Overview
- Peacock premieres the eight-episode limited series on Nov. 6, adapted by Megan Gallagher from Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel.
- Early reviews commend Sarah Snook’s return to TV alongside Dakota Fanning and Sophia Lillis, while flagging issues with pacing, procedural beats and some character writing.
- The thriller opens with a mother discovering her young son missing after a supposed playdate, launching a case that puts intense public scrutiny on the women involved.
- Coverage emphasizes themes of parenting, invisible domestic labor and the social blaming of mothers, with the series centering a growing bond between two women caught in the crisis.
- Producers relocated the story from Ireland to Chicago, filmed in Chicago and Australia, and split direction between Minkie Spiro (episodes 1–4) and Kate Dennis (episodes 5–8).