Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week I am looking at recent premieres Manhunt, The Girls on the Bus and Apples Never Fall!
I checked out the first two episodes of Apple TV+'s Manhunt, a series about the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. There were some things I really liked about the show and I definitely plan to keep watching but it suffers a bit from the things that plague so many Apple TV+ shows: it is a beautiful production design wrapped around a show that's lacking a heart and a soul. The period work here is great and meticulous, but the depth of so many shows on the streamer is just lacking. It reminded me a bit of The New Look in that way though Manhunt is stronger than that show.