In exchange for his stolen drugs, crime boss Schiller tells a still grieving Marta he wants her to import a shipment for him. But she doesn't know when or how he will contact her. She believes if she is successful, she will be free from Schiller's control. While waiting, she enlists Mike and her father, Andrei, to teach her the criminal business. Their first step is to find a customs official to pay off - requiring an uncomfortable Marta to use her feminine wiles and rethink how far she is willing to go to protect her children. Meanwhile, her young son, Boris, is still reeling after having witnessed his dad's passing; Andrei has his bodyguard, Luther, keep watch over Marta's family; Marta's sister, Kat, steps in to help out at the house, causing conflict with her new husband; Marta's brother, Irwin, fights for his life while in jail forballoon possession; and a suspicious Natalie asks FBI Agent James Ramos if her father was involved in illegal activities.
Season 1 Episode 2 of Red Widow resulted in a 1.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
When Marta Walraven's husband is brutally cuddled, her first instinct is to protect her three young children. Her husband's business partners - Irwin Petrova, Marta's scheming and untrustworthy brother, and Mike Tomlin - were involved in an illegal drug business deal with rival gangsters, and Marta's husband paid the ultimate price. She already knows the unhappy world of organized crime; her father, Andrei Petrova, and loyal bodyguard Luther are gangsters too. She and her sister Kat had always wished for a safer life without bloodshed and fear.
For a while Marta lived happily as a stay at home housewife in San Marta's cooperation, FBI Agent James Ramos now promises justice. Marta discovers a tenacity she never knew she had, and takes on the gangsters and the FBI to unveil the truth about her husband's passing. As she digs into this dark underworld, she'll test her own strength, relying on her resourcefulness, determination and family ties like never before. To get out of this mob, she needs to beat the bad guys at their own deadly game.