#Kate netflix summary series
They are joined by their mother Mary (Shelley Conn), who married Kate’s father when Kate was very young.įrom there, there are significant differences in the adaptation: Whereas in the book Kate is already considered a spinster at 21, in the series she is a whopping 26 and has set herself on never marrying and instead being a governess. As in the book, there is Kate, the heroine of The Viscount Who Loved Me, and her younger, beautiful half-sister Edwina (though in the book Edwina is described repeatedly as blonde and blue-eyed). In Season 2, the Sheffield family from the book becomes the Sharma-Sheffields, who have come to London from India to join in the marriage market. “Guilty Party” debuts on Paramount+ on October 14.The Netflix series has made a conscious effort to diversify the world of Bridgerton by creating an alternate version of Regency England in which, as explained in Season 1, Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) has racially integrated the upper classes. What is the point of “Guilty Party” and the way in which the writers are choosing to tell the story? After watching the first three episodes, it’s unlikely audiences will care to find out. Meanwhile, a Black woman is facing life in prison. It’s totally nonsensical that an accomplished journalist would make the mistakes Beth does, and even act the same way she does. While a 30-minute dramatic series is often welcome, “Guilty Party” might have been better suited to a one-hour format that would allow Addelman and her team to flesh out the characters and their motivations as well as fine tune the tone. Instead, we continue to follow Beth as she bumbles around trying to prove Toni didn’t murder her husband, head-butting a competing journalist on the case, and getting in way over her head with Colorado criminals quick to draw their weapons on a white woman in heels who clearly has no idea what she’s doing. “Guilty Party” doesn’t really answer that in the first few episodes, which might be all the answer you need. When she meets a terrified Toni behind bars, she proceeds like this is her first day on the job, misidentifying details about her case and slow to realize that this Black woman will require special attention in a legal system rigged against her.
But this once renowned reporter inexplicably goes into the case half-cocked. But Beth is already chasing the story like a dog with a bone, journalistic juices now revived.
Of course, Amber (Arthur) isn’t initially interested. But things begin to heat up when she’s handed the case of a woman, Toni Plimpton (Jules Latimer), who has been imprisoned for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Strangely, they take a meaningless detour from whatever really happened with Beth and her award-humiliating story into her interior life. With a title like “Guilty Party,” you’d think the writers would dive more quickly into a person or people responsible for some type of offense. And honestly, that’s not captivating enough for you to care either way. The series alludes to Beth’s relationship with her mother that may be a factor in her stance against motherhood, but the series doesn’t dive into it in the first few episodes. “Guilty Party” aims to show how her relationship with her husband (Geoff Stults) is deteriorating due to her dissatisfaction with her work and his truly out-of-nowhere decision to have kids after they both decided they wouldn’t. ‘Acapulco’ Review: Apple TV+ Comedy Makes a Charming Day-Glo Trip Back to ’80s Mexican ResortĪt this point in the series, Beth doesn’t know who might have set her up and strangely doesn’t seem to care, which is uncharacteristic of a woman who takes every chance to exasperatingly remind everyone that she is an upright reporter.īeth’s home life is also unfulfilling to watch.
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