Liked: Jennifer Ehle and her deliciously evil character
Jennifer Ehle plays Rebecca Parker, a billionaire several times over thanks to her family’s drug empire, which we’re frequently reminded is responsible for the opioid crisis. At the urging of her younger wife, she kicks down the millions needed to fund the Mantles’ dream project—a lab and birthing center—and thereafter keeps a steely eye on her investment. Ehle’s performance is positively vicious, and you get the sense Rebecca enjoys being one of the most hated people in America. But she doesn’t always do what you expect her to do; her motives are completely self-serving, but she’s so icy and hard to read her decisions can be shocking.
