Meriwether is praised for turning familiar serial-killer material into a sharper, stranger examination of rage, trauma, and institutional failure. Reviewers repeatedly credit her writing and creative approach with giving the...
Pros: main cast performance, character development
Cons: pilot episode quality
Meriwether’s tonal control and layered writing draw substantial praise. Some criticism targets the early decision to explain Holmes so sympathetically rather than emphasize why the fraud was enabled.
Pros: acting performance, main cast performance
Cons: season pacing, originality