Plot

What did little Eve see--and how will it haunt her? Husband, father and womanizer, Louis Batiste, is the head of an affluent family, but it's the women who rule this gothic world of secrets, lies and mystic forces.

In 1962 Louisiana, the Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive female patients. One night Louis trysts with married and sexy Metty Mereaux, not knowing that he is observed by his youngest daughter Eve, who is there by accident. Eve cannot forget the traumatic incident and shares a secret with older sister Cisely. Lies start to roll.—Anonymous

It's the early 1960s in the town of Eve's Bayou, Louisiana. Named after the same ancestor after which the town itself is named, 10-year-old Eve Batiste comes from an affluent and happy Creole family; her father, Louis Batiste, is the town's Black physician. Arguably, Eve's biggest issue in life is middle-child syndrome, thinking that Louis pays more attention to 14-year-old Cisely--dancing with her instead of Eve at parties--and that their mother Roz over-coddles their 9-year-old brother Poe. At one of these parties at the beginning of the summer, Eve suddenly awakens from sleep and witnesses something "adult" that her 10-year-old mind can only half-comprehend. As the summer progresses, the bigger picture of what Eve witnessed becomes the elephant in the room among most of the family, which is only exacerbated by an incident with a suddenly-sullen Cisely. The family goings-on are set among the continuing tragedy that besets Louis' "crazy" sister (as he sees her), "psychic counselor" Mozelle Batiste Delacroix, who becomes widowed for the third time, leading to thoughts and official prognostications that she is cursed when it comes to marriage despite being in love with all three of her husbands.—Huggo

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve's Bayou as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they've kept and the betrayals they've endured.

Louis Batiste (Samuel L. Jackson), the local town doctor with a special bedside manner, is a loving father and philandering husband. His wife Roz (Lynn Whitfield) is forced to admit her family is falling apart when her younger daughter, Eve (Jurnee Smollett), witnesses one of her father's infidelities. Struggling to make sense of what she has seen, Eve turns to her older sister Cisely, who dismisses her in fear of the truth, and then to her Aunt Mozelle (Debbi Morgan), a known psychic and rumored black widow. Unable to find the the understanding she is looking for, Eve decides to take matters into her own hands. As the heat rises so does the tension. For the Batiste family, the ties that bind may not be strong enough to keep them together, and what they learn will change their lives forever.