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Sunday 8 July 2018

HBO's Sharp Objects is Big Little Lies Meets True Detective

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The rise of prestige television has seeped into every genre, but when it comes to mysteries, that typically means a series will craft an unsettling world and an intriguing web of clues that still come secondary to the show’s character dynamics. That was true of True Detective’s electric first season, where the relationship between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson's characters was the crux of the show, and for Big Little Lies, where the relationship between the central women fed into the season’s ongoing mystery, but always left room for a little levity.

Sharp Objects, adapted from Gillian Flynn’s debut novel, falls within that jurisdiction in its premiere episode. The new HBO miniseries from Marti Noxon (co-creator of UnREAL) and directed by Jean-Marc Vallee (Big Little Lies) plants the seeds for the mystery about to unfold over these eight episodes, but the first episode, “Vanish,” is far more concerned with the emotional state of Amy Adams’ prickly protagonist, Camille Preaker, than giving easy answers.

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