Trust

The story itself may be well-trod ground by now, but the acerbic dialogue and strong cast help to circumvent any feelings of déjà vu. Donald Sutherland has an absolute blast playing the miserly and miserable J. Paul Getty, a soul-sick industrialist billionaire so bitterly and vocally consumed with how disappointed he is by his progeny, he can't see how his own parenting skills and life philosophies may have contributed to it. Unlike All the Money in the World, the feature film about the Getty kidnapping told mainly from the vantage point of Paul's desperate mother, Gail, Trust uses the episodic format to examine the story from various points of view, and in more detail.

This is perhaps most notable in the second episode, where Fraser's character addresses the audience directly, and to great effect. The show examines the theory (never proven) that Paul may have orchestrated his own abduction in order to wheedle money out of his grandfather -- but it's hard to feel too bad for the elder Getty, a man so rich he pays other people to pull up his underwear for him in the morning, yet so stingy he installs a payphone in his home so visitors (including family) won't run up his bill. This is true crime with a dash of camp, and entirely worth watching.