In The Searching Wives, queen bee Margo Banks, performed by Malin Akerman, is many issues: a grasp manipulator, a harmful diva, and a sinister seductress. However as Netflix viewers on social media are fast to level out, she can be a wig-wearing wayward spouse of Maple Brook, sporting a hairpiece so wildly unconvincing it turns into a distraction.
Tailored from Could Cobb’s novel of the identical identify, Netflix’s The Searching Wives has develop into the streaming platform’s steamy, must-watch binge of Summer time 2025. Since its debut on July 4, the salacious sequence has constructed a loyal following. And because the Southern belles of Maple Brook slink into residing rooms throughout America, viewers have taken to social media to dissect each element, from the scandalous storylines to the tawdry intercourse scenes, and sure, each suspicious strand of hair.
Evidently, whereas followers take pleasure in Akerman’s efficiency as Margo, they’re much less impressed along with her hairpiece, which regularly seems to be noticeably pretend and fails to mix in a number of scenes.
Within the guide, Margo is described as a gorgeous girl with a crown of lengthy blonde hair, a glance Akerman replicates within the sequence. In actual life, the actress wears a shoulder-length blonde bob. To convey her nearer to the character’s look, the manufacturing opted for a wig.
If the creators had claimed they have been aiming for authenticity, it will have been a weak excuse, particularly contemplating how a lot they strayed from the supply materials general. Moreover, wigs have come a good distance, and plenty of imagine a extra convincing hairpiece may have been used.
On social media, viewers had loads to say, with many rallying in assist of Akerman as if she was wronged by the wig.
“This wig they’ve Malin Akerman in on Searching Wives… some of the wig wigs to ever wig,” wrote a fan on X (previously Twitter).
“The Searching Wives was actually good. It took me a minute to get into it, however as soon as I did, I assumed the pastor, then the pastor’s spouse, then the red-headed lesbian, then Margo’s wig all killed that lady,” joked one other X person.
One wig-wearing TikToker shared: “You’re giving us wig wearers a foul rap. Wigs don’t appear to be that. They don’t have to be a criminal offense scene. Get it collectively, Hollywood. I’ve $40 wigs that look higher than Margo’s wig.’
@slay_withrayyy The true crime in The Searching Wives? These god terrible wigs on their heads 🥴🤣 #margo #thehuntingwives #creatorsearchinsights #wig #netflixseries ♬ unique sound – rayyy nichole ♡
“I do know they have been following Margo’s hair within the books, however the wig was horrible,” wrote a fan of the books and the present.
no, bc malin’s hair is ideal. I do know they have been following the margo’s hair within the books, however the wig was horrible. 😭 pic.twitter.com/AI9bWgTEb1
— kai ~ (@scrappynbdy) July 27, 2025
“If The Searching Wives will get season 2, please get Malin Akerman a greater wig good lord,” wrote one other poster.
On TikTok, one person wrote: “Brittany Snow doesn’t age, and Malin Akerman deserves higher wigs. PLEASE GET THIS WOMAN BETTER WIGS.”
“Who did this to her?!?,” one TikTok person demanded.
@jaslynhenderson I’m sorry however Margo’s hair is blowing me 🤣 #thehuntingwives #netflix #jet2holidays #huda #huntingwives #fyp ♬ unique sound – Jas🖤
The Searching Wives, Season 1, Netflix