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By Jenny Nixon
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Mexican miniseries has sex and violence, but no thrills.
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Thursday's Widows
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What's the Story?
THURSDAY'S WIDOWS is a soapy Mexican thriller centered on a handful of affluent families living in Los Altos de la Cascadas, a gated community full of Botoxed trophy wives and cigar-chomping, scotch-swilling husbands. Their seemingly enviable lives are upended one night when -- and this happens in the very first episode -- three of the husbands are found dead, floating in one of their swimming pools. From then on, each episode turns its focus to a different family, looking into the dynamics and decisions they've made that led to that fateful night. The mystery behind the dead husbands is revealed and lives are forever changed.
Is It Any Good?
It's understandable that a series that begins with dead bodies would be pretty dark in tone, but there's no reason it has to be boring. Yet Thursday's Widows is an unpleasant, painful slog that uses sex and violence as a cheap and obvious distraction from the fact that the story has no real point of view. Nor are there any characters you can get invested in -- pretty much everyone here is insufferable, creepy, or cruel in some way. There's a seed of an interesting idea buried somewhere in the overall storyline, but watching privileged, unlikable people in story told piecemeal-style at a snail's pace is a big ask. The whole thing may have benefitted by being condensed into a standalone movie rather than a miniseries.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Los Altos de la Cascadas. Why was it so important to these families that they remain ensconced there, rather than "on the other side of the wall"? How did the way they treated friends and family differ from how they treated the help?
Talk about the teen characters in Thursday's Widows. Were they relatable? Why or why not?
TV Details
- Premiere date : September 14, 2023
- Cast : Cassandra Ciangherotti , Omar Chaparro , Juan Pablo Medina , Irene Azuela
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Drama
- TV rating :
- Last updated : October 18, 2023
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