Apple TV to Stream Dark Thriller Series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

A new dark comedy thriller series premiering this week follows a single mother thrust into a dangerous investigation after a disturbing online encounter. "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed," starring Tatiana Maslany, begins streaming on Apple TV on Wednesday, May 20.

Maslany plays Paula, a newly divorced mother navigating a difficult custody battle with her ex-husband, Karl, played by Jake Johnson. Her life becomes significantly more complicated when she believes she witnesses the violent attack of Trevor, a cam performer with whom she had developed an online relationship. After local law enforcement, including a detective played by Dolly De Leon, suggests the incident may be an elaborate scam, Paula launches her own inquiry.

Her investigation pulls her into a deepening conspiracy involving blackmail and murder, forcing her to balance the escalating danger with her responsibilities as a mother to her young daughter, Hazel, and her job as a fact-checker at a New York magazine. She is aided in her sleuthing by two coworkers, while also contending with the presence of Karl’s new wife, Mallory.

The series, created by David J. Rosen, is structured as a half-hour thriller, a format the...