Overview
- Originally an HBO Max miniseries, Love & Death is now streaming on Netflix and has climbed into the service’s top‑trending ranks.
- The series dramatizes the 1980 Texas killing of Betty Gore, who was struck 41 times with an axe, and the subsequent trial of Candy Montgomery.
- Montgomery was acquitted after asserting self‑defense, a core element that both recent adaptations explore without resolving lingering public doubts.
- Elizabeth Olsen leads the cast alongside Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe and Patrick Fugit, with David E. Kelley emphasizing suburban discontent and psychological nuance.
- Hulu’s 2022 miniseries Candy, starring Jessica Biel, remains available, prompting viewers and critics to weigh the two interpretations side by side.