Troy (Jake Lacy), Logan (Conor Merrigan Turner), Brooke (Essie Randles) and Amy (Alison Brie) are the adult children of Joy (Annette Bening) and Stan Delaney (Sam Neill). The parents ran a competitive tennis camp which left each of their children with their own issues. The kids notice that their mother seems to be missing and their father seems to be lying. After four days, the police is brought in. In the past, the family gets invaded by troubled Savannah (Georgia Flood).
Alison Brie is good at being a flighty mess. Sam Neill is good at being withholding. He never actually answers a question. Jake Lacy is annoyingly arrogant. This is family dysfunction at a DNA level. They're all good at their roles and none of them are that appealing. It's the same novelist as Big Little Lies and I seem to be less of a fan than most. I have similar issues with this series, but I am more willing to sit through this. It's shorter and easier on my frustrations. It's the phrase... "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Some people have fun ruminating on each unhappy family. I find no particular joy in it. They could have made it better with smarter cops. Instead, they're kinda dumb and played by second tier actors. Even the smart one isn't smart. The last episode has a fine reveal but it doesn't go far enough. It should go full-on bonkers. It's a seven episode limited series and the middle gets a little draggy. This is fine.
Alison Brie is good at being a flighty mess. Sam Neill is good at being withholding. He never actually answers a question. Jake Lacy is annoyingly arrogant. This is family dysfunction at a DNA level. They're all good at their roles and none of them are that appealing. It's the same novelist as Big Little Lies and I seem to be less of a fan than most. I have similar issues with this series, but I am more willing to sit through this. It's shorter and easier on my frustrations. It's the phrase... "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Some people have fun ruminating on each unhappy family. I find no particular joy in it. They could have made it better with smarter cops. Instead, they're kinda dumb and played by second tier actors. Even the smart one isn't smart. The last episode has a fine reveal but it doesn't go far enough. It should go full-on bonkers. It's a seven episode limited series and the middle gets a little draggy. This is fine.