Overview
- The 2023 miniseries was added to Netflix on December 1 and quickly reached No. 5 on the platform’s Top 10, according to Tom’s Guide.
- Love & Death dramatizes the 1980 Texas case involving Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore, focusing on the affair, the confrontation, and the ensuing trial.
- Candy Montgomery was arrested and later acquitted after claiming self‑defense, a core element the series explores.
- Elizabeth Olsen leads the cast as Candy, with Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe and Patrick Fugit in prominent roles.
- The show’s arrival on Netflix follows HBO’s earlier licensing of select titles to the service, separate from Netflix’s December 5 announcement about acquiring the Warner Bros. library, and it has renewed comparisons with Hulu’s 2022 miniseries Candy starring Jessica Biel.