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Adapted from the book Stinger (1988) by Robert McCammon
Narrative
Trapped on a farm in rural Georgia, a group of neighbors must put aside their differences and unite in the face of a mysterious and deadly threat.. Referenced in Korman Productions Deep Dive TV Podcast: Teacup on Peacock Deep Dive: S1 E1/2 "Think About the Bubbles"/"My Little Lighthouse" (2024).
I watch for Yvonne Strahovski
There's something about her – a magnetism, a quiet force – that makes you think she should be headlining films, not locked into roles on TV. Still, she owns every scene as Mrs.
Then there's "Teacup" It wants to be eerie, unsettling, even grotesque
Waterford in "The Handmaid's Tale," the kind of role that gets under your skin and stays there. Instead, it drags, provoking yawns where there should be tension, eye-rolls in place of chills.
Like the moment they buy the kid's story, then start throwing around the title "Assassin" like it's a game
Sure, the show is reaching for a place alongside the heavyweights of dystopian drama, but it misses the mark – plot, dialogue, even the characters – just shy of hitting the right notes.