Love & Death: Everything We Know About Your Next Big Little Lies-Like Obsession
20.04.2023 - 22:03
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Love & Death, I knew nothing of the real-life murder that rocked a small town in Texas in the early ‘80s on which the series is based. I also hadn’t watched (which examines the same story and premiered nearly a year ago, in May 2022).
More so, other than , true crime stories have never quite been my thing.That all changed with Love & Death, which is the most riveted I've been in years for any show, let alone a true crime series. The seven-episode series from Emmy-winner David E.
Kelley (, The Practice, Ally McBeal) and multiple (Homeland, Mad Men, ), is so addictive and compelling, it will stay with you long after you've finished each episode. Thanks to a stunning performance by Elizabeth Olsen (who plays Candy Montgomery, a churchgoing-housewife and mother of two who yearns for more), plus a strong supporting cast (Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Jesse Plemons, Tom Pelphrey), this is a story less about whodunnit and more about the human psyche and secrets people never reveal. Lily Rabe as Betty Gore and Jesse Plemons as her husband, Allan Gore.Interested yet? Here, everything we know so far, with more to come.HBO Max (soon to be just ). drop on Thursday, April 27, followed by one a week until the finale on Thursday, May 25.
(Just like Succession and The White Lotus, it's going to be hard to wait). There's seven episodes in total.Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery.Per HBO Max publicity, “Love & Death tells the true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore–two churchgoing couples enjoying their small town Texas life…until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.