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Vulture’s recap of The Shards’ Season 1 finale, Stairway to Heaven, starts with a glimmer of momentum but collapses into incoherence and an anticlimactic ending: Debbie blackmails Terry, Spirit the horse is gruesomely killed, and at a Halloween party the big revelations never land, as Bret and Robert’s confrontation heats up only to leave the mystery unsolved and the show teeing up a second season.
Kaia Gerber discusses Susan Reynolds in FX’s The Shards, hints that any of the main characters could be The Trawler killer, describes her 'Shelley Duvall' scream in the finale, and explains how Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis expanded the story beyond the book with hopes for multiple seasons; she says the ending is open and could diverge from the source, and notes The Shards is now streaming on Hulu as season one closes with a roomful of suspects.
In The Shards’ fourth episode, Bret reluctantly attends a lavish senior-year party thrown for Robert, where glamor collapses into chaos as Bret warns of Robert’s instability, Debbie jets between romance and coke-fueled hurt, and Susan tries to manage a volatile, intoxicated host. Amid a disturbing 91-days-to-live monologue, Robert’s erratic dancing, a kiss with Thom, and a nearby knife-wielding intruder culminate in a dangerous rescue by Susan and Thom as secrets and lies spill into the morning after. The episode leans into adaptation shifts from the novel, hints at darker fates for Matt, Rhonda, and Ryan, and leaves Bret’s view of adulthood feeling isolating and definitive.
Vulture’s recap of The Shards (Glee Cast Version) notes Episode 3 shifts from the novel’s taut mood to a Glee-inspired high-school satire, introducing Really Rhonda and a Dance Off! subplot while Bret Ellis’s perspective drives the drama. The review praises the music choices but criticizes the abrupt tonal shift and questions how the disappearance of Matt and other students will drive the story, suggesting the show risks undercutting its stakes in favor of parody.
Ryan Murphy outlines a three-season vision for The Shards, adapting Bret Easton Ellis’s 1981 LA-set novel with room for personal storytelling and mentoring a younger cast, while also detailing American Horror Story: AHS13, which will bring back past stars to play multiple characters across seasons. Murphy notes Ellis’s involvement and aims to honor Norman Lear’s influence as he threads these ambitious projects together.
The Shards, Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, was being developed at HBO with Ellis writing and producing, but creative differences and budget cuts led to the project being put in turnaround. Ryan Murphy, a longtime Ellis fan, acquired the rights and moved the adaptation to FX, keeping Ellis’ first two scripts but making bigger changes in later episodes; Ellis has had limited involvement as Murphy reshapes the series for television.
On Vogue's September cover, Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere address the nepo baby label, with Gerber insisting she’s benefited from her lineage while urging peers to prove themselves through work, and Gere noting he grew up largely outside Hollywood and has earned his opportunities. Both discuss the scrutiny that accompanies fame as they promote Ryan Murphy’s FX series The Shards, and reflect on their famous parents’ Vogue history.
Kaia Gerber discusses the pressures of living in her mother Cindy Crawford's shadow, reveals past struggles with disordered eating, and condemns body-shaming comments, while also addressing her dating life under scrutiny and her role opposite Homer Gere in Ryan Murphy's The Shards, emphasizing a commitment to staying true to herself.
Vogue’s September 2026 cover profile follows Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere as they discuss their distinct paths into acting, their famous parents, and their roles in Ryan Murphy’s The Shards—a 1981 Los Angeles–set series about wealth, privilege, and the AIDS era. The piece delves into Gerber’s Meisner/Strasberg training and her private approach to fame, Gere’s art-focused upbringing and Buddhist influences, and their close cast friendship, while also addressing the public’s nepo-baby scrutiny and the balance between personal privacy and professional ambition.
FX’s The Shards adapts Bret Easton Ellis’s autofiction into a moody, graphic 1980s Los Angeles thriller. The pilot centers on Bret Easton Ellis (Igby Rigney) as his high‑school circle encounters a sadistic killer known as the Trawler, with looming threats intensified by a new, enigmatic student, Robert Mallory. We get Bret’s tangled loyalties to his friends, a push‑and‑pull with Debbie and Susan, and the unsettling dynamic withMatt, all against a backdrop of ’80s nostalgia. The premiere blends teen angst with Ellis‑style gore, and ends on a chilling phone call that hints the killer has Bret’s number. Overall, the episode stays faithful to the source material and earns a 4‑star nod from Vulture.
Ryan Murphy previews FX’s The Shards as a three-season adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s autofiction, set in early-1980s Los Angeles. Ellis co-wrote the first two episodes; casting involved about 500 auditions and stars Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood. The nine-episode arc will unfold over multiple seasons with a tasteful balance of eroticism, trauma, and AIDS-era subtext, produced on a mid-range budget with intimacy coordinators. The show launched with the first two episodes on FX/Hulu, as Murphy confirms a long multi-year plan.
Ryan Murphy’s autofictional series The Shards premieres on FX and Hulu tonight (Aug. 5) at 9 p.m. ET with two back-to-back episodes. Starring Igby Rigney as a Bret Easton Ellis–like teen at The Buckley School, the show features a cast led by Wes Bentley and Kaia Gerber with recurring roles including Evan Rachel Wood. Viewers can watch on FX and Hulu, with options like a five-day DIRECTV free trial or Hulu’s ad-supported or ad-free plans.
Kaia Gerber says she doesn’t think she looks like Cindy Crawford, even though it’s flattering when people say she resembles her mom; she adds that the compliment means a lot and Crawford offered advice for her role in The Shards, the ’80s-set FX series she stars in with Homer Gere, while fans online debate how alike they appear.
Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere—the children of Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere, respectively—play love interests in FX’s The Shards. They met before filming, formed a close bond, and even referenced their intertwined family histories as the Ryan Murphy adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s coming-of-age novel debuts on FX and Hulu.
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.