Imperfect Women

Matt Roush says...

A strong cast led by Scandal‘s Kerry Washington and The Handmaid Tale‘s Elisabeth Moss distinguishes an otherwise by-the-numbers mystery series set among Pasadena’s upper and middle crust. Based on a novel by Araminta Hall, the eight-part drama opens with the murder of Nancy (House of Cards‘ Kate Mara), a wealthy philanthropist with a working-class background whose violent death exposes secrets in her and her friends’ worlds. Washington and Moss are Nancy’s besties, the privileged Eleanor and the middle-class hausfrau Mary, with For All Mankind‘s Joel Kinnaman as Nancy’s impassive spouse, Corey Stoll as Mary’s loyal husband, and Hamilton alum Leslie Odom Jr. as Eleanor’s brother, who’s skeptical of his sister’s close ties with the widower. (Going to a ballet opening together while in mourning isn’t the best look, it’s true.) Launches with two episodes.

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