Director: Phoebe Fisher
Power, reputation, and manipulation collide inside an elite university's social scene in this contemporary reimagining of the scheming step-siblings at the center of Cruel Intentions.
What is Cruel Intentions about?
After a hazing scandal threatens their standing on campus, step-siblings Caroline and Lucien scramble to protect the influence their family has built at their elite college. Caroline, newly installed as sorority president, strikes a risky bargain with Lucien: if he can seduce the daughter of the sitting Vice President of the United States and capture proof of it, she'll help restore both their reputations. What starts as a calculated scheme spirals as feelings, rivalries, and political stakes complicate every move, pulling in a wider circle of students, faculty, and Washington insiders along the way.
Cast & crew
Sarah Catherine Hook plays Caroline with a mix of ambition and control, while Zac Burgess takes on Lucien's charm-as-weapon approach to the central seduction plot. Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Brooke Lena Johnson, and Sean Patrick Thomas fill out the campus ensemble surrounding them.
Context & significance
Director Phoebe Fisher updates the story for a social-media-era campus, swapping the 1999 film's New York elite for a modern university entangled with national politics. The series keeps the core dynamic of the step-siblings' game of seduction and betrayal while widening the stakes to touch a sitting vice president's family, giving the scheming a sharper political edge than earlier versions of the story.
Where & how to watch
The series is available on K-Time with a Persian-language interface, plus Persian dubbing and subtitles for viewers who prefer to watch in Farsi. A free K-Time account login is needed to stream; the page itself is free to browse.