Hollywood loves a killer true crime story, and Candy Montgomery is its latest fixation. It’s easy to see why: In 1980, the Texas housewife killed her friend Betty Gore after she discovered Candy was having an affair with her husband. Although Betty confronted Candy with an axe (yes, really) at home, long story short, Candy wrested the weapon away and killed Betty with it rather violently. Perhaps more shocking than the killing was the fact that Candy was acquitted of Betty’s murder.
After Jessica Biel portrayed Montgomery in Hulu’s Candy last year, Elizabeth Olsen now takes on the role in HBO Max’s Love & Death, which premieres today. The seven-part limited series was written by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) and co-stars Jesse Plemons (Allan Gore), Lily Rabe (Betty Gore), Patrick Fugit (Pat Montgomery), and Krysten Ritter (Candy’s friend Sherry Cleckler).
Despite the back-to-back Candy Montgomery projects, Biel and Olsen are in no competition. In fact, Biel got in touch with her fellow actress to discuss the role.
“I was very happy that she reached out in that way,” Olsen told Entertainment Tonight. “There’s no need to have competition. Stories that are interesting deserve to be told and every way you’re going to tell it, it’s gonna be different. It’s impossible for it to be the same.”
While all episodes of Biel’s Candy (co-starring Melanie Lynskey!) are streaming on Hulu, here’s how to follow along with Olsen’s portrayal in Love & Death.
When do new episodes come out?
The first three episodes are already streaming on HBO Max, to be followed by a new episode weekly. We break down the schedule below.
How many episodes of Love & Death are there?
Episode 1, “The Huntress”: streaming April 27 Watch Now
Episode 2, “Encounters”: streaming April 27 Watch Now
Episode 3, “Stepping Stone”: streaming April 27 Watch Now
Episode 4: streaming May 4
Episode 5: streaming May 11
Episode 6: streaming May 18
Episode 7: streaming May 25
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There is a 75 percent chance she’s listening to Lorde right now.