10 Best New TV Shows Nobody Is Watching

10. Love & Death

In one of Hollywood’s surprisingly regular pieces of parallel thinking, not one but two drama series have been released in recent years biographing Candy Montgomery, a Texas woman (in)famous for the 1980 slaying of her love rival.

Love & Death was beaten to the punch by 2022’s Jessica Biel-starring Candy, but the second telling of the story manages, through an extended runtime and greater emphasis on the legal process, to avoid retreading on entirely old ground.

Both versions hinge on the depiction of Montgomery herself, and Love & Death excels on the page and in the performance. Elizabeth Olsen’s performance is steeped in charisma, humanity, and menace, finding in Montgomery a character who is frustrated, reasonably, with the tedium of suburban life, and willing to take extreme measures to change her position.

With a terrific cast that includes Breaking Bad alumni Jesse Plemons and Krysten Ritter, Love & Death takes a story that could lend itself to pulpy bad taste, but its measured and even delicate approach allows for real insight.