Director: Samantha Strauss
Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman
Apple Cider Vinegar is a 2025 Australian drama-crime series directed by Samantha Strauss, based on the real-life wellness fraud scandals that shocked the health industry. The six-episode Netflix limited series follows two women whose alternative-health empires are built on dangerously false promises, charting the collision between belief, ambition, and devastating consequence.
What is Apple Cider Vinegar about?
At the center of this story are two charismatic young women who rise to social media fame by promoting natural wellness cures — including apple cider vinegar — as treatments for serious, life-threatening conditions. Their devoted online followings grow rapidly as they position themselves as survivors and healers. But beneath the inspirational messaging lies a web of fabrications that put vulnerable followers at real risk. As journalists and medical professionals begin to question their claims, the women's personal lives, relationships, and carefully constructed public personas start to fracture. The series moves between timelines, revealing how these women became who they are and the human cost left behind by those who trusted them completely.
Cast & crew
Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Debnam-Carey lead the series as the two central figures, each delivering performances grounded in psychological detail. Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman, and Mark Coles Smith round out an ensemble that keeps the moral ambiguity sharp throughout. Director Samantha Strauss, known for Australian television drama, shapes the narrative with restraint and a steady eye on character motivation.
Context & significance
Wellness fraud is a subject with particular resonance for Persian-speaking diaspora audiences who have navigated both traditional herbal remedies passed down through generations and the aggressive, unregulated world of social media health influencers. Apple Cider Vinegar connects to a universal anxiety: the desire to believe in simple solutions to complex suffering. For Iranian families living abroad — often far from trusted doctors and cultural health networks — the show's themes of misplaced trust and exploitation land with real weight. The series is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible without language barriers.
Where & how to watch
Apple Cider Vinegar is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so you can watch it in the language that suits you best. Stream on your browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, no extra download. Cancel anytime.