Brett is an old-fashioned country boy who needs a woman's touch, while Brett thinks Janice is the ideal woman to turn his house into a home; as family tragedies mount, their dream of a perfect life together soon goes up in flames. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 52 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Blood and Sand |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|27}} |ShortSummary = California beauty Pegye meets volleyball player Eric in Newport Beach, Calif.; with good looks and success, the couple appears to have it all, but hedonism comes at a price, and their dream life quickly becomes a waking nightmare. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 53 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Rookie Mistake |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|3}} |ShortSummary = Carli marries a police officer who takes his role as protector a little too seriously; Carli attempts to break free from the confines of wedlock, setting off a chain of deadly events. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 54 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Recipe for Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|10}} |ShortSummary = Eric gives up the U.S. Marines to follow his dream as a baker, and falls for Constance on a blind date; these two "foodies" indulge in the sweet life until a seven-year itch is scratched by murder. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 55 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Murder in the Marina |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|17}} |ShortSummary = Ed is a retired pilot whose sense of adventure is reawakened by a seaside encounter with the much-younger Denise, then the couple's idyllic life on a boat in a Florida marina is rocked by a sudden change in their fortune. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 56 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Hell on Earth |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|24}} |ShortSummary = A minister's son, Luther, falls hard for Anita, the daughter of a pastor; then, failure delivers a crushing blow to their relationship, turning their heavenly life into hell on Earth. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 57 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Reduced to Ash |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|1}} |ShortSummary = After 35 years together, longtime partners Julie and Keith become restless and begin to pursue very private adventures, reducing their once fiery love to ash. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 58 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Deadly Obsession |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|8}} |ShortSummary = Tom and Lynette's love story spans decades from grade school to a posh house with a pool, but dark secrets from the bedroom bleed into other aspects of their marriage, and a dangerous obsession shreds their relationship into pieces. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 59 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = The Ties That Bind |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|15}} |ShortSummary = In Jonesboro, Ark., Michelle and Marc's marriage ends in murder as a result of family ties that snap and break. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 60 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = A Thin Blue Line |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|22}} |ShortSummary = High school sweethearts Linda and Derrick Yancey become sheriff's deputies with a picture-perfect marriage, then their marriage degenerates into a tale of good cop/bad cop ending in murder with one of them on the run. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 61 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Drowining in Tears |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|29}} |ShortSummary = When Tim meets Maryann at a Catholic mixer, it's a match made in heaven, but while the future looks bright, a dark cloud gathers on the horizon in the person of Tim's ex-wife. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 62 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Death Knows No Borders |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|12}} |ShortSummary = Worlds collide when Donald and Umi fall in love in Indonesia; while Umi strives to become the perfect American woman in Don's native Kentucky, he longs for something or someone more exotic. |LineColor = F2F5A9 }} }}
===Season 6 (2018)=== {{Episode table |background=#FFB6C1 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 63 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = A Watery Grave |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|11}} |ShortSummary = Jeff and Jeanine Glanda have a picture-perfect family until selfishness and a shameless affair mark the beginning of the end; as money troubles and the threat of divorce breed paranoia and hate, a plot is hatched in the dark heart of a killer. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 64 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Behind Closed Doors |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|18}} |ShortSummary = Nurses Lara Crockett and Ricardo Muscolino meet on the night shift; he sets about creating a rich life for them, and she's happy to go along with it; Ricardo's scheming eventually drives Lara into the arms of another man with explosive results. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 65 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Love Gone Bankrupt |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|25}} |ShortSummary = After Gary and Pam Triano's marriage comes to an end, shady business deals, a series of betrayals and an extremely bitter custody battle lead to a climax that is nothing short of explosive. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 66 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = The Bad Apple |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|1}} |ShortSummary = Francis Nicky Nicolosi and his devout new wife, Ellie, are living out the perfect retirement, then one of them is found dead in an apple orchard; police discover there's more to this seemingly frail and religious couple than anyone imagined. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 67 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Everybody Loves Rick |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|8}} |ShortSummary = Most high school romances end in heartbreak; however, Richard and Jolena rekindle their romance years later even though one of them is already married, and someone in this love triangle will wind up dead. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 68 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Ambition to Die For |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|15}} |ShortSummary = Longtime married couple Dino and Clara run a successful bail bond company, but when Dino's long hours and a missing bail jumper make Clara suspicious and nervous, a hidden secret emerges that makes their bond come undone in the blink of an eye. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 69 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Murder, Modesty, and the Pastor |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|22}} |ShortSummary = Corinne Stoudt gets a second chance at love with husband Calvin, then a too-close roommate and a monstrous past turns this second chance into a deadly battleground. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 70 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Curtain Call to Hell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|29}} |ShortSummary = Young and in love, Stephanie and Daniel Politte are happily balancing work and play; before long, tensions arise due to disappointment, self-loathing and a mutual affection for the bottle, and, by the final curtain call, only one of them is left standing. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 71 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Death Outranks Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|6}} |ShortSummary = It's a military match made in heaven for Roger and Margorie, but a tangled web of financial secrets and twisted lies ruins the young couple's future; while the rise of their careers and romance seems meteoric, the ensuing fall is deadly. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 72 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Living With the Devil |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|20}} |ShortSummary = When Darren and Elizabeth marry eight weeks after meeting, no one thinks it's a good idea, but the couple just doesn't care; then, one of them gets attacked, and a sniper is spotted across the way. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 73 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Deceitful Secrets |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|27}} |ShortSummary = Cecil and Larlane Brown have been together for years, but their secrets and lies, ignored and neglected for decades, threaten to turn their 50-year relationship into a bloody battleground. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 74 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Sins of the Heart |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|3}} |ShortSummary = Young, rich and religious, John and Nikki Hillrich fall in love at college; when desire collides with faith, secret lives marked by sinful liaisons and menacing new friends shatter their perfect life. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 75 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Bored to Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|10}} |ShortSummary = When Opal Skidmore marries Steven Williams, their love is a second chance for the pair to live out their dreams; soon, boredom and the lure of the open road spark hidden desires and sexual hijinks, leaving this open marriage anything but happy. |LineColor = FFB6C1 }} }}
===Season 7 (2020)=== {{Episode table |background=#E3CEF6 |overall= |season= |title= |airdate= |airdateR=<ref name="TFC">{{cite web |title=Fatal Vows – Listings |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/fatal-vows/listings/ |website=The Futon Critic |accessdate=February 6, 2020}}</ref> |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 76 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Murder Behind the Gates |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|3}} |ShortSummary = Pad is rich and handsome, and Kem is popular but from the wrong side of town; the power couple stick it out despite disapproval, and over the years amass a fortune; however, they soon learn that their money can't buy love and happiness -only death. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 77 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Honkytonk Killer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|10}} |ShortSummary = Shorty and Cotton seem perfect for each other; they love dancing, motorcycles and each other, but looks can be deceiving and after an accident reveals a life of lies and deceit, one of them will dance with the devil to the death. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 78 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Lethal Romance |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|21}} |ShortSummary = An ambitious Harlem couple dreams of a better life for themselves, but stuck in a bitter cycle of poverty, poor health and mistrust, one of them decides to put their dreams to rest forever. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 79 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Hell on Wheels |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|28}} |ShortSummary = Charlene attracts more than one man with her beauty and one by one they all go crazy vying for her love; love may be heavenly, but for some it can be hell. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 80 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Some Like it Dead |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|6}} |ShortSummary = Everyone is happy when Mirinda marries Sam because she's pretty and he's cute and friendly, but Mirinda's spending veers out of control and tears the couple apart until one of them looks outside the marriage and finds nothing short of murder. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 81 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = No Harmony in Polyamory |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|13}} |ShortSummary = Rebecca Murray falls for Lee Mikael Cawthon and soon exotic dancer Allite Franks and best friend, Thad join the relationship as a third and fourth partner, but this open-minded foursome soon discovers there's no harmony in polyamory. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 82 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = The Unholy Affair |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|20}} |ShortSummary = Life for Alabama newlyweds Syble and Earnie revolves around church and family, but a freak accident and a pair of wandering eyes threaten to drive this couple into an unholy trinity of betrayal, infidelity and murder. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 83 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = My Way or the Dead Way |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|20}} |ShortSummary = Jodie is Edgar's secret high school crush; after a chance meeting, the two get together quickly, but money trouble, jealousy and a rebellious stepdaughter are about to turn this second chance at love into the high school reunion from hell. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 84 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Deadly Isolation |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|20}} |ShortSummary = Chad and Jo meet by chance and to this pair of free spirits, their connection feels cosmic; they fall in love and move far from everyone they know; but soon their new life is ripped apart by jealous ex-partners. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 85 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Flirting with Murder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|27}} |ShortSummary = When Trichele and Brian promise to stick it out for better or for worse, they have no idea how worse things will get. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 86 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = To Kiss or to Kill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|3}} |ShortSummary = April and Brad are happily married until her dreams of having a baby fall apart; April turns to other men for consolation; one even moves in with the couple; when Brad is ultimately replaced as the man of the house, everyone pays a price. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 87 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Betting on Murder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|6}} |ShortSummary = Gail and Stephen Dews have it all: a happy marriage, a beautiful house and healthy children, but a family tragedy and a gambling addiction rips their lives to shreds, proving that nothing is what it seems. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 88 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Opposites can Kill |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|20}} |ShortSummary = Young single mom Kathy wants a good life for herself and her son, but their dreams clash with wannabe rapper Juan; tempers erupt when Kathy decides she wants more out of life, no matter the cost. |LineColor = E3CEF6 }} }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fatal Vows}} Category:2010s American documentary television series Category:2012 American television series debuts Category:Investigation Discovery original programming Category:2020 American television series endings Category:Television shows filmed in Quebec