Plot Synopsis

IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG is a one-hour drama series that follows five women -- Alex, Esperanza, Kelly, Natalie and Marcie -- on their quest to find love in their complex lives and the same middle class neighborhood. Alex and Brad are married with two children, and even though their relationship appears solid, a secret threatens to derail their marriage. Alex is having a torrid affair with Randal, her neighbor and husband's best friend. Randal is married to real-estate agent Marcie, who desperately wants children, and the couple is struggling with their inability to conceive. Just down the street, divorcee Esperanza -- played by Zulay Henao, reprising her role from the movie THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB -- is trying to move on with her life with her eight-year-old daughter, while keeping a budding relationship with Julius a secret from her vindictive ex-husband Edward. Meanwhile, neighbor Kelly longs to marry Travis who is away on a relief mission in Haiti and who has promised to help her raise her eight-year-old son, Justice. Outside of the neighborhood in the inner city, single mother Natalie struggles to pay the bills and raise her four children, even though Lushion, the father of her son Frank, has returned to town and stepped up to the plate to help. Plus, Natalie grapples with the tough decision whether or not to allow her adult son, Joey, to return home once he is released from prison. On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT on OWN, IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG returned with new episodes, which open in the middle of a torrid affair between neighbors Randal and Alex. When Randal's wife Marcie discovers the truth about Randal's affair, she becomes overwhelmed and makes a scene at Brad's birthday party. After a four-month break, IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG returned with new episodes on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT on OWN. The series examines what happens when friends and neighbors become the victims of their own lust, anger and misdeeds. The city of Maxine is left reeling as news hits the streets of the birth of Alex's interracial baby, proof of her adulterous affair with next-door-neighbor Randal. Brad's rage over his wife's infidelity, shared by neighbor Marcie's disgust of her own husband's actions, sets both on the destructive path of revenge. Meanwhile, police officer Lushion begins to uncover the horrific depth of corruption of his former partner, Eddie, who is intent on delivering his own brand of street justice, aware that he has angered the Colombian mob who will stop at nothing to have him.

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT, OWN debuted Season 2 of IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG. In the season premiere, "Mortal and Fifth," Randal's downward spiral threatens to take down those closest to him, and Brad and Marcie are consumed by an uncontrollable rage that could very well destroy them both. Who will be next to fall prey to lust or hatred -- and who will pay the price? After a 4.5-month break IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG returned with new episodes on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. These new episodes continue to follow Alex, Kelly, Marcie, Esperanza and Natalie on their quest to find love in the midst of managing very complex lives. For these women, love is an ever-present necessity in spite of the high price that sometimes must be paid. And in the fall premiere, "Watch Your Back," Alex discovers a grizzly scene.

IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG returned for its third season on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 9pm ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. This season continues to follow Alex, Kelly, Marcie, Esperanza and Natalie on their quest to find love in the midst of managing very complex lives. For these women, love is an ever-present necessity in spite of the high price that sometimes must be paid. In the season opener, "A Neighborhood in Crisis," Kelly learns the shocking whereabouts of her neighbor Ramsey. On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network premiered new epiosdes of IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG. In the season opener, "A Difficult Path," the small Maxine community is left reeling after an incident threatens the lives of all the children in the neighborhood. OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network debuted the winter premiere of IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT. Season 3 continues to unfold as the neighborhood that once was the perfect picture of suburban life is still dealing with the repercussions of the scandalous affair that tore apart two marriages, and jeopardized every friendship the couples held close. In the mid-season premiere, "A Dame in Distress," Randal enacts a twisted game of revenge against Eddie. Eddie must call upon Lushion for help.

Season 4 of IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG debuted with a two-night premiere on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network at 10pm ET/PT on Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20, 2019. As the season opens, Lushion comes to Kelly's jail cell and discovers an alarming revelation. Across town Alex and Randal cling to consciousness in a small shed that is burning to the ground around them. Brad struggles as he tries to unravel Alex's web of lies and the news of the DNA tests hits the city of Maxine very hard. Soon, suspicions cause Natalie to doubt the strong foundation she has built with Lushion while Eddie begins to concoct retaliatory schemes against Larry, Randal, and Steven. Eddie's anger sends him into a crazy rampage, and as Randal plots to get the upper hand on his competitors, his harassment expands to include one of the most vulnerable residents of Maxine. After years of abuse suffered at the hands of Edward, Esperanza finally finds love in a very unlikely place.

The fifth and finale season of IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG premiered on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The ladies who have been behaving badly for some time will all experience life-changing catastrophes. Death and destruction is all around and will leave everyone reeling forever as the season finale literally explodes off the screen. In the season opener, "An Old Skeleton," secrets abound and skeletons come out to play in the small community of Maxine, OH.
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On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network premiered "Oh So Right," a one-hour IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG reunion special. Hosted by Edwina Findley Dickerson, cast members relive the biggest jaw-dropping moments from the hit series in addition to dishing on behind-the-scenes stories and answers to fans' burning questions.