Love & Death (miniseries)

In Wylie, Texas, 1980s suburban housewife, Candy Montgomery is accused of murdering her neighbor Betty Gore, after having an affair with Gore's husband Allan. == Cast and characters ==

Main Recurring Guest == Production ==

It was announced in May 2021 that HBO Max had greenlit the miniseries, with Elizabeth Olsen set to star. Jesse Plemons joined the cast later in the month. In June, Patrick Fugit was added to the cast, with Lily Rabe, Keir Gilchrist, Elizabeth Marvel, Tom Pelphrey and Krysten Ritter joining in the following months. On-location shooting took place in Austin, Texas, and surrounding areas to include La Grange, Coupland, Georgetown, Hutto, Seguin, Kerrville, Lockhart, Killeen, Smithville, Buda and San Marcos. == Release ==

Love & Death premiered on HBO Max on April 27, 2023, with the first three episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis until May 25. In the UK, the series premiered on September 7, 2023, on ITV's on-demand streaming platform, ITVX, followed by a linear television premiere on ITV1 on July 20, 2024. == Episodes ==

On Rotten Tomatoes, Love & Death holds an approval rating of 62% based on 50 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A terrific Elizabeth Olsen gives Love & Death some life, but this rote retelling of a grisly murder does little to distinguish itself from other true crime tales." Metacritic assigned the series a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Variety said that Love & Death is "well-made" but unoriginal, drawing comparisons to Hulu's 2022 series Candy, giving the true crime boom as the reason the two “converge on a tragedy more than four decades old”, but crediting how the show "turn[s] real people into exaggerated, if empathetically rendered, versions of themselves". ==Awards and nominations==