The forthcoming crime drama follows the life of Candy Montgomery (portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen), a churchgoing housewife from a small town in Texas, who has a seemingly picture-perfect life with her husband and children. However, feeling unfulfilled in her personal life, Candy decides to engage in an extramarital affair with Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons), the husband of her fellow churchgoer friend, which has rather bloody consequences.
The series is based on a true story and also features Lily Rabe and Patrick Fugit as the spouses of Olsen and Plemons. And, if the stars of this highly anticipated series weren’t enough to get viewers excited, the show was written and executive produced by David E. Kelley, who is responsible for several other recent HBO series’, such as Big Little Lies and The Undoing.
However, many people watching the trailer may have felt it looked oddly familiar and that is because this is not the first dramatized retelling of the Montgomery/Gore story. In 2022, Jessica Biel portrayed Candy in a Hulu limited series, eponymously titled Candy, and, despite flying under the radar, received many positive reviews, including a four-star review from the Guardian, which described Biel’s performance as ‘phenomenal’. Therefore, it would seem that Olsen and this series have a lot to live up to.
But, if the recent pairings of HBO and Kelley are anything to go by, it should be safe to assume that this series will not disappoint. Despite only being a minute and a half in length, the short trailer is exciting and gripping and Olsen’s intense performance appears to just be a teaser for what remains in store.