The Shards: Murphy and Ellis Push Boundaries in an Over-the-Top 1980s LA Chronicle
The Shards, a nine-episode FX/Hulu drama from Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis, expands Ellis’s autobiographical novel into a glittery, excess-soaked portrait of early-1980s Los Angeles focused on prep-school sex, drugs, and a lurking serial killer; while visually lush and often entertaining, the nine-episode arc struggles with tonal coherence, delivering strong performances from Igby Rigney and Kaia Gerber and finishing with a provocative cliffhanger.