Overview
- The series premiered on Prime Video on June 18 as an eight-episode adaptation of E. Lockhart’s bestselling novel.
- Critics have praised the show for its engaging blend of family drama and psychological suspense, earning an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score and comparisons to Succession and The White Lotus.
- Emily Alyn Lind stars as Cadence Sinclair alongside Candice King, Caitlin FitzGerald and Mamie Gummer as her powerful, complex family.
- Production took place in Nova Scotia, with Meisener’s Island and the town of Chester doubling for the Sinclairs’ New England retreat.
- The adaptation condenses the novel’s multi-summer timeline into two pivotal years and introduces expanded character developments and new subplots.