“Death and Other Details” (2024) starring Violett Beane & Mandy Patinkin / Z-View

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Death and Other Details (2024)

Created by: Heidi Cole McAdams & Mike Weiss

Director:  Marc Webb (ep 1); David Petrarca (ep.2); Alrick Riley (eps. 3 – 4); Yangzom Brauen (eps. 5 – 6); James Griffiths (eps. 7 – 8); Dinh Thai (eps. 9 – 10)

Teleplays: Heidi Cole McAdams & Mike Weiss (ep. 1); Ryan Maldonado & Eduardo Javier Canto (ep.2); Nick Bragg (ep. 3); Mike Weiss (ep. 4); Jess Kimball Leslie (ep.5); Louisa Levy & Paul Alan Cope (ep.6); Myung Joh Wesner (ep. 7); Heidi Cole McAdams & Angela Zhou (ep. 8); Louisa Levy (ep. 9); Heidi Cole McAdams & Mike Weiss (ep.10)

Stars: Violett Beane, Lauren Patten, Angela Zhou, Hugo Diego Garcia, Pardis Saremi, Linda Emond, Mandy Patinkin, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Danny Johnson, Karoline, Jayne Atkinson and Jere Burns.

Tagline: All suspects aboard.

The Plot…

When Imogene (Beane) was a young girl, her mother was killed in a car explosion.  Although Rufus Cotesworth (Patinkin), who many consider the world’s greatest detective, investigated, the killer was never found.

Now Imogene finds herself along with Rufus and a luxury cruise liner full of wealthy guests.  When a murder at sea takes place, Rufus is tasked with finding the murderer.  The problem is that everyone has secrets and possible motives for the killing,

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Death and Other Details starts off well enough.  It has a nice cast, an interesting backstory and a mystery or two to be solved.  As the series continues it continues to spiral out with more characters, more backstories, and nothing is as it seems.  My interest in Death and Other Details continued to dwindle as the storyline became more outlandish.

Death and Other Details (2024) earns 2 of 5 stars.