It's 1965. Pat (India Eisley) is considered part negro in East Sparks, Nevada. She finds her birth certificate uncovering her adoption by her negro mother. Her real name is Fauna Hodel and was abandoned by her mother from a rich white family. She heads out to L.A. and is told that her troubled mother is dead. Jay Singletary (Chris Pine) is a rundown stringer reporter on the Examiner. He got into trouble as a reporter for the L.A. Times. He gets an assignment on a dead girl hacked to pieces. As he investigates the series of murders, it leads to the Dr. George Hodel, Fauna's biological grandfather and the old Black Dahlia case.
This is a six-episode limited series based on Fauna Hodel's true crime novel. The first episode has her life in East Sparks and I find the racial existence very interesting. India Eisley is a rather quiet actress. Even her movements are quiet which does impart a slow pacing to the show bordering on sluggishness. Chris Pine's side of the story is a bit confused. It makes more sense for her to be the sole main character. He can join her in the second episode during that killing. There isn't much mystery to this as Geroge's evilness is revealed in a straight forward manner. It does have the dark Hollywood noir style. I love the grim pulpy vibe but it moves a bit too slow. The turns are too leisurely. The final ending is building up to something explosive but ultimately fizzles. Again, Jay is basically unnecessary and the tension gets somewhat diffused by him.
This is a six-episode limited series based on Fauna Hodel's true crime novel. The first episode has her life in East Sparks and I find the racial existence very interesting. India Eisley is a rather quiet actress. Even her movements are quiet which does impart a slow pacing to the show bordering on sluggishness. Chris Pine's side of the story is a bit confused. It makes more sense for her to be the sole main character. He can join her in the second episode during that killing. There isn't much mystery to this as Geroge's evilness is revealed in a straight forward manner. It does have the dark Hollywood noir style. I love the grim pulpy vibe but it moves a bit too slow. The turns are too leisurely. The final ending is building up to something explosive but ultimately fizzles. Again, Jay is basically unnecessary and the tension gets somewhat diffused by him.