![]() Either way, True Story squanders what could’ve been a killer satire. Or maybe they, like the Westside Ripper merch guy, are just following a lucrative trend with the assumption that the subject matter will sell itself. Maybe Rosenberg and Peacock, whose library is as rich in true crime as that of any streaming service, made a conscious choice to avoid alienating a valuable audience. True Story is ultimately unsatisfying-in part because the season ends so abruptly, but mostly because it has so little to say about the genre it’s supposedly critiquing. While these performances might propel you through eight short episodes, they can’t make seemingly slapped-together scripts cohere. ![]() Priscilla Quintana ( Good Trouble) and Aaron Staton ( Mad Men’s Ken Cosgrove) inject deranged energy as an ostenatious rich couple whose open marriage is causing friction. As anyone who's followed Gypsy Rose Blanchard's case will know, The Act is based on a true story filled with disturbing twists and turns. ![]() Bateman effectively mixes up the show’s energy, importing lupine intensity from past roles in projects like Netflix’s bonkers domestic thriller Behind Her Eyes. Cuoco and Messina, both beloved sitcom veterans, were endearing enough to keep me from hating their unhinged characters her flustered charm complements his running-on-empty peevishness.
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