All good things must come to an end, so Jenn and I are wrapping up our month-long coverage of The Staircase on Murder Made Fiction.
It’s been a wild month, and the reveals continue in the final two episodes of Antonio Campos‘ fictionalized take, which ends with episodes 7 & 8.
Expect plenty of overlapping and blurring of timelines as Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette) lives out her final days in 2001; Michael (Colin Firth) is released from prison in 2011; and his relationship with editor Sophie (Juliette Binoche) implodes in 2017.
It’s a perfect opportunity to compare/contrast with filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade‘s docuseries and wrap up our thoughts on what the HBO miniseries is doing, including Jenn’s appreciation of the work of the actors playing the Peterson/Ratliff children.
Expect shout outs for Odessa Young‘s Martha and Sophie Turner‘s Margaret (both of whom get more to do than the boys) and a smidge of thirsting after Patrick Schwarzenegger‘s Todd and Dane DeHaan‘s Clayton.
Plus: memories of malls at Christmas, clocking the changing wigs and hairstyles, and debate about the final ambiguous shot of Michael.
Want even more Murder Made Fiction? Be sure to check out the pod’s Patreon feed, where we have ~120 hours of content including episode by episode coverage of the original docuseries The Staircase and – starting next week – we kick off coverage of Mindhunter S01!
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