Today's award is Outstanding Writing of a Limited/Anthology Series!
This year's nominees are...
REBECCA BRUNSTETTER, Maid "Cashmere" (Netflix)
AMELIA GRAY, Gaslit "Year of the Rat" (Starz)
MOLLY SMITH METZLER, Maid "Snaps" (Netflix)
GEORGIA PRITCHETT, The Shrink Next Door "The Verdict" (Apple TV+)
HANNAH SCHNEIDER, Why Women Kill "Scene of the Crime" (Paramount+)
ROBERT SIEGEL, Pam & Tommy "Seattle" (Hulu)
MIKE WHITE, The White Lotus (HBO)
And the Winner Is...
REBECCA BRUNSTETTER
Maid "Cashmere" (Netflix)
Maid was a harrowing watch all the way through as it depicted a very realistic account of a different type of domestic violence and struggling to get by and provide for a child. The writing was a particularly strong part of the series, which was very grounded in realism. The best written episode though came in the fourth episode, which featured a very powerful conversation between Alex (Margaret Qualley) and her rich employer, Regina (Anika Noni Rose). Not only was it a very smart way of showing Alex learning how miserable rich people can be, it also featured a very frank discussion about a crumbling marriage and parenthood not being at all what Regina thought it would be. Those discussions are things people have a hard time having in real life so it was very interesting to see it on a TV show.
Thoughts on the Rest of the Nominees:
Mike White was certainly a very strong contender for The White Lotus considering he wrote all six episodes of the series. And while there were fantastic moments in the writing, there were some other things that were just a little bit better than the writing in Lotus. Another Maid writing nomination was for creator Molly Smith Metzler, who wrote the finale that finally provided some hope while still provided lots of moments of real difficult conversations. Amelia Gray's script for the penultimate episode of Gaslit gave some great material to Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. The finales of The Shrink Next Door and Pam & Tommy featured really well written scenes between the lead characters of each show. Finally, Hannah Schneider certainly had the funniest script among these nominees with a madcap series of heightening problems on Why Women Kill.
Tomorrow: Outstanding Writing of a Drama Series!
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