‘The Perfect Couple’ Killer Confesses! [SPOILER] Spills on Playing the Villain, the Show’s ‘Surreal’ Tone and Joining the Rebellion Against That Dance
variety.comHunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s limited series, “The Perfect Couple” and Elin Hilderbrand’s book, on which it is based.
Move over, Agatha: In Netflix’s new murder mystery “The Perfect Couple,” it was Abby all along. The limited series, which takes place during an affluent July 4th wedding weekend in Nantucket, opened with the death of Merritt (Meghann Fahy), the maid of honor for Amelia (Eve Hewson).
But why would someone want to kill the maid of honor, you ask? Well, money really does make the world go ‘round, especially for the wealthy families that already have it –– and, in the case of Abby (Dakota Fanning), those who marry into it.
Early on, it’s revealed that Merritt was secretly pregnant from her affair with family patriarch Tag Winbury (Liev Schreiber), something his wife Greer (Nicole Kidman) quickly caught onto.
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