EPISODE
SEASON
Dirty John - Season 2
This anthology series that follows genuine wrongdoings emerge from the failure of a romantic tale that prompts murder. In this new season, Betty underpins Dan till she faces the awful end.
25 February 1970, Springfield, Illinois, USA
21 June 1978, New Jersey, USA
10 April 1979, Orange, California, USA
16 July 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 January 1972, Pacific Grove, California, USA
1 September 1979, Taipei, Taiwan
7 July 1953, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
19 September 1984, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
27 November 1960, Tappan, New York, USA
4 November 1965, Iowa, USA
June 01, 2020
[Amanda Peet] is very, very good, somehow playing all sides of the tonal kaleidoscope here at once, differing depending from which angle you look at it.
May 18, 2020
Peet's career-best performance is perfectly paired with Slater's appropriately stoic and conniving portrayal, effortlessly delivering a grade-A depiction of gaslighting, sometimes to the beat of a fun Neil Diamond song.
June 02, 2020
Peet is very good playing opposite a cold Christian Slater, but she has to modulate her madness so it can last over 10 episodes.
June 01, 2020
Simply pointing out that it happened and tossing some goofy costuming on top isn't enough. Indeed, it erodes the possibility of seeing Betty Broderick or Carole Baskin or whomever as real, not merely true.
June 02, 2020
The success of this USA series hinges on Peet's fantastic portrayal.
May 28, 2020
There's a word for that kind of shamelessly overextended true-crime storytelling: Dirty.
June 02, 2020
By the time it's over, Betty Broderick is both "a woman scorned" and one better understood, without sacrificing any of the trashy chewiness that has drawn viewers to such material since long before she ever pulled the trigger.
June 01, 2020
Convincing in both her misery and her capacity for dangerous payback, Peet scorches the screen as a loose cannon of festering paranoia and self-pity.
June 02, 2020
The Betty Broderick Story explains what drove Betty to bare her teeth. It may also make you reflect on what it would take for you to do the same thing.
May 26, 2020
Amanda Peet doesn't portray Betty as much as she embodies her. It's an astonishing performance: so painful at times that it's difficult to witness -- yet so compelling, it's impossible to look away.
June 02, 2020
Slater's recognizable star power aside, the focus, really, is exclusively on Betty, and if there's any real reason to recommend The Betty Broderick Story, it's to appreciate the sheer range and volume of characterizations Peet gets to offer.
