The Greeleys are a powerful Californian family. They own newspapers and politicians. George Greeley is the patriarch. His daughter Catherine is married to Will McAllister with teenage daughter Lily. One night, Lily is home alone when she's confronted by crazed Philip Parker. He commits suicide. Lily investigates and discovers the dark secret inside her family.
I don't know if I saw this back in 2001. After 9/11, I remember the start of Smallville, non-stop new reports, and late night serious comedians. One did get overwhelmed with the disturbing reality of the world and retreat back to fantasies. A darker fare like this could have faced a greater hurdle. This certainly deserved a better fate. Dana Delany is brilliant. I do get frustrated with Lily's childlike cluelessness. It's predictable that the bones would go missing. It's odd she thinks that Henry had run away. Also Henry's conflict with Tom seems to come out of nowhere. There are a few plot turns that come too fast and furious. They need set up or maybe not exist at all. Mike White puts his comedic touches which doesn't always fit the dark murderous plot. It's fine to have the comedic flourishes from the lighter characters like Jennie and Mason. It's more problematic for the others to flirt with comedy. The tone needs some calibrating. Overall, this is an engaging soapy mystery drama. The twisting plot does move very quickly which leaves me questioning how far the show could go anyways. It got canceled after four episodes.
I don't know if I saw this back in 2001. After 9/11, I remember the start of Smallville, non-stop new reports, and late night serious comedians. One did get overwhelmed with the disturbing reality of the world and retreat back to fantasies. A darker fare like this could have faced a greater hurdle. This certainly deserved a better fate. Dana Delany is brilliant. I do get frustrated with Lily's childlike cluelessness. It's predictable that the bones would go missing. It's odd she thinks that Henry had run away. Also Henry's conflict with Tom seems to come out of nowhere. There are a few plot turns that come too fast and furious. They need set up or maybe not exist at all. Mike White puts his comedic touches which doesn't always fit the dark murderous plot. It's fine to have the comedic flourishes from the lighter characters like Jennie and Mason. It's more problematic for the others to flirt with comedy. The tone needs some calibrating. Overall, this is an engaging soapy mystery drama. The twisting plot does move very quickly which leaves me questioning how far the show could go anyways. It got canceled after four episodes.