Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote co-star in 'Pieces of Her,' a Netflix series based on Karin Slaughter's novel
Cheating spouses. Scheming teenagers. Creepy guys in hoodies. For lovers of TV thrillers, the list of possible murder suspects is long, if somewhat predictable. For makers of TV thrillers, however, the show-killer list is short, but also predictable.
After a sudden act of violence, Andy discovers that she doesn’t know her mother at all, which means she doesn’t really know herself. And she quickly finds out that her search for answers could kill her.Who can Andy trust? Does anyone tell her the truth, ever? And by the way, how did her mother get to be so good with a knife?From car chases and shootings to nightmarish flashbacks and dysfunctional rich-family drama, “Pieces of Her” has plenty of thriller-type action.
It isn’t until the fifth of the eight episodes that “Pieces of Her” begins to slowly reveal the circumstances that led to Laura having a suitcase full of cash and some heavy-hitting enemies. Laura’s origin story has some real Patty Hearst-style intrigue, but it is told in such miserly increments, it doesn’t accumulate the kind of adrenaline-fueled power you want in a thriller.
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