"But even if that were not true, this latest tale of a playdate gone unthinkably wrong would have me firmly in its grip. All Her Fault, an adaptation of bestselling thriller writer Andrea Mara's 2021 book of the same name, braids a number of popular TV trends together, interrogating White Lotus-style the phenomenon of middle-class US affluence and the protections it offers and corruptions it encourages, a missing child narrative and an examination of the penalty women pay for motherhood."
"We are plunged straight into the thick of things as wealthy wealth manager Marissa Irvine (Succession's mighty Sarah Snook) arrives to pick up her five-year-old son Milo from a playdate at the home of another school mum, Jenny (Dakota Fanning). But when she reaches the supposed address, the woman who answers the door is not Jenny, has never heard of her, or Jenny's nanny Carrie (Sophia Lillis) who was in charge of the playdate, or Milo."
Marissa Irvine arrives to pick up her five-year-old son Milo from a playdate and finds unfamiliar people at the address and no child. Milo's online tracker is smashed and he remains missing well past the time a ransom demand would normally arrive. Eight tightly paced episodes unfold, developing emotional fallout and a propulsive plot while revealing a rich array of characters and suspects in peeling layers. Husband Peter appears as an all-American figure harboring secrets. The story interrogates middle-class US affluence, the protections and corruptions it enables, missing-child anxiety, and the penalties women pay for motherhood.
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