Overview

• The eight-episode drama launches with three episodes on Oct. 15, followed by weekly Wednesday releases through a Nov. 19 finale.
• Patricia Arquette and Jason Clarke star as Maggie and Alex Murdaugh, with Johnny Berchtold as Paul and Will Harrison as Buster.
• Brittany Snow portrays Mandy Matney, whose Murdaugh Murders podcast and reporting serve as the project’s source material.
• Michael D. Fuller is showrunner with co-creator Erin Lee Carr; executive producers include Nick Antosca, Alex Hedlund, Matney, David Moses, and Bill Johnson, with UCP as the studio and Steven Piet directing three episodes.
• The series dramatizes the family’s unraveling after a deadly boat crash and examines links to suspicious deaths and alleged financial crimes, set against Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 life sentence.