The Undoing (2020), Season 1

Enjoyed watching!

While the first episode shows plenty of promise, the story quickly deteriorates into a superficial everyday story of darkness and who dunnit. The plot is predictable, and never offers any real surprises or twists, not even in the season finale. The cast is filled with all star names, though they don’t bring their all star performances with them. Nicole Kidman’s inexpressive looks of despair mostly look like her face has been waxed. Hugh Grant is not entirely believable as a character of darkness, although he does his best in the season finale to correct that. Noma Dumezweni delivers the the most credible performance here as Fraser’s defence lawyer, as does Noah Jupe as Henry. An overall forgettable story, which barely survives as a mystery thriller, and thanks only to the presence of some big actor names.

Show not bad but also isn’t the greatest, Nicole Kidman does a better job in her other series than with this show. They could have made the show darker more suspenseful.

David E Kelley and Susanne Bier plus a great cast of characters. So happy thay HBO took this on. It had a rhythm of suspense up into the end. I appreciate adding actor Edgar Ramirez and Donald Sutherland. Highly Recommend!

Watched the series and read the book~enjoyed both very much.

Not even as good as a below-average episode of Law & Order. Started out like an intriguingly campy psychological thriller, but the repetitive gore, fake surprises, childishly superficial characters, and too many just plain useless scenes ended up wasting our time. It did take our minds off the real world, but at a cost.

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Pure escapism to take your mind off 2020. Dive into the gorgeous who-done-it, a time-capsule of pre-covid NYC and forget your own troubles for 6 hours.

one of the best shows this year

This was especially painful and hard to finish. All the walking, got to be a bit much...wasn’t really tied to a real plot. This lacked anything interesting, just too slow and dry. The only reason I gave it 3 stars was for #1 Donald Sutherland and #2 for Nicole Kidman, #3 Hugh Grant. They each deserved a star.