Overview
- The 2023 David E. Kelley miniseries arrived on Netflix about a week ago and has already climbed into the platform’s top 10, with Tom’s Guide noting a recent No. 5 spot.
- Originally released on HBO Max, the series remains available there as part of HBO’s licensing of select titles to Netflix.
- Elizabeth Olsen stars as Candy Montgomery alongside Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe and Patrick Fugit in a dramatization of a notorious 1980 Texas case.
- Reporting cited in the coverage recounts that Betty Gore was struck 41 times with an axe on June 13, 1980; Candy Montgomery was arrested June 26 and acquitted by a jury on October 29 after claiming self-defense.
- The show’s Netflix run has revived comparisons with Hulu’s earlier miniseries Candy, as critics highlight Olsen’s performance and note Rotten Tomatoes scores of 63% from critics and 87% from audiences.