If the new Apple TV show Imperfect Women had premiered in the 2010s, it would probably have commanded the zeitgeist. The thriller, about a group of old friends whose cushy suburban lives unravel after one of them is murdered, has all the makings of an addictive watch. The whodunit comes riddled with beguiling red herrings and sordid twists. The cast is stacked with Emmy winners and hey-it's-that-guy! actors. It's the kind of glossy, elevated soap opera that would have fit neatly alongside Scandal and the rest of ABC's melodrama-heavy programming a decade ago'and not just because Kerry Washington is one of the show's stars. Middle-aged women caught up in wildly dramatic and morally gray predicaments once spelled easy success in ratings and critical acclaim. Just look at Desperate Housewives. Or How to Get Away With Murder. Or Big Little Lies. As it stands, Imperfect Women isn't likely to join their ranks in popularity. Although the series has risen to second place on Apple TV's...
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