Mara trades bodies with her rich twin for seven days, then learns the perfect fiancé wants her sister dead.
#171 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
My mom turns out to be a Mafia godmother
Posing as her twin, a mafia godmother raises three children and finds a husband who cheated for years.
NetShort · 53 episodes · about 2.3 h
FreeEp 1–8on NetShort
Locked45of 53 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Mafia godmother Catherine learns that her twin is dying of cancer, and her sister begs her to raise the three children. Catherine poses as her sister and finds that the husband never loved her, having cheated for years with a mistress who now lives there. While raising the children, Catherine learns that the couple deliberately poisoned her sister. The formidable godmother means to make them pay.
Mafia & crimeRevenge & paybackcutthroatfierce protector
Who will like it: viewers who liked outsiders who step into a grieving family and dismantle it from within.
Main characters
- Catherine: mafia godmother who poses as her twin
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 8 free. Grey: 45 locked. About 2.3 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 53
- Free
- 8
- Locked
- 45
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 53 | 8 | 45 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 53 episodes is longer than 85% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 8 free episodes is the same as the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 15% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- App tags
- Modern Romance, Mystery, Revenge
- NetShort
- 6.7K likes, 28.5K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.